[pct-l] PCT bear attacks...........

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon,

Here's a real scary animal:
http://www.trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=532597

Steel-Eye


On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Bill Burge <bill at burge.com> wrote:

> This one sounded life threatening:
>
> Kern County, August 1998 –  ... The man sustained extensive damage to both
> his forearms, as well as deep cuts to his back and more superficial wounds
> to his legs. ...
>
> Butt, this one made me snicker:
>
> Mono County, April 1996 – A man received a bite on the buttocks from a
> young bear. Further details are not known.
>
> Same incident described in a different source:
>
> April 1996: In the town of Mammoth in the eastern Sierra, a bear approached
> a man working on his pick-up truck at his home, bit him in the butt, then
> ran off.
>
>
> BillB
>
>
> On May 24, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Eric Lee wrote:
>
> >
> > Bill wrote:
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Oh, I was confused when you said:
> >>
> >> "At the time of my research, there had never been *any* documented
> >> fatalities or serious injuries from black bears in California, ever."
> >>
> >> The "or serious injuries" kinda through me.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ok, now I understand what you were saying.
> >
> >
> >
> > I got the bit about "no serious injuries" from this article:
> http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/bears/17275/2.  That's not a
> government source but the author seems to be knowledgable.  Wikipedia
> defines "serious bodily injury" as any injury that substantially risks death
> of the victim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injury).  Looking over the
> list of incidents on the California Fish and Game web site, none of them are
> specifically described as resulting in life-threatening injuries, though
> several of them are definitely injuries that I wouldn't want to deal with
> myself.
> >
> >
> >
> > Make of that what you will.
> >
> >
> >
> > Eric
> >
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