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Old 05-23-2012, 07:44 AM
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A 65-year-old Winnipeg man is home recovering after being attacked and nearly killed by a black bear near Sioux Lookout, ON this past weekend.

Gord Shurvell was getting ready to go fishing around 6 a.m. Saturday morning when he made a pit stop to the outhouse.

Just as he was about ready to leave, Shurvell said he came face to face with a black bear.

The 250 pound animal squeezed its way in, grabbed Shervell by the shoulder and dragged him out of the outhouse.

"He comes up and I knew, I knew he meant business then," he said. "Like I've been on the bush a lot and with bears and that (but I) never, never dreamed of this."

Unable to get free, Shervell said the bear then grabbed him by the back of the neck.

Luckily, his friend of 55 years who was in the chalet heard his screams.

The 63-year-old man rushed outside with a gun and shot and killed the bear....


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Old 05-23-2012, 08:17 AM
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:26 AM
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Wow. Always gotta be on alert. Seems that when I am using the "outhouse" it is the one time I feel most vulnerable! Maybe it has something to do with having my pants around my ankles and my junk hanging out!
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:27 AM
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That's brutal! Not just getting attacked by a bear, but getting dragged out of the outhouse. Plus side for the poor guy, at least he didn't have anything to deposit in his pants.

On a side note - when I was doing bear training in Yukon they taught us that if you were attacked by an aggressive black bear and found yourself on the ground the best position to survive the attack was on your stomach with your fingers interlocked, covering the back of your neck. The reason being the blackie can't open their jaw wide enough to fit an adult skull in their mouth. Your hands would "protect" your neck and having your elbows out to the side would make it harder for the bear to roll you over. While you'll still be mauled, you may survive. They followed that tidbit up with "If the bear starts feeding, fight!"
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Old 05-23-2012, 09:17 AM
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Having lived in Sioux Lookout, I know that there are lots of bears around that place and now that the spring hunt is gone there are a lot more.
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Old 05-23-2012, 09:34 AM
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That's brutal! Not just getting attacked by a bear, but getting dragged out of the outhouse. Plus side for the poor guy, at least he didn't have anything to deposit in his pants.

On a side note - when I was doing bear training in Yukon they taught us that if you were attacked by an aggressive black bear and found yourself on the ground the best position to survive the attack was on your stomach with your fingers interlocked, covering the back of your neck. The reason being the blackie can't open their jaw wide enough to fit an adult skull in their mouth. Your hands would "protect" your neck and having your elbows out to the side would make it harder for the bear to roll you over. While you'll still be mauled, you may survive. They followed that tidbit up with "If the bear starts feeding, fight!"
This is good for a defensive encounter, but this case seamed like an aggressive (predatory) encounter. The only thing to do in a predatory encounter is to fight, and fight dirty. Stay on your back, go for nose, eyes, and ears...

A defensive encounter is a bear protecting cubs, food, and what not. A predatory encounter means the bear is hungry, and you look yummy.

The reason face down, cover neck, spread legs works with a defensive encounter is the bear sees the threat is gone, and leaves. Doing this in a predatory encounter, the bear sees the prey is dead, and starts eating.

usually...
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Old 05-23-2012, 11:55 AM
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Have a good friend who is on his way to Sioux Lookout to go fishing. He is from there, and has told me numerous times about all the bears in the area!
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Gotta love the Ontario Gubmint. Close the spring bear season and allow open carry for handguns.

Nope that was a different dream , sorry.

Close the bear season and refuse carry permits. Ah! that's the ticket. Protecting the public, one blunder at a time.
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Have a good friend who is on his way to Sioux Lookout to go fishing. He is from there, and has told me numerous times about all the bears in the area!
What is your friend's last name?
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That's brutal! Not just getting attacked by a bear, but getting dragged out of the outhouse. Plus side for the poor guy, at least he didn't have anything to deposit in his pants.

On a side note - when I was doing bear training in Yukon they taught us that if you were attacked by an aggressive black bear and found yourself on the ground the best position to survive the attack was on your stomach with your fingers interlocked, covering the back of your neck. The reason being the blackie can't open their jaw wide enough to fit an adult skull in their mouth. Your hands would "protect" your neck and having your elbows out to the side would make it harder for the bear to roll you over. While you'll still be mauled, you may survive. They followed that tidbit up with "If the bear starts feeding, fight!"
Must have been either Neil or Wade that taught that course...LOL However, bears can and do have the ability to get their mouth around a human skull. Patti McConnell and Ray Kitchen both had the backs of their head chewed off when a black bear attacked them in Liard Springs in 97. Kitchen's death was the directly attributed to the bear crushing his skull while he was lying face down trying to keep his head covered.
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Old 05-24-2012, 07:59 AM
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Must have been either Neil or Wade that taught that course...LOL However, bears can and do have the ability to get their mouth around a human skull. Patti McConnell and Ray Kitchen both had the backs of their head chewed off when a black bear attacked them in Liard Springs in 97. Kitchen's death was the directly attributed to the bear crushing his skull while he was lying face down trying to keep his head covered.
I thought there was something fishy about a bear not being able to fit a human head in it's jaws. Like others have said, I don't think my survival instinct would be to lay there and take a mauling. Fight dirty. Survive. Change pants.
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