When Bears Get Shot And Go Bad
Oregon Man Attacked By Bear
Western hunters have always enjoyed spending time in the great outdoors. Until wild bears start attacking, of course.
By Joseph Friedrichs, 6-02-08
It was supposed to be a normal day.
And then things just got strange.
An Oregon man was mauled by a bear during the weekend after a friend of his shot the animal and left it staggering about the wilderness.
An Oregon State Police Trooper tells the Roseburg News-Review that 33-year-old Aaron Wyckoff had bite and scratch marks “on his ankle and on his forehead, and everywhere in between.”
The bear that attacked Wyckoff is believed to be the same bear shot earlier in the day by 15-year-old Chris Moen, Wyckoff’s friend.
Several hours after the shooting, he and his father asked Wyckoff and two other men to help them find the wounded bear.
Wyckoff was roughly 50 feet ahead of the others when the bear found him.
The group heard Wyckoff yell for help. When they approached, they found the bear on top of him. The hunters then killed the bear and hauled Wyckoff out of the woods.
Wow. Welcome to the new week.
Some days you eat bear, and some days, bear eat you.
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