Why You Never Want to Try And Outrun a Charging Bear

I recently saw a story about an experienced wilderness guy who got utterly mauled by a bear that he was trying to outrun. For whatever reason, he panicked and left all common sense behind when he encountered the large, lumbering beast, and he has the scars to prove the error of his ways.

Not only was a huge chunk of this thigh removed in one swift motion, but the bear also cut a series of gashes across his torso from the claws of one paw. This was before he was tossed into the air, fell to the ground unconscious where he was left for dead as the bear lost interest and simply walked away. more…