The common denominator as humans is our frailty when it comes to nature. It does not matter what color you are, what sex or what religion. When you are faced with the elements we are all the same. Todd Orr, 50, wrote a post on Sunday describing his terrifying bear encounter the day before. He was hiking near Ennis, Montana when he spotted the grizzly bear and her cubs on the trail in an open meadow.
Orr got up and headed back towards his truck, which was parked three miles below. He checked his injuries and noticed several puncture wounds on his arms and shoulder.
After five or ten minutes, Orr heard the bear again.
‘She either followed me back down the trail or cut through the trees and randomly came out on the trail right behind me.
Orr continues his harrowing tale,
Orr had been careful to holler ‘Hey bear’ every 30 seconds to signal himself and avoid surprising any bears. But the mother bear charged him anyway. I thought this was the end. She would eventually hit an artery in my neck and I would bleed out in the trail… But I knew that moving would trigger more bites so a laid motionless hoping it would end,’ he wrote. The bear finally stopped biting and stood on top of him, crushing him. Orr didn’t dare move and the bear finally went away. He tried to grab his pistol in case the bear was still nearby but he couldn’t see due to the blood in his eyes.
Watch what he had to say here:
Living near the Smokey Mountains, I get the opportunity to visit Cades Cove, a picturesque valley home to tons of wildlife. Black bears are plentiful in the area and wander freely in the park.
It amazes me when visitors try to get up close to photograph the bears and cubs in their habitat, not realizing the danger or just thinking nothing will happen. As the old saying goes,” I don’t have to outrun the bear, I only have to outrun you.” Mr. Orr is fortunate to be alive.
What do you think?