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WOMAN SURVIVES BEAR ATTACK IN NORTHERN B.C.

A 27-year-old forestry worker says she believes it was her training as a triathlete that helped to save her life when she was being mauled and eaten by a black bear.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...bear050610.html

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Surely, being well trained helped her. In an episode of "Seinfeld", Jerry asked what's the point of going to gym, of jogging or having a good physical condition ... well, here's your answer Jerry. (Although I hope that no one - even in great physical condition - will meet a bear )

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YUMUTAH BEAR LIKES TOOTHPASTE

Forget the honey. Bears apparently like toothpaste, and Troy Larsgard learned that the hard way.
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BEAR KILLS GIRL, INJURES MOTHER, BROTHER

Wildlife officers are hunting for a black bear that killed a six-year-old girl and mauled her mother and two-year-old brother in a Tennessee park.
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Rangers catch bear after deadly attack

https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/16/bear.attack/index.html

Looks like the bear traps they set after the incident is what led to its capture. They still don't know for sure this was THE bear, but it seems to match in terms of size and location. It was subsequently euthanized.

Bear Attack - Surviving Bear Attacks

Here's another story of someone who survived a bear attack, but barely.

https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/23/bear.attack.ap/index.html

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CANOEIST STABS BEAR TO DEATH IN ONTARIO

A man stabbed a black bear to death with a 15-cm hunting knife, saying he knew he would otherwise become "Lunch" After it attacked him and his dog on a canoeing portage in northern Ontario.
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BEAR ATTACKS WOMAN AT HOME IN B.C.'S LOWER MAINLAND

A woman who lives in Port Moody, just east of Vancouver, is recovering at home after being bitten in the thigh on the weekend by a black bear that was in her yard.
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