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Polar bear attack,will someone Snopes this?GRAPHIC pics,warning!!
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 Posted: Sat Nov 10th, 2007 10:01 AM
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check this out.I got it in an email so I`m not ure it isn`t bogus.Someone snopes it if you have time..

   This guy is lucky to be alive, sure would not want to trade places with him on this deal that’s for sure!       One Tough Camper OUCH! ……………. Unbelievable    Okay, now you know why a lot of "camping" is done behind a fiberglass shell and up high off the ground! [size= Here is one tough and determined camper] [size=  ]  Polar Bear Attack in the High Arctic

This is from up in the Yukon , this chap is lucky to be alive. The guy
survived the bear attack. The bear jumped on him while he was sleeping
in his tent and he managed to get it off of him and shoot it .

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 Posted: Sun Nov 11th, 2007 12:01 AM
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Say again, Timber. Message garbled.


 Posted: Sun Nov 11th, 2007 02:29 AM
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aww dernit,I will repost the pics.It was pretty nasty.Ole boy looked like he put up a hell of a fight with that bear:thumbs:



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This might be the one http://texashuntfish.com/thf/app/forum/9585/redirected-from-old-forum

Possible in Snopes http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/polarbear.asp

Last edited on Sun Nov 11th, 2007 10:37 AM by MinotBob



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Yep thats it Bob.So it was true,minus the foot wound that was really nasty.:thumbs:



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Reminds of that old Far Side cartoon where the two polar bears are standing over an igloo with a bunch of big bites taken out of it.  Once polar bear looks at the other and says "Man, I just love these things.  Crunchy on the outside, chewy in the middle.  Ummmummmm."

 

 

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