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A Canadian man biking through a remote part of British Columbia
late last month used a pocketknife to stave off a potentially
fatal grizzly bear attack, according to reports.
Colin Dowler, 45, was traversing a path in Power River, B.C. �
about 185 miles north of Vancouver � on July 30 when he
encountered a large male grizzly bear, CBC reported.
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Canadian Colin Dowler might not be alive today if it weren't
for a small pocket knife with a two-inch blade
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Colin Dowler seen in his hospital bed.
Pocket knife saves man in grizzly bear attack
Colin Dowler ended up in a life-and-death struggle with a
grizzly bear in British Columbia.
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�I wasn�t really sure what to do about the situation,� Dowler
said. �I largely stood there, and let the grizzly keep walking
up towards me.�
When the bear was too close for comfort, Dowler tried to nudge
him away with a hiking pole, BBC reported. A brief tug-of-war
ensued before Dowler threw his bike at the animal, the report
said.
The bear then grabbed Dowler by the stomach and dragged him to a
ditch about 50 feet away. Dowler said he tried to play dead as
the animal bit into his arm, foot, and thigh.
�It sounded like it was grating my bones up,� Dowler recalled.
That�s when Dowler pulled out his pocketknife and stabbed the
bear in the neck.
�It let go of me immediately. I wasn�t really sure if it was
dying faster than I was," Dowler said.
Dowler said he made a tourniquet out of his shirtsleeve,
recovered his bike, and rode nearly five miles to a logging camp
before collapsing. Five men were at the camp and administered
first aid.
�They�re truly the heroes of the story because there�s no way I
would have made it without [them],� he said.
Dowler was flown to a Vancouver hospital where he still
recovering from non-life-threatening injuries, CBC reported.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/canadian-mans-pocketknife-helps- him-survive-grizzly-attack
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