Sometimes weapons don`t make a differance when a bear is already on you.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 66-year-old rural Alaska man
walked 900 yards back to his home after he was mauled
by a brown bear.
.
Alaska State Troopers said Andre Siegenthaler
suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the
Tuesday incident near the village of Slana, located
about 250 miles northeast of Anchorage or 100 miles
west of the Canadian border.
Siegenthaler was
reportedly in
stable condition
Wednesday at a
Wasilla hospital,
Anchorage
television station
KTUU reported
(
http://is.gd/aslhNd). Officials
at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center refused to release
any information about Siegenthaler to The Associated
Press on Wednesday.
The attack happened Tuesday afternoon as
Siegenthaler went to pick up some nails from a
neighbor, Ed Bullock.
Bullock said he got his information after speaking to
Siegenthaler's wife, Briggita.
"The bear attacked with no warning from behind a
spruce tree, and even though Andre was carrying bear
spray, the attack happened faster than Andre could
react," Bullock told KTUU. "Within two bounds the bear
was on Andre."
Siegenthaler suffered bites to his right hip, both
shoulders and arms, and had damage to both cheeks
and an ear, Bullock said.
He was able to walk home after the bear broke off the
attack, and his wife called 911. Troopers did not
respond to the incident other than to arrange a medical
transport, spokeswoman Beth Ipsen said.
Troopers don't plan to locate or track the bear.
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