Alaskan's love a good bear attack story. We have books composed of nothing but. Here's a December 1 story from local Juneau radio station KINY:
A Juneau hunter was attacked Friday morning by a grizzly bear.
The man identified as Dr. John Raster was brought to Bartlett Regional Hospital shortly after nine Friday morning by a Temsco helicopter.
We're told that he is fine and is undergoing surgery for a bite to his hand.
Dr. Raster was part of a three member deer hunting party located at a cabin on the eastern side of Admiralty Island in Seymour Canal. The cabin is west of Swan Island and north of Windfall Harbor about 28 miles south of Juneau.
They were flown to the area by a float plane.
The party used a satellite phone given to them by Temsco to call for help early this morning.
Dwayne Edwards of Temsco said he was told that Dr. Raster was about 300 feet down the beach from the cabin when the bear came out of the woods and attacked him.
He was out taking photos and only had a pistol with him. He only had time to get off one shot before he was overcome.
The bear dragged him into the water.
He took a defensive position by laying on his stomach. His hand was bite as he protected his neck. He made his way back to the cabin after the bear left.
We're also told that Dr. Raster, who is an ear, nose and throat specialist, walked to the helicopter and got off under his power when getting to the hospital and reportedly was providing emergency room doctors with a diagnosis of his injuries.
We also like a good "cat saves man and is rescued in turn" story:
A long time Juneau resident was left homeless after his boat sank Thanksgiving morning at Auke Bay Harbor.
...68 year-old Tom Carpenter is okay thanks to his cat and many friends, according to Jon Stetson.
Stetson is a charter boat captain and has known Mr. Carpenter for over 25 years.
He says at about 6-30 Thanksgiving morning Carpenter was asleep when his cat, named Princess, jumped on his head and woke him up.
He swung his feet out of his bunk and they landed in water.
The water was up to his knees and the boat was filling up fast.
He grabbed his pants and coat and slid open the door and jumped onto the dock.
In the next five seconds the boat sank.
Assistant Harbor Master Greg Craig had just showed up for work and saw Carpenter standing on the dock holding his pants in his hands and looking a bit bewildered.
The boat had just sunk, but the very top of the cabin was till sticking up out of the water.
Carpenter's cat was still in the boat.
Craig found a crow bar and broke out a window in the cabin just above the water line.
According to Craig, the cat just seemed to run across the water in the cabin, through the hole in the window and jumped into the arms of a fellow who was walking by.
I can just see that terrified cat shoot out of that window.
Why did the bear leave him, did he play dead or something?
Posted by: Game Ear | July 02, 2008 at 10:49 AM
This is great info to know.
Posted by: Lovie | October 21, 2008 at 07:48 PM
For many listeners there seems to be the long-held impression that Raster-Noton releases are intellectual exercises for the chin-stroking brigade music that is to be appreciated and analysed rather than enjoyed.
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