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The most tragic part about this story is not his death, he chose a lifestyle and stuck to it despite all the warnings, for me it's the fact he persuaded his gir

The most tragic part about this story is not his death, he chose a lifestyle and stuck to it despite all the warnings, for me it's the fact he persuaded his girlfriend to camp with him in bear territory and ultimately got her mauled as well.

gadders 2y ago
Anyone who can spend 6 minutes fighting a bear with a frying pan is brave as fuck. She was a hero.
- chakintosh 2y ago
  That's not my point.
  - mpalmer 2y ago
    Replies don't have to be a continuation of your point.
    - teddyh 2y ago
      [flagged]
  - gadders 2y ago
    Yes, but you specifically mentioned her. I agree with you, but wanted to highlight her heroism (which in an ideal world would not have been needed)
    - s1artibartfast 2y ago
      what is heroic at all about fighting frantically for ones ones life? The brave part Brave I get that. Heroic, not so much.
      - gadders 2y ago
        She fought the bear whilst it was attacking her boyfriend. She didn't run when he told her too, but stood there smacking the bear on the head with a frying pan like something out of a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
- pookha 2y ago
  Frying pan wasn't the way to go with a grizzly. There was a group of collegiate wrestlers that managed to survive a violent predatory grizzly attack. Bear was trying to eat them. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wyoming-college-wrestlers-recount-death-fight-grizzly-bear/story?id=91729423 https://abcnews.go.com/US/wyoming-college-wrestlers-recount-... It seems like they survived the initial attack by sticking their hands balls deep into the bear's mouth while it was attacking. They took compound bone fractures and one of them got a bicep nearly ripped off. Bear was persistent and attacked twice. Tried to bury one of them in the dirt (for the cubs) and left. They managed to escape with some very haggard injuries. Bottom line is I wouldn't go deep into grizzly territory unless I had a twelve gauge with 00 buck shot. Inland grizzly bears have dwindling fish stock and they hunt large game and they're wildly aggressive. Yellowstone had 62 instances of bears charging hikers in 2011 from what I saw.
  - gadders 2y ago
    I get most of my knowledge on grizzly bears from the Joe Pickett novels about a game warden in Wyoming. But yeah, I'd want bear spray and a gun as plan b.
lostemptations5 2y ago
Maybe she knew what she was doing and accepted the risks

gadders 2y ago

Anyone who can spend 6 minutes fighting a bear with a frying pan is brave as fuck. She was a hero.

chakintosh 2y ago
That's not my point.
- mpalmer 2y ago
  Replies don't have to be a continuation of your point.
  - teddyh 2y ago
    [flagged]
- gadders 2y ago
  Yes, but you specifically mentioned her. I agree with you, but wanted to highlight her heroism (which in an ideal world would not have been needed)
  - s1artibartfast 2y ago
    what is heroic at all about fighting frantically for ones ones life? The brave part Brave I get that. Heroic, not so much.
    - gadders 2y ago
      She fought the bear whilst it was attacking her boyfriend. She didn't run when he told her too, but stood there smacking the bear on the head with a frying pan like something out of a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
pookha 2y ago
Frying pan wasn't the way to go with a grizzly. There was a group of collegiate wrestlers that managed to survive a violent predatory grizzly attack. Bear was trying to eat them. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wyoming-college-wrestlers-recount-death-fight-grizzly-bear/story?id=91729423 https://abcnews.go.com/US/wyoming-college-wrestlers-recount-... It seems like they survived the initial attack by sticking their hands balls deep into the bear's mouth while it was attacking. They took compound bone fractures and one of them got a bicep nearly ripped off. Bear was persistent and attacked twice. Tried to bury one of them in the dirt (for the cubs) and left. They managed to escape with some very haggard injuries. Bottom line is I wouldn't go deep into grizzly territory unless I had a twelve gauge with 00 buck shot. Inland grizzly bears have dwindling fish stock and they hunt large game and they're wildly aggressive. Yellowstone had 62 instances of bears charging hikers in 2011 from what I saw.
- gadders 2y ago
  I get most of my knowledge on grizzly bears from the Joe Pickett novels about a game warden in Wyoming. But yeah, I'd want bear spray and a gun as plan b.

lostemptations5 2y ago

Maybe she knew what she was doing and accepted the risks