Bear saves man in mountain lion attack
At least one man’s best friend is not his dog — it’s a wild bear that saved him from a mountain lion attack.
Thor, left, and Boo, denizens of the Detroit Zoo, recreate the epic bear/mountain lion scrap. (AP photo)
ParadisePost.com reports the unusual tale of Robert Biggs, 69, who was roaming the woods of north-central California Monday when the giant cat jumped him.
Biggs, a photographer who enjoys getting close to nature, but probably not this close, was initially saved by his backpack, which was “up around his head” and prevented the panther from landing a mortal blow.
After tussling with the panther for a few seconds, a bear appeared and battled the mountain lion for about 15 seconds, Biggs said, before the cat fled.
The bear left Biggs alone, and he suffered only relatively minor bites, bruises and bite marks.
Biggs told the Paradise, Calif., publication that he had been taking pictures of the bear and her cub before the mountain lion attacked him. He said he had taken pictures of the mother bear before, and had even played with an earlier cub.
Sounds like he owes momma bear a framed family portrait.
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Brian30101
March 28th, 2012
3:55 pm
A man is walking through the forest when all the sudden he begins to be chased by a bear. Just as the bear was about the catch him the man screamed out “Lord Jesus, grant me this last request and I’ll be forever your servant, let this bear do the Christian thing”. The bear stopped just as it was about to bite the man, fell to one knee, put its claws together and began to pray. “Dear lord, I thank you for this meal I am about to recieve”.
urban redneck
March 28th, 2012
3:55 pm
if he were armed, he could have killed the nasty mountain lion and the nosy bear.
willydoit?
March 28th, 2012
4:00 pm
Maybe he was really saved by Sasquatch and is just telling everyone that it was a bear so the folks from the Finding Bigfoot reality show will leave Harry alone!
Silly Rabbit
March 28th, 2012
4:01 pm
Thank goodness for that nosey bear.
The MAN
March 28th, 2012
4:02 pm
He needs to be a cub fan or shop at cub foods. The “Bears”.
Brian30101
March 28th, 2012
4:02 pm
The bear was brown, had he shot it Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would be demanding his arrest. The Black Panther Party would be looking to pin a medal on the cat
Silly Rabbit
March 28th, 2012
4:14 pm
Now, that was so uncalled for Brian30101. Are we really surprised at the events taking place with Trayvon vs. Zimmerman given the mentality of America. And, I’m a white woman!
TMartin – are you serious????? You think that’s cute.
George Mathis, you need to remove TMartin’s 4:06 post!!!
Krayzie
March 28th, 2012
4:18 pm
After tussling with the panther for a few seconds, a bear appeared and battled the mountain line for about 15 seconds, Biggs said, before the cat fled.
“line” should be “lion”
Roekest
March 28th, 2012
4:22 pm
I knew it!
Bears can be trained as bodyguards. I’m on it!
Glenda
March 28th, 2012
4:38 pm
Hey Jrev: You need to know the REAL truth about bears, not all of them attack people. Please go to http://www.bear.org where you can learn about bears. This research has been done by a leading researchers for years and he does not use tranquilizers to approach them. It is people like you that give bears a bad name. GROW UP AND GET A LIFE!!!!!