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Old April 17th, 2014 #24
Squarehead Chris
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Originally Posted by N.B. Forrest View Post
Yeah, I know about the Fetal Defense, but that's supposedly just for griz, pilgrim: the Experts say if a black bear attacks (a far less likely thing), it means to eat your ass, period, so the best thing is to fight to remain off the menu.
I'm not sure about that.
I've lived in "bear country" nearly all my life in a few different states.
I've been told that black bears rarely chew on their human victims.
Brown (Grizzly) bears will gnaw on you but usually not totally consume you.
(See Alex's posts about the idiotic "Grizzly Man").

I actually lived and fished out of the town of Kodiak, on Kodiak Island for around 3 1/2 years.
So I've seen my share of the fabled "Kodiak Brownies".
Big and fearsome to be sure.

But the bear that will totally consume you is the Polar Bear.
They are necessitous creatures, so they don't waste.

When I lived in Alaska, there was a North Slope oil worker who had gone missing.
All they ever found of him was one of his boots... with his foot still in it!
YIKES!

Last edited by Squarehead Chris; April 17th, 2014 at 01:27 AM.