Black Bear Danger
A man-eating bear stood between the hunter and his rifle.
A Man-Killing Bear and Revenge
Shocked and angered by his friend’s horrible death, the old trapper was determined to get revenge. Almost every trapper past middle age who has spent his life in the wilderness has stories to tell about exceptionally savage bears. One of these stories was told in my...
Leo Tolstoy and The Bear Hunt
I felt something warm above my head and realized the bear was drawing my whole face into its mouth; my nose, already in it and feeling the heat of it… Have you had summer in Moscow and St. Petersburg this year? “the bundled-up June tourist asked at the...
Elk Hunter Defends Kill Against Grizzly Intruder
The carcass was hanging in the hunter’s garage, but that didn’t keep out the great bear.