haight
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What does your face say now that you cut your nose off?
Hey old farts..how many over 50 yrs?
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OldMedUser
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Finally made it home and 200ft from my door almost died tonight.
Wife was driving friend's car and over shot the driveway when we got home. I was kind of ragging on her and after she backed up enough she swung left to go in and a car from behind, moving at least 100k/60mph as we are on a highway, was passing on the left and if Bonnie , the owner riding shotgun, hadn't yell and the wife hadn't have hit the brake at the last second he would have T-boned us hard. Guy backed up and probably took a pick of the back of the car to report to the cops. Would have found out if air bags were worth the money. 1/2 second difference and it would have been a mess. Because of my gut surgery I wasn't wearing my seat belt.
If I had of ended up back in the hospital I'd have left that dingbat the minute I got out but I'm pretty sure at least the 3 of us would be worm food so no worries.
Closest call I've had in a decade at least. I said I'd drive. Feeling alert and much more capable than either of them to get home safely. Was 2 hours ago and I still get a shiver when I think about it.
Wife was driving friend's car and over shot the driveway when we got home. I was kind of ragging on her and after she backed up enough she swung left to go in and a car from behind, moving at least 100k/60mph as we are on a highway, was passing on the left and if Bonnie , the owner riding shotgun, hadn't yell and the wife hadn't have hit the brake at the last second he would have T-boned us hard. Guy backed up and probably took a pick of the back of the car to report to the cops. Would have found out if air bags were worth the money. 1/2 second difference and it would have been a mess. Because of my gut surgery I wasn't wearing my seat belt.
If I had of ended up back in the hospital I'd have left that dingbat the minute I got out but I'm pretty sure at least the 3 of us would be worm food so no worries.
Closest call I've had in a decade at least. I said I'd drive. Feeling alert and much more capable than either of them to get home safely. Was 2 hours ago and I still get a shiver when I think about it.
ttystikk
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Glad you avoided the accident. My sister was 8 months pregnant and driving without her belly on by doctor's orders when she was involved in a head on collision. Thank goodness for airbags! She went back to the hospital and they stabilised her, but the baby was still born a week later, a month early. Baby did fine; she's all grown and married now.Finally made it home and 200ft from my door almost died tonight.
Wife was driving friend's car and over shot the driveway when we got home. I was kind of ragging on her and after she backed up enough she swung left to go in and a car from behind, moving at least 100k/60mph as we are on a highway, was passing on the left and if Bonnie , the owner riding shotgun, hadn't yell and the wife hadn't have hit the brake at the last second he would have T-boned us hard. Guy backed up and probably took a pick of the back of the car to report to the cops. Would have found out if air bags were worth the money. 1/2 second difference and it would have been a mess. Because of my gut surgery I wasn't wearing my seat belt.
If I had of ended up back in the hospital I'd have left that dingbat the minute I got out but I'm pretty sure at least the 3 of us would be worm food so no worries.
Closest call I've had in a decade at least. I said I'd drive. Feeling alert and much more capable than either of them to get home safely. Was 2 hours ago and I still get a shiver when I think about it.
The scariest thing in the world is riding with someone getting really emotional and not paying attention to the road.
Just to clarify - the baby was not still-borne but survived?
Sorry, it was a little confusing & hoping for the best outcome.
ttystikk
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The baby was fine. My niece came a month early, and has since grown up and married.
Rare spate of bear attacks leaves two dead in Alaska
Four people have been attacked in less than a week, resulting in two fatalities, in what wildlife experts are calling ‘a lightning strike’
A warning sign in Anchorage, Alaska, after a 16-year-old runner was recently killed by a black bear. There have only been six fatal bear attacks in the state in 130 years. Photograph: Mark Thiessen/AP
Alaska is experiencing a spate of bear attacks, with four people attacked in less than a week, resulting in two fatalities.
Two men, Alex Ippoliti and James Fredrick, were cycling in a woodland near Anchorage on Saturday when Fredrick was attacked, causing him to suffer lacerations to his neck and lose part of his biceps muscle. Ippoliti managed to stave off the assailant, which may have been guarding a nearby cub, with bear spray.
The attack came a week after two fatal bear maulings. Erin Johnson, a newlywed, was collecting geological samples near a mine around 275 miles north-east of Anchorage when she was set upon by a “hyper-aggressive bear”. Johnson died and her colleague Ellen Trainor was injured. Officials killed the bear later that day.
That incident came a day after a 16-year-old boy was chased and killed by a black bear while running a race near Anchorage. Patrick Jack Cooper managed to call his family shortly before the bear attacked him.
A park ranger shot the 250lbs bear in the face but it ran away. State biologists subsequently shot and killed four black bears in the Bird Ridge area, including the one they believe attacked Cooper.
Such attacks are rare. Rick Sinnott, a wildlife biologist who previously worked at Alaska’s department of fish and game, said there have only been six fatal bear attacks in the state in 130 years of records.
“So all of the sudden to have two in the course of two days, it’s a lightning strike,” Sinnott told CBS.
It is particularly unusual for black bears, North America’s most common bear species, to be involved in fatalities. Brown bears have more of a reputation for aggression, but only in situations where they have young cubs they are anxious to defend.
Bears may approach people through curiosity, in search of food or, more rarely, for predatory reasons. People venturing further into wilderness areas may also cause an increase in interactions with bears.
The Alaska department of fish and game acknowledged that the recent attacks have put “many Alaskans on edge”. It advised people to carry bear spray or a gun when hiking, running or cycling through bear habitat.
If a bear is encountered, Alaskans are advised to stand their ground and talk firmly to the animal rather than run away or play dead. If the bear attacks, it is best to throw rocks or hit it around the face.
Four people have been attacked in less than a week, resulting in two fatalities, in what wildlife experts are calling ‘a lightning strike’
A warning sign in Anchorage, Alaska, after a 16-year-old runner was recently killed by a black bear. There have only been six fatal bear attacks in the state in 130 years. Photograph: Mark Thiessen/AP
Alaska is experiencing a spate of bear attacks, with four people attacked in less than a week, resulting in two fatalities.
Two men, Alex Ippoliti and James Fredrick, were cycling in a woodland near Anchorage on Saturday when Fredrick was attacked, causing him to suffer lacerations to his neck and lose part of his biceps muscle. Ippoliti managed to stave off the assailant, which may have been guarding a nearby cub, with bear spray.
The attack came a week after two fatal bear maulings. Erin Johnson, a newlywed, was collecting geological samples near a mine around 275 miles north-east of Anchorage when she was set upon by a “hyper-aggressive bear”. Johnson died and her colleague Ellen Trainor was injured. Officials killed the bear later that day.
That incident came a day after a 16-year-old boy was chased and killed by a black bear while running a race near Anchorage. Patrick Jack Cooper managed to call his family shortly before the bear attacked him.
A park ranger shot the 250lbs bear in the face but it ran away. State biologists subsequently shot and killed four black bears in the Bird Ridge area, including the one they believe attacked Cooper.
Such attacks are rare. Rick Sinnott, a wildlife biologist who previously worked at Alaska’s department of fish and game, said there have only been six fatal bear attacks in the state in 130 years of records.
“So all of the sudden to have two in the course of two days, it’s a lightning strike,” Sinnott told CBS.
It is particularly unusual for black bears, North America’s most common bear species, to be involved in fatalities. Brown bears have more of a reputation for aggression, but only in situations where they have young cubs they are anxious to defend.
Bears may approach people through curiosity, in search of food or, more rarely, for predatory reasons. People venturing further into wilderness areas may also cause an increase in interactions with bears.
The Alaska department of fish and game acknowledged that the recent attacks have put “many Alaskans on edge”. It advised people to carry bear spray or a gun when hiking, running or cycling through bear habitat.
If a bear is encountered, Alaskans are advised to stand their ground and talk firmly to the animal rather than run away or play dead. If the bear attacks, it is best to throw rocks or hit it around the face.
ttystikk
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Lol true that!
deno
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Black bear attacks are almost always predator-pray attacks, so playing dead just gets you eaten faster. I wonder if there's some sort of ecological disruption going on in Alaska, resulting in a reduction in the bear's food source. Hmmm....
We had a very bad year for Salmon/Blue berries - at least in my area.
Had a hard freeze in early spring that killed off much of the budding vegetation.
We've had a couple of brownies in the neighborhood for the last several months & will probably see our share of Winter bears this year.
Budley Doright
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Since we cancelled the spring bear hunt here, human bear interactions doubled I believe. Also I'm pretty sure most black bear attacks here are sow protecting cubs but I call them and yes they are very aggressive lol. 
We're working on an additional 100k in term.
I really don't like anything other than whole life but at this point in the journey one can't quibble semantics.
BarnBuster
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Gquebed
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Every fall there is a "spate" of bear attacks. The media never learns.... patterns.Rare spate of bear attacks leaves two dead in Alaska
Four people have been attacked in less than a week, resulting in two fatalities, in what wildlife experts are calling ‘a lightning strike’
A warning sign in Anchorage, Alaska, after a 16-year-old runner was recently killed by a black bear. There have only been six fatal bear attacks in the state in 130 years. Photograph: Mark Thiessen/AP
Alaska is experiencing a spate of bear attacks, with four people attacked in less than a week, resulting in two fatalities.
Two men, Alex Ippoliti and James Fredrick, were cycling in a woodland near Anchorage on Saturday when Fredrick was attacked, causing him to suffer lacerations to his neck and lose part of his biceps muscle. Ippoliti managed to stave off the assailant, which may have been guarding a nearby cub, with bear spray.
The attack came a week after two fatal bear maulings. Erin Johnson, a newlywed, was collecting geological samples near a mine around 275 miles north-east of Anchorage when she was set upon by a “hyper-aggressive bear”. Johnson died and her colleague Ellen Trainor was injured. Officials killed the bear later that day.
That incident came a day after a 16-year-old boy was chased and killed by a black bear while running a race near Anchorage. Patrick Jack Cooper managed to call his family shortly before the bear attacked him.
A park ranger shot the 250lbs bear in the face but it ran away. State biologists subsequently shot and killed four black bears in the Bird Ridge area, including the one they believe attacked Cooper.
Such attacks are rare. Rick Sinnott, a wildlife biologist who previously worked at Alaska’s department of fish and game, said there have only been six fatal bear attacks in the state in 130 years of records.
“So all of the sudden to have two in the course of two days, it’s a lightning strike,” Sinnott told CBS.
It is particularly unusual for black bears, North America’s most common bear species, to be involved in fatalities. Brown bears have more of a reputation for aggression, but only in situations where they have young cubs they are anxious to defend.
Bears may approach people through curiosity, in search of food or, more rarely, for predatory reasons. People venturing further into wilderness areas may also cause an increase in interactions with bears.
The Alaska department of fish and game acknowledged that the recent attacks have put “many Alaskans on edge”. It advised people to carry bear spray or a gun when hiking, running or cycling through bear habitat.
If a bear is encountered, Alaskans are advised to stand their ground and talk firmly to the animal rather than run away or play dead. If the bear attacks, it is best to throw rocks or hit it around the face.
This happens because winter is coming and the fuckers need to feed like mad to gain enough fat to survive their sleep through the winter, with a little left over for energy to hunt when they wake up.
So... this time of year...bears eat everything in sight. Just survival instinct...not a "lightening strike...ffs
Budley Doright
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We don't get a pile of attacks here, just very odd one and they tend to be in the summer months and like I said earlier they tend to be a surprised sow and cubs (black bears), had one in the back yard last summer with a cub but they have never bothered anyone and if they did they would be on the barbi, love me some bear ribs if done right lol.
deno
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"Lone, predatory black bears responsible for most human attacks. Most fatal attacks by North American black bears during the past century were conducted by lone, male animals that stalked and then killed their human victims as prey, according to a new study by the world's top authority on what triggers bear attacks."
This isn't new info to me at all. In fact, a rather high percentage of these attacks come through a tent wall. They are really rare, though.
This isn't new info to me at all. In fact, a rather high percentage of these attacks come through a tent wall. They are really rare, though.
Agree'd - if no cubs are present then a Black Bear attack is usually nearly 100% predatory.
Which means fight with everything you've got because otherwise you have zero chance of survival.
deno
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This is a pretty good article. 88% predator/prey.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/lone-predatory-black-bears-responsible-most-human-attacks/2011/05/11/
I was guessing at the numbers but I knew I wouldn't be too far off.
But bears aside, if these guys grew to 200 lbs there wouldn't be many of us left.
I've had them come right up to my feet while river fishing trying to bluff me off of a Salmon.
They are fearless!