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Probably not.

Thanks sbabcock, I am pretty sure I remember Wes Perkins from when I lived in Nome as a kid from 1966 to 1968. If I am correct, they had a falcon in a cage out in front of their home that they had caught out on the tundra. I was quite shocked to read about his attack and I am glad he is doing better but it sounds like he has quite a tough road ahead. It is a truly remarkable survival story for sure.

Shortly after we left Anchorage, another friend of ours was mauled by a grizzly but at the age of 14, he fought off the bear with a walking stick saving his friend's life.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1387786/posts

It is quite strange to read about bear attacks on two people I actually knew up in Alaska as a kid. My hopes and prayers are with Wes as he continues his long road to recovery.

God bless,

Alaska444

I remember when MacInnes was mauled in 2005. Another friend was mauled a very short distance from that spot a few years ago. It's also close to where Greg Brush killed a big bear with a handgun while walking his dog.

I remember thinking what the odds must be to survive two brownie attacks.

I hope your friend is doing well.


And as usual, some really stoopit comments after that article.

Questioning the ethics of using a snow machine is a lot like questioning the use of deer feeders in Texas. Until you live and hunt there/here, I think you lack adequate understanding to form a valid opinion.

Tell the eskimos not to hunt on snow machines!! LOL, that would be a worse affront to the culture than taking blubber away and eskimo ice cream.

Sounds like he wouldn't have made it past the first attack if it were not for the bravery of a 14 year old kid who fought off a grizzly with a walking stick. What a story. I remember Mike as the eldest child of about 6 if I remember right and he was always looking out for them even at a young age.

Quite sadly, he and his younger brother Gilbert drowned in 1984 off of Soldotna in a commercial fishing accident, a tragedy compounded by their young families. I believe he was only 30 or 31 at the time. Growing up, I remember seeing the polar bear skin in their living room wall that their mother had killed with a bow and arrow or so the story went anyway. Quite the frontier family.

yes, and they wonder about how to work and put away for their cubs education and health insur.....

yes, and they wonder about how to work and put away for their cubs education and health insur.....

I have read quite a few accounts where individuals have been mauled and killed by grizz (brown bears) while tracking or accidently stumbling accross their spore. This would suggest to me that these bears do not like you following them and they will either charge you or lie in ambush. I saw a hunting video that featured a guide outfitter that was very experienced in hunting grizz. He stated on camera that there are no old bold grizzly bear photographers as they all get eaten. This would suggest to me that if you are not hunting grizz and or are not appropriatly armed and you come across fresh tracks, I would back out of there right now.