Canadian man punches bear in the face while defending dog – IOTW Report

Canadian man punches bear in the face while defending dog

SUDBURY, Ontario, July 6 (UPI) — A Canadian man escaped an encounter with a mother bear after it attacked while he was taking his dog for a walk.

Rick Nelson, 61, said the encounter began when he spotted a bear cub sticking its head out from some bushes while walking his dog, Margie, on a cliff near Panache Lake.

“I sat down on a log and the bear cub poked its head out of the shrub nearby. It was so close I could touch it. It let out a yelp, because I scared the heck out of it,” he told the CBC. “I knew right away I was in trouble. It’s calling for mommy.”   MORE

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  1. A guy in my town with the same name as me had a front page story because he killed an attacking bear with his .45 during a Canada trip. I got so sick of saying for several years “No, that wasn’t me. That was someone with the same name.”

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