It just kept coming. It lacked a grizzly's normally bulging muscles, dreadlocks of matted hair hung from abnormally lean forelegs. Instead of arcing in to hit at the bear's feet, it hissed straight and level, passing a yard above the bear's neck. I loaded the other flare. Big cats, like the leopard, go directly for the head, killing with a single bite that penetrates the brain. I could not possibly run far enough or fast enough.
It does not care if you scream or for how long.It may even feed for a while, then come back later for more. The bear did not jerk or flinch.
Just part of the food chain.
But in the next instant a gust of wind hit my face, and I knew that if I fired it would be my eyes burned by the caustic spray.
I shook the tarp and the bear drew its head into its shoulders. I suppose a bear could hold an animal and begin feeding while it was still alive,but it probable wouldn't be a conscious decision by the bear,just really hungry that day. Crocodiles seize their prey and drag it into deep water, spinning over and over to kill by trauma and drowning.Attacker: Mr Schooler says he tried to replicate a bigger bear to defend himself by using an improvised tarpaulin and a ski pole But when a bear strikes, it simply rushes in like a locomotive and knocks its prey to the ground. We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group'A bear may take its time as it tears random mouthfuls from back, buttocks, legs and shoulders, or goes in through the stomach for the organs. What a bear eats really just depends on the species of bear. And I was under no illusions as to how it would happen. Brown bears are classed as carnivores, and they do eat both small and large animals. Every part of my body was in pain or trembling. But as I fumbled for them, I pulled out the square of waterproof fabric I use as a ground tarpaulin - and I had another idea.
stay away from bears! I had never seen one do absolutely nothing.That is, until one rainy day in the spring of 2007 when I looked up into the southwest wind and saw a bear standing at the edge of the forest, 75 yards away. And there it was again. But a lope is not a run, and I knew it would be back. Brown bear on Alaska Mammals. I headed down the beach into the froth of the breaking waves, praying that the wash of seawater over my tracks would mask my scent to a point where the grizzly could no longer follow me. I came out of the woods onto the beach, and just as I began to relax a fraction, I glanced back. I had seen that same posture in bears that were being threatened by larger bears, so I did what a bigger bear would do: I charged. I could be wrong. She had walked out. The bear turned and loped away into the trees, looking over its shoulder. Its claws threw clots of dark earth and dead vegetation into the air as it spun and ran. I knew that if I turned to run or backed away, the predator would strike. The grizzly that tried to eat me alive: One man's petrifying story of an attack by an Alaskan bear Most watched News videos Carer left unable to sleep because elderly neighbour were having sex
I knew that if I turned to run or backed away, the predator would strike. Desperate, I unbuckled my pack, thinking to sacrifice every foilwrapped package of freeze-dried food, candy bar and dried apple I had left, scattering it in my wake as a delaying tactic. Most predators kill fairly quickly - but not so with bears. Admittedly, I have no idea how dangerous those bears are compared to the ones in russia...but still! This contains a concentration of oleoresin capsicum, the oily inflammatory ingredient found in chilli peppers that creates a burning sensation in the eyes, nose and lungs.It is effective only at distances under 30 ft - which meant letting the bear come worryingly close. He had already lost two friends to bears and knew that when they do attack there was usually only one outcome.
The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. It took my fear-addled brain a moment to remember I had brought with me the flare gun - a plastic pistol designed to fire the kind of aerial flares sailors use to alert the Coast guard. People would jump out of their cars at the sight of a bear. During the 40 years I have lived and worked in Alaska, every one of the hundreds of grizzly and brown bears I have seen was either feeding, walking, running, fighting, or mating. And at times, utterly merciless.
I felt like a rodent being considered by a snake. As long you are not fighting back they will go to town on....or dinner. The bear exploded.
At the first available village, I called my wife. The stillness of this bear radiated tension the way a deranged, glaring stranger gives off a dark energy you cross the street to avoid.
I could hear the bear coming for me. We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group'A bear may take its time as it tears random mouthfuls from back, buttocks, legs and shoulders, or goes in through the stomach for the organs. Most predators kill fairly quickly - but not so with bears. There was the rustle of old grass, and a stick cracked; a muffled snort came, and I eased around the brush.
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