Animal attacks, though not something the majority of us have to worry about on a regular basis, can be extremely traumatizing events that have serious, long-lasting consequences.
As humans we made sit atop any food chain you want to consider, but our physical limitations are well and truly exposed the moment we find ourselves out in the wild somewhere without a full complement of tools, instruments or weapons.
Just ask Jeremy Evans, who ventured into the woods in Alberta, Canada hunting for a ram. He found something considerably larger and more dangerous, resulting in an incident that very nearly claimed his life.
It was on August 24, 2017, that maintenance supervisor Jeremy Evans headed up into the Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Camouflaged amongst the trees, he sighted a Bighorn Ram through his binoculars.
Before long, Jeremy noticed “a little brown thing” run right in front of him, “less than 10 feet away”. He quickly came to the harrowing realization that it was a grizzly bear cub.
“I knew exactly what it was. I had this just feeling of… I knew I was in trouble,” he explained, as per Noiser.
With grizzly bears, most of the time, the cubs are running around, and the mom is following. So, I knew that Mom was close, and I knew that trouble would be coming.”
An experienced hunter who knew the terrain he was operating in, Jeremy immediately reached into his pack to find his bear spray. Before he could retrieve it though, the mother bear exploded from the bush.