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| Duct Tape To The Rescue |
| 2003-09-26 |
| A hunter attacked by a grizzly bear on a remote trail said he used duct tape to bind his bite wounds, then rode an all-terrain vehicle to his pickup truck and drove himself to a hospital. Bill Murphy said the Sept. 17 attack happened after he surprised a grizzly cub and its mother on a trail about 50 miles northeast of Anchorage where he was hunting for moose and sheep. This being the number one definition of "Oh Shit!" âI didnât even have time to jump,â Murphy said. Murphy grabbed his rifle but before he could raise it, the mother bear pinned him face-down. It then clamped her jaws around his right shoulder and started shaking him like a rag. He said he felt teeth pressing against his skin, then a pop as they sliced through. At some point, the bear let go, then stood over Murphy, panting and drooling onto his head. All he could think about was a bear attack over the summer near the Russian River where a man was bitten on the face and blinded. âI just lay perfectly still and said, âGod, donât bite my head,ââ Murphy said. Finally, the bear moved away. Murphy said he got up, planning to shoot the bear, but it had broken his rifle. Murphy said he wrapped duct tape around his shoulder and cut up a cloth bag to wrap around his thigh. He hiked out to his four-wheeler, rode about 15 miles back to his pickup truck and drove a half hour to Valley Hospital in Palmer. One tough SOB. The 54-year-old said he has no idea how long the attack lasted, but it felt like âtwo lifetimes.â âI can laugh about it now, but I wasnât laughing then,â he said. If it canât be fixed with duct tape, it canât be fixed. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 If I am hiking in the woods near my home, I always carry a rifle or a shotgun. I shot a grizzley in the heart once, and it ran for 150 yards before it died. Having a sow grizzley on one side of you and the cubs on the other is one of the most frightening experiences I have had in my life. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-26 9:47:54 PM |
| #3 Well, he's alive and can tell us about it. I still shudder everytime I think about the pictures that were floating around on the web a while back of the forest ranger who got partially eaten. He shot the bear with a.38. All that did was piss the bear off. As I recall the guy who brought the bear down put seven 7mm magnum rounds into it. One big freaking bear |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2003-9-26 7:48:51 PM |
| #2 Well, he's alive and can tell us about it. I still shudder everytime I think about the pictures that were floating around on the web a while back of the forest ranger who got partially eaten. He shot the bear with a.38. All that did was piss the bear off. As I recall the guy who brought the bear down put seven 7mm magnum rounds into it. One big freaking bear |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2003-9-26 7:48:08 PM |
| #1 Future note: bring TWO firearms next time, the second preferably a large caliber pistol. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-26 5:39:24 PM |