
Video (and lots of audio) from a Grizzly bear charge in Alaska. Very scary. The cameraman wisely dropped the camera to grab his gun, (although the video would have been awesome!)...I didn't want to have to shoot her, so I fired 2 warning shots during the time she charged. Then another 4 to keep her from coming closer.... Wow, the comments on this post never cease to amaze me. They range from "you should not have been in her backyard" to "you should have used pepper spray" to "you shouldn't have disturbed her"...to "it was probably defending her cubs"..The bottom line was, that bear was threatening to harm our equipment, and made an aggressive charge that ultimately threatened our lives. I did my research, and knew all the right actions to take during a bear encounter. And unfortunately, I had to utilize those actions. We were hundreds of miles away from any hospital or emergency services (and the only way out by helicopter) I had to take immediate actions to defend myself and the survival gear I carried with me. Pepper spray works at 40 feet. Not 80 yards when it started it's charge. That bear was NOT SCARED OF ME, and it was NOT defending her cubs. Pepper spray would not have stopped it. Legally, I could have killed that bear without question, but I chose to wait until the last possible second. Please don't post critisism on my page if you know nothing about how to deal with bears, or if you aren't familiar with the wilds of alaska, or if you want to post anything <b>...</b>
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