WARNING GRAPHIC BEAR ATTACK

WARNING GRAPHIC!

Even though he lost almost all of his sight, they put his face back together pretty good. Unbelievable that he survived.

Stunning. Hard to put my thoughts into words. Very hard to imagine all this.

He is extremely fortunate to be alive. I can't imagine the scenario. I've never lived anywhere where I wasn't the main predator. What a will to live.

Hard for me to imagine that being survivable

I'm guessing having someone shoot the bear eating your face was a good first step, next his companions had some medical expertise, also likely helpful. The hospitals in Alaska have experience in treating animal attack injuries. There have been a couple of incidents in my area where victims had emergency beacon GPS devices, that likely saved their lives, the one guy was gored by a moose.

WOW, I can't imagine something like that.

Prayers for the old man

That's about as gruesome as it can get. Another reason NOT to go into the wilds of Alaska. I wonder if there is any hand held firearm that could be counted on to stop a charging grizzly of this size, assuming you could hit the target as you see it coming closer and closer. Maybe a 12 gauge 00 buckshot?

vito said:

I wonder if there is any hand held firearm that could be counted on to stop a charging grizzly

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You'll hear all kinds of stories but very few documented cases. Best you can hope for is you scare them off. And if people think grizzlies are bad, stay out of the Antarctic, because polar bears are the only bear that will hunt humans. But all the bulsht about .454 Casull, .44 magnum or a 10mm is just that. You are in their territory and accept the risk. A flare gun and bear spray would be far more useful then a hand cannon you can't even control on a good day.


p.s. if you want to know the real truth about 'ole grizz read the Lewis & Clark journals they spelled it all out very clearly over 200 years ago and they were blasting .50 cal balls

14 ft. 7 in.

It would doubtless be very enlightening to speak with Mr. Perkins regarding his will to survive such a horrific attack. Many (most?) people would not have survived such an attack.

bobsyouruncle said:

14 ft. 7 in.

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Over 14 foot taken in 1997. I know this is from a remote region but wonder if they grew bigger in 1897, 1797, etc.?

Enigma said:

Many (most?) people would not have survived such an attack.

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Wait until you read the story about Hugh Glass, (circa 1823 before we even had medicine for a common cold) he used maggots and crawled 200 miles to survive. (did you catch that)

buckaroo, Lewis And Clark Journals is an outstanding read. I can't imagine how someone can endure a trip like that. I don't remember about the bear attack but I do remember how little help Sacagawea was. Also a lot of the history told today is wrong per the Journals.
We took a boat trip thru Gates of the Mountains and went to several areas that that Lewis & Clark traveled. Daughter and family live in Helena

I have no real meaningful experience with bears, except one where I shot a mid size black bear with rubber buckshot, this bear was coming around the house and getting into things looking for food, he must have had experience getting into trash as he ripped open some trash bags filled with old files and paper from cleaning out my filing cabinets, I had placed them on the front porch, I had loaded my 12 gauge with first shot light birdshot, second shot rubber buck, third and forth mag slugs, the rest magnum buckshot. he must have been really hungery as there were a number of large rocks he had moved to eat ants, on another part of the property he had ripped apart an old apple tree for the small green apples. One day I heard my dog growling at the front door, I looked out and there was the bear, I yelled and banged on the door and he moved off the porch and stood looking at me, I fired the birdshot in front of him and he turned and started to run and I shot him in the rear withe rubber buck and he accelerated and I never saw him again, a month or so later I heard a neighbor a couple miles away killed a black bear. All of which got me thinking about loads for my Redhawk 44

buckaroo said:

Wait until you read the story about Hugh Glass, (circa 1823 before we even had medicine for a common cold) he used maggots and crawled 200 miles to survive. (did you catch that)

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I've read that tale a time or two. Hugh Glass was quite a man.

My son (a doctor) said that he was also quite impressed with the reconstruction job done by the various surgeons involved in Mr. Perkins recovery and rehab.

All of the various bears have actively hunted and eaten humans. Yes, the .44 magnum works, why else would mushers use them?
Yep, a .454 Casull is real helpful too!
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I wonder if he wounded the bear then it attacked. he hasnt said that but I think he might have