Another clueless tourist vs Yellowstone wildlife

[yeahman]

Yah

[Norseman]

Fuk.

Dude did as well as anyone could've. Tough mofo. Good learning opp imo.

[byates1]

Burly. Jesus. Glad dude is going to recover

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[Djongo Unchained]

It's a late spring here in the valley and the wildlife rolling thru is pretty heavy. Bears are moving south into the more populated end of the Hole.

Signal Mtn. is a popular touristy viewpoint with a sweet road up. Otherwise a small butte next to major bear zones. Safe spots are much less so these days.

That dude got worked. Tuff mofo fosho.

[Core Shot]

Open season

https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/the_h...d0f533a57.html

[Harry]

Open season

https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/the_h...d0f533a57.html

Game On !

83 y/o woman lifted into the air by a horn ? Ouch.



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[mcski]

Dang, was really hoping for some video of that. I have images of a Benny Hill gag

[The SnowShow]

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Shayne is not a touron, but Shayne’s story is an example of how powerful wild animals can be and how protective they can be of their offspring.

•Always be aware of your surroundings out there
•Always be prepared
•Always have bear spray
AND
•ALWAYS be bear aware in bear country

If he had not had bear spray he may not have lived to tell his story.

When Shayne was getting interviewed by the rangers they told him that he did everything right in this situation.

Hopefully this post will help someone in the future.

Permission to repost from: @n0beefstew4u

“I’ve thought long and hard about how I would share my story about my encounter with a female grizzly and her cub. Let me preface this with how much I love and respect wildlife. Anyone who knows me, knows this about me. In fact, the second thing I said to the park rangers was please don’t kill the bear, she was defending her cub. What happened up on signal mountain was a case of wrong place wrong time. Sunday afternoon I was attacked by a mother Grizzly protecting her cub. It was the most violent thing I have ever experienced. I’ve experienced being shot at, mortared and IED explosions. I am a disabled Veteran in the Army reserve.
I was walking through the woods on signal mountain looking to photograph a Great Grey Owl. My wife and I had learned that this was a hot spot for the species and I was hopeful id see one. I told my wife I would be back at the parking lot in one hour. At the time of the attack about 1.25 hours had passed. At this point I knew she would be getting worried so I decided to B-line it back to the car using my GPS in my phone. Due to poor service I could only see the parked identification on the gps and my current location.
I started to walk fast to that location. I had a really uncomfortable feeling. I was breaking branches, singing and talking to myself aloud. These are something’s that can help prevent a “surprise encounter” with a brown bear.

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]I was walking through a thick wooded area in a valley. I over came a feature in the slope to my right and I noticed a brown bear cub running up a hill about 50-70 yards in front of me. I knew this wasn't good, unholstered my bear spray and saw the mother bear charging. stood my ground, shouted and attempted to deploy the bear spray but as I did she already closed the gap. When she pounced I opted to turn and give her my back and I laid down in the prone position on my belly and braced for the ride, interlocking my hands behind my neck to protect my vitals.The first bite and slash was on my back / right shoulder.

I screamed. She then turned, stepping on my back. She bit one of my legs, picking me 247 up and slamming me on the ground multiple times. She bit each leg from my buttocks to my inner knee about three times each. The final time I screamed again. this unfortunately but fortunately turned her attention to my head. I believe she went in for a kill bite on my neck. I still had my hands interlocked and my arms protecting my carotid arteries. I never let go of the bear spray can. As she bit my hands in the back of my neck she simultaneously bit the bear spray can and it exploded in her mouth. This is what saved my life from the initial attack. I heard her run away, I looked up and instantly ran in the opposite direction up a hill


Once I put some distance between me and the bear, I attempted to call my wife. It didn't go through, so I texted "attacked". she called me back and I told her what happened as I applied improvised tourniquets to my legs. At this point I knew that I didn't have any arterial bleeds and I just needed to slow the bleeding in my legs.
I laid alone in the woods gripping my knife with my back to a tree just hoping the bear wasn't to return. Through the phone call with 911 the helicopter was able to triangulate my location since the spotty service wasn't giving us an accurate location. At this point my legs were not really working.

Once the helicopter spotted me I tried to crawl to a clearing so they could reach me easier. At this time the first ranger showed up and started his assessment. Hypothermia was one of the biggest concerns at this point. I was alert and responsive. They field dressed my wounds and airlifted me out of the woods. They lowered me into the parking lot near signal mountain and loaded me on to the ambulance where they transported me to St. John's hospital in Jackson, Wyoming. I underwent a quick surgery to clean and staple wounds and combat infection.
The number one thing that kept me alive during the attack was reading and understanding what to do in the event of a bear attack and being prepared with the bear spray. Though I am not sure if I got to spray any at the bear, having it on me and keeping it in my hands while protecting my vitals 100% is the only reason I am telling my story noW.[/COLOR]

Secondly, though Ill prepared for a medical emergency (I always have an IFAK on me but this was meant to be a short walk in the roadside woods so I only brought my small day pack, Bino harness and fanny pack. Though I've had many CLS classes in the army and know stopping the bleeding is one of the most important fundamentals my wife was on the phone helping talk through using what had on me. I cut my back pack straps, camera straps and used my Fanny pack straps all to make improvised Ts to slow the bleeding.

Unfortunately my legs both had multiple puncture wounds. In this moment, I accepted on that small hill top that I very well could die. I recorded a short video telling my people that I loved them.

The biggest shoutout to the Jenny lake rangers who saved my life too. The Teton SAR are considered one of the most elite SAR groups in NA and I was so thankful they were there to help.

^^^ JFC, isn’t that a fairly busy area with hikers?

[east or bust]

^^^ JFC, isn’t that a fairly busy area with hikers?

Yes, but not really at the time of the year he was there. The road to the top of Signal was still closed at the time and he was also somewhere off trail in the bush. Parks had only been open a few weeks at that point so there's a good chance those bears hadn't had much if any human interaction yet this year.

[riser4]

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/05/g-s1-...-national-park

[byates1]

Jfc.

[plugboots]

“The individual had a firearm and was making threats.”
About what??
Too bad a Ranger was injured.

[yeahman]

Probably just some drunk dumbshit with a gun. FAFO

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Probably just some drunk construction worker with a gun.

FIFY (just going off previous experiences)

[old goat]

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/05/g-s1-...-national-park

What does a photo of tourists taking pics of Old Faithful have to do with a guy getting killed in a shootout?
(Side note--does anyone take pictures of Old Faithful when it's not erupting?)

[Thaleia]

Kinda like how my local paper uses the same stock image of a police car for every story regarding any type of crime.

[rideit]

What does a photo of tourists taking pics of Old Faithful have to do with a guy getting killed in a shootout?
(Side note--does anyone take pictures of Old Faithful when it's not erupting?)

I’m sure there is a link-fetish page somewhere for exactly that.

[mcski]

“The individual had a firearm and was making threats.”
About what??.

The geyser schedule?

[plugboots]

The geyser schedule?

Probably complaining about Canyon having no geysers on that schedule.

[neckdeep]

Probably went crazy ape bonkers after spending 5 hours unsuccessfully looking for a parking spot. The great irony of it being called a "Park" is that there's not nearly enough places to park. Going to Yellowstone in the high season is like driving to Wrigley Field; bad traffic and no place to park.

[old goat]

Kinda like Donner Lake today with highs in the 110s in the valley.

[rideit]

Probably went crazy ape bonkers after spending 5 hours unsuccessfully looking for a parking spot. The great irony of it being called a "Park" is that there's not nearly enough places to park. Going to Yellowstone in the high season is like driving to Wrigley Field; bad traffic and no place to park.

And way shittier hot dogs.

[neckdeep]

An enterprising person could make some money in a place like Paint Pots. Just like Wrigleyville. What do ya think, $50 for a prime parking spot at Paint Pots?

[Woolly the Mammoth]

FIFY (just going off previous experiences)

Park concessionaire employee.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Park concessionaire employee.

Dayum. This true? The Xanterrorists were always too poor to have guns when I was working there.