

This last time I woke up it was very, very different.

Palsha: "How long did the attack happen and what happened after the bear left?"īigley: "It lasted a few minutes and I pasted out a few times. I was really struck by the power and magnitude of her lungs as she huffed and puffed and growled and then she delivered to what I refer to as the death blow,m where she cocked her head sideways and bit down on across my face from side to side and then chewed." The next time I woke up she had flipped me over and I was now laying face up and she had me pinned down to the ground she was standing over me with her front paws digging into either shoulder and her face over mine I definitely never forget those moments. It was warm enough to be in short sleeves but just enough breeze to keep the mosquitos down and the fishing was decent.īigley: "Before I'd even hit the ground she had a hold of my leg and was yarding me out of the bushes and then she picked me up and drug me off into the alders and that's really where the mauling happened.

It was one of those beautiful days in Alaska where the sun was out. Bigley: "The last thing I said to her (his future wife) was 'I'll call you when I get off the river,' as we kind of hugged goodbye and of course that was a promise I was unable to keep.
