in a different article, the guy says the bear got his puppy  and dragged it into the bushes, then returned for him and crashed thru his cabin window - then he goes outside and gets attacked again (or still?) and then a couple of women in a car drive up and rescue him by blowing thier horn adn scaring off the bear.



CTV Toronto
Published Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:51PM EDT
Last Updated Monday, May 13, 2013 7:42AM EDT
A 30-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was mauled by a bear on Saturday outside his home in northern Ontario.

Joe Azougar, who had just moved to Cochrane, Ont., a small town northeast of Timmins, said the bear approached without warning.

"Out of nowhere, this bear came just charging," Azougar told CTV Northern Ontario. "(My) German shepherd jumped on him and they started wrestling so I go back in my house and start making a few phone calls and making noises and things like that so he would disappear."

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Joe Azougar recovers in hospital after being attacked by a bear outside his Cochrane, Ont. home, Saturday, May 12, 2013.
But despite Azougar’s efforts, the bear did not leave and ended up chasing him about 40 metres to a nearby road. Azougar said the bear dragged him by the head into the bushes.

"Literally from my head, the skin that's hanging off, he had it in his mouth and he's dragging me," he said. "I knew I was going to die that minute. That was the end of me. That’s it."

Azougar was saved when two women, who were camping nearby, spotted the terrifying attack and scared the animal away.

"Out of nowhere, these two ladies, two angels, show up in a car and the bear just runs away," Azougar said.

The two women drove Azougar to a hospital. He suffered extensive lacerations on the back of his head, left shoulder and his back where the bear had grabbed him.

"If it wasn’t for them, my family would be attending my funeral today, probably, so thank you for saving my life," he said.

Police and officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources confirmed the bear was found and killed hours after the attack.



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Yup, bears are not a worry/problem for many people until you run across a bear that sees you as a soft treat.

"You're pretty unlikely to encounter a dangerous bear in the BWCA.  The last bear attack was, I believe, in 1985 or '87."

there was a fatal attack more recently than '87 I think.  About 10 years ago - a lady doctor attacked while she was sun bathing - her husband tried to save her, but couldn't

much as in the new attack, the bear focused on a particular victim and wasn't easy to dissuade

in a different article about this new attack, the guy says he was sitting on the front porch with his new german shepard puppy, and the bear just charged out of the wood at them - dog went after the bear? or vice versa - anyway, bear took out the dog, dragged it back into the brush, and then continued his attack on his selected target by crashing thru a window in the cabin (this guy didn't seem to have fought back very much, but its hard to get facts out of news articles), and later pursuing the guy as he ran from the cabin.  typical behavior of a predatory bear.  ever watch "Nature" when a lion or a pack of wolves have selected thier target from a herd - total fixation on that one animal.

Everyone has their comfort zone.
As rare/unlikely as a bear attack maybe, it obvious or should be, that IF the bear in question isn't a nuisance bear but a predatory one, unless your armed with something to even the odds, your going to be in deep doo-doo.
A 16 oz or less can of bear spray doesn't seem like much of a sacrifice to carry, considering the alternative.

YB,
Ever notice that whenever they kill a predatory bear or authorize a hunt that the biologists/experts want to do to protect the people of the area ( UP wolf hunt), the comments are always the same?
People that live/work/ have kids/pets under the gun are on one side, and people that have no clue for the most are on the other.
Unless I'm hunting something, I don't want to see any animal killed unnecessarily.
I also know that in the wild, humans are not always the apex predator. Sometimes you can do everything right and your still going to be on the dinner menu.
I hear plenty of people say that's the risk you take when you go into the wild, but I never hear anyone say they'd be okay with being eaten/mauled because they were in the critters home range
Bottom line for me is that if push comes to shove, I plan on coming out on top, that holds true for 4 legged or 2 legged "beasts" as well.