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Man kills bear with stick (and he's got scars to prove it)

dailymail.co.uk — A Canadian man who was attacked by a bear while walking his dogs survived only after crushing the creature's skull with a stick. British Columbia resident Jim West needed 60 stitches on his head and body to close wounds from the terrifying attack.

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  • SaintDogbert, on 10/09/2008, -9/+431Not just a bear, but a bear with a stick! Next thing you know there will be bears with knives or guns. Or worst of all, a bear holding a shark!
  • irfanmp, on 10/09/2008, -9/+396He must have made Colbert proud.
  • floridiot2, on 10/09/2008, -6/+377Oh man, he bearly got away with his life. Also, how did he manage to carry his ginormous balls all the way to the local lodge?
  • bixby1, on 10/09/2008, -6/+359And the badass of the year award goes to...
  • reyoo30309, on 10/09/2008, -11/+201Real men kill bears with their bare hands.
  • shutaro, on 10/10/2008, -9/+193Real men kill bears with their bear hands.
  • inactive, on 10/09/2008, -7/+171This is a man that you do not want to startle. He probably had trouble hearing the bear behind him because of the clanging of his solid steel balls.
  • stonebear, on 10/09/2008, -17/+174Article is too skimpy to say, but one might assume some fairly useless dogs. Not such a good idea in the great white north. But opposable thumbs came through in the end, as they often do. Real bummer about the bear family, but, unfortunately; momma bears are prone to such misunderstandings. Huzzah for Canadian socialized medicine; the intrepid man may keep his house and belongings, as well as his life.
  • shauntacular, on 10/10/2008, -4/+158Oh, you punched a shark huh? Well, I killed a bear with a stick! TOP THAT!
  • AmyVernon, on 10/09/2008, -14/+156Sad they had to euthanize the bear's two cubs.
  • bgrah449, on 10/10/2008, -8/+143What the article doesn't mention - West did the euthanizing.

    He tore an arm off the slain mother and beat in the head of one of the baby bears. Then he picked up the dead baby bear and beat in the head of the other baby bear.
  • big90burban, on 10/09/2008, -36/+156OM NOM NOM NOM NOM
  • senseilmno, on 10/10/2008, -2/+119no biggie its a rite of passage here in canada....he has now become a man
  • castletech, on 10/10/2008, -2/+95All hunters should use sticks. Guns makes it too easy.
  • Nidy1, on 10/10/2008, -12/+93"Sadly, the bear was the mother of two young cubs - who had to be euthanised because it was believed they would not survive the cruel Canadian winter without her."

    They thought the bears wouldn't live through the winter so they killed them...brilliant logic.
  • whatimbipolar, on 10/10/2008, -1/+81Proof that all you need in life is a big stick
  • shutaro, on 10/10/2008, -1/+78Well, now they definitely won't live through the winter... Sounds like they made a pretty good prediction.
  • inactive, on 10/09/2008, -4/+78Wow, you clearly are a *****. Do you hear that whooshing sound?
  • AlexWiggy, on 10/10/2008, -1/+69I once killed a stick with a bear.
  • COINTELPROAgent, on 10/09/2008, -4/+66Wow. Somebody nominate this man secretary of the treasury.
  • Wesside, on 10/10/2008, -8/+69Of you know, put them in a zoo, or take care of them until they are big enough to go out on their own.
  • kiwiboyus, on 10/10/2008, -7/+65I dugg you up for a) pointing out he was lucky b) showing some compassion for a bear that just looking out for her cubs c) pointing out the obvious benefit of socialized health care, I have first hand experience of it.
  • PathmarkPolice, on 10/10/2008, -1/+57This guy kicks ass. To insult the memory of that bear bitch mother, however, I would've raised her cubs to live like humans, mwahahahahahahahaha!
  • shutaro, on 10/10/2008, -1/+55Stick beats bear.
  • Andreeew, on 10/10/2008, -1/+55dugg for bearly
  • shutaro, on 10/10/2008, -0/+54You Canadians have strange and foreign customs... But, none the less, I still appreciate your exotic bear-slaying culture.
  • Spuy767, on 10/10/2008, -2/+52At least he didn't get sued by the EPA like that poor bastard who killed that bear to protect his son.
  • toonworld, on 10/10/2008, -1/+51that's what SHE said
  • forcedfx, on 10/10/2008, -2/+51Dugg for ginormous
  • RedSaber, on 10/10/2008, -6/+53No wonder even the Nazis were afraid to attack us after D-day in Normandy.

    Up here, we're bad ass. :P
  • groo68, on 10/10/2008, -0/+45"He's coming right for us!"
  • inactive, on 10/10/2008, -29/+73yea, they should have let them starve to death to make you feel better.
  • fluxion, on 10/10/2008, -0/+41made the bear's cubs carry the weight of his balls. they actually werent euthanized, they died of exhaustion.
  • cl2yp71c, on 10/10/2008, -4/+41OM NOM *WACK* NOM
  • WELLDOITLIVE, on 10/10/2008, -3/+39I use my child predator hands
  • GarrettGrimsley, on 10/10/2008, -0/+36He better get some off this story.
  • Truth3, on 10/10/2008, -2/+36dugg for bearly balls.
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  • dha07030, on 10/10/2008, -4/+36Comment from the article.

    "'Im sorry, but I'm totally on the side of the bear here. Those poor cubs... was there not a zoo they could have gone to?"

    PETA alert.

  • inactive, on 10/10/2008, -5/+37are Herkimers balls, 9/11 truth and Ron Paul the only things you think about?
  • cl2yp71c, on 10/10/2008, -5/+37Chuck Norris should take a paternity test, I think we just found his long lost son.
  • BeforeSputnik, on 10/10/2008, -3/+35If they were going to be eaten, then we've just stolen the meal of another animal, which will now die from starvation. Perhaps we should just kill all the animals in the wild, so that they don't die of starvation.
  • RowdyJo, on 10/10/2008, -0/+32Did he at least eat their hearts to gain their power?
  • kiffar, on 10/10/2008, -4/+35There isn't a way to feed them?
  • MalarkeyPN, on 10/10/2008, -0/+31C'mon guys, this is clearly just reverse sarcasm. No one could be that dumb, right?





    Right?
  • belebih, on 10/10/2008, -4/+35At least the bear didn't have a pointed stick. Or even worse, armed with fresh fruit.
  • Amadeus2490, on 10/10/2008, -0/+31You one guy in the face?
  • fakeguy, on 10/10/2008, -2/+32True but real men don't even get attacked. The last time I saw a bear it backed away. All I heard was him tell his friends to "watch out for that crazy mofo." True story...
  • inactive, on 10/10/2008, -7/+37"You think you're badass because you one guy in the face? See this scar here, you know this big ***** scar on my arm...yeah....that one right there...I got it while fighting bears with sticks...."
  • Coffeedemon, on 10/10/2008, -1/+31Generally Canadian groups have more sense than that as they understand the environment these animals live in.
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