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Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 18:09:45
by va599
Sleep with one eye open....
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A hunter asleep in the remote Idaho wilderness woke up when he felt something tugging on his hair. Then he heard the black bear breathing.
Stephen Vouch, 29, reached behind his head and felt it was wet. He yelled when he realized a bear was biting at his head.
“He got a hold of my head, and that’s what woke me up,” the Boise resident said Wednesday, who was in the rugged area hunting bighorn sheep with friends. “That’s when I kind of freaked out. That’s when I could hear the bear breathing on me.”
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Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:10:29
by Snakester
That's why you should always sleep with a helmet on when in bear country!
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Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:36:28
by SHMIV
The bear was just trying to the guys up to let them know about the bighorn that he'd seen in the area.
That's got to be scary as hell; waking up to a bear gnawing at your head.
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Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 23:46:07
by MarcSpaz
That is why I always bring my dog. Bears and dog are natural enemies. The smell of the dog will keep the bears away. If a bear is stupid enough to come around, the dog will wake-up and start barking "before" the bear starts chewing on me.
Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 09:50:54
by WVUBeta1904
Oblivious Idaho Camper wrote:
“He got a hold of my head, and that’s what woke me up,”
He must have forgotten to set up his tin can alarms around camp.
Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:41:01
by Ironbear
"Go away!"... "Come here!" she needs to make up her mind!!
The pepper spray seemed to be more effective than words, hysteria and "please"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... U5cMZymSr0
Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:08:04
by MarcSpaz
Her voice makes me want to punch babies in the face! Thank God there are no babies around right now. OMG that was terrible.
Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:21:43
by WRW
I had a similar experience. I was dead asleep after a night of partying and awakened to a clawing sensation on my face. Upon gathering my senses I realized it was a ROACH. No friends around to assist and no gun available (Maryland), I had to kill it with my bare hands. To this day I have terrible nightmares. I'll never go back to that State.
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Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:57:50
by Snakester
That bear must have been Stone Deaf .....10 seconds of that voice and I would have go back into the woods!
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Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:12:57
by Reverenddel
At one point? I hoped the bear would give up the kayak, and chew on her for a bit.
Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:34:46
by Ironbear
Snakester wrote:That bear must have been Stone Deaf .....10 seconds of that voice and I would have go back into the woods!
How do you know that provoking hysteria isn't an amusing hobby for the bear? Out in the middle of nowhere.... gotta make your own fun!
Re: Idaho Man Gets Woken Up By A Bear
Posted: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 22:05:34
by va599
Hope they had a spare can just incase...lol...talk about the one time you want to make sure you have fresh can....