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Polar Bear Attack Stopped with Three Shots from .44 Magnum Revolver
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raykeller
Feb 21, 2018, 2:37:32 PM2/21/18
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Polar Bear Attack Stopped with Three Shots from .44 Magnum Revolver
On Thursday, 19 March, 2015, a woman with a .44 magnum stopped a polar bear
from attacking Jakub Moravec, 37, in the Svalbard archipelago. Polar bear
attacks are expected there, and tourists are not allowed unless they carry a
high powered firearm. In this case, the rifles were left outside the tents,
but inside the protective alarm wire. The armed woman, mother of Zuzanna
Hakova, shot the bear three times with the revolver.
From telegraph.co.uk:
They were lucky to be alive after a polar bear broke into their tent on a
remote Norwegian island and tried to maul them.
But tourists who shot the animal three times with a revolver have now been
fined nearly £800 by the local government - because they failed to put a
member of their group on "polar bear watch."
The group, from the Czech Republic, were travelling in the Svalbard
archipelago when they were attacked by the bear during the night.
Jakub Moravec, 37, said he awoke to find it "standing over him" in his
tent.
"It went straight to my head. Luckily my colleague shot it," he told local
radio NRK shortly after the incident in March.
Zuzanna Hakova, who was part of the same tour group, said her mother then
shot the bear three times with a revolver and it fled.
An earlier account mentioned gunfire, but did not mention that a revolver
was the firearm used. The Czech Republic is one of the most gun friendly
countries in Europe. The local publication in Svalbard did a better job on
reporting details. From svalbardposten.no:
The Governor of Svalbard is continuing to keep some details under wraps
about the confrontation between a group of six Czech tourists and a
two-year-old polar bear last Thursday. One man suffered slight injures after
the animal, which later had to be euthanized, entered the tent camp at
Fredheim early in the morning.
What is known:
. 5:30 a.m. (approx.): The bear entered the campsite without triggering
the flare alarm system set up around the two tents. It appears the group did
not have a guard watching for polar bears at the time. Jakub Moravec, 37,
the injured man, said he was dragged out of the tent and another person in
the group fired three shots with a .44 Magnum at the animal. The bear
subsequently fled.
The local account mentions the wounded bear had to be euthanized by local
authorities. The polar bear was wounded in the neck and body by the revolver
shots and was leaving a blood trail when the authorities dispatched it.
The attack appears to have been a predatory one. Predatory attacks are often
slower and the bears more willing to flee than territorial or sow with cub
attacks. If bears suffered significant harm each time they predated on other
large animals, they would not survive long. Bears often test unfamiliar prey
to determine if the prey is a significant danger.
©2018 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice
and link are included
On Thursday, 19 March, 2015, a woman with a .44 magnum stopped a polar bear
from attacking Jakub Moravec, 37, in the Svalbard archipelago. Polar bear
attacks are expected there, and tourists are not allowed unless they carry a
high powered firearm. In this case, the rifles were left outside the tents,
but inside the protective alarm wire. The armed woman, mother of Zuzanna
Hakova, shot the bear three times with the revolver.
From telegraph.co.uk:
They were lucky to be alive after a polar bear broke into their tent on a
remote Norwegian island and tried to maul them.
But tourists who shot the animal three times with a revolver have now been
fined nearly £800 by the local government - because they failed to put a
member of their group on "polar bear watch."
The group, from the Czech Republic, were travelling in the Svalbard
archipelago when they were attacked by the bear during the night.
Jakub Moravec, 37, said he awoke to find it "standing over him" in his
tent.
"It went straight to my head. Luckily my colleague shot it," he told local
radio NRK shortly after the incident in March.
Zuzanna Hakova, who was part of the same tour group, said her mother then
shot the bear three times with a revolver and it fled.
An earlier account mentioned gunfire, but did not mention that a revolver
was the firearm used. The Czech Republic is one of the most gun friendly
countries in Europe. The local publication in Svalbard did a better job on
reporting details. From svalbardposten.no:
The Governor of Svalbard is continuing to keep some details under wraps
about the confrontation between a group of six Czech tourists and a
two-year-old polar bear last Thursday. One man suffered slight injures after
the animal, which later had to be euthanized, entered the tent camp at
Fredheim early in the morning.
What is known:
. 5:30 a.m. (approx.): The bear entered the campsite without triggering
the flare alarm system set up around the two tents. It appears the group did
not have a guard watching for polar bears at the time. Jakub Moravec, 37,
the injured man, said he was dragged out of the tent and another person in
the group fired three shots with a .44 Magnum at the animal. The bear
subsequently fled.
The local account mentions the wounded bear had to be euthanized by local
authorities. The polar bear was wounded in the neck and body by the revolver
shots and was leaving a blood trail when the authorities dispatched it.
The attack appears to have been a predatory one. Predatory attacks are often
slower and the bears more willing to flee than territorial or sow with cub
attacks. If bears suffered significant harm each time they predated on other
large animals, they would not survive long. Bears often test unfamiliar prey
to determine if the prey is a significant danger.
©2018 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice
and link are included
Siri Cruise
Feb 21, 2018, 2:48:14 PM2/21/18
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In article <p6khpn$gqi$1...@dont-email.me>,
"raykeller"
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"raykeller"
<whiney_will_have_his_nose_in_my_ass_in_3_2_1@leftards_are_loosers.com> wrote:
> Polar Bear Attack Stopped with Three Shots from .44 Magnum Revolver
There has been a worrying influx of polar bears to Florida.
> Polar Bear Attack Stopped with Three Shots from .44 Magnum Revolver
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#BeamMeUpScotty
Feb 21, 2018, 2:53:21 PM2/21/18
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On 02/21/2018 02:48 PM, Siri Cruise wrote:
> In article <p6khpn$gqi$1...@dont-email.me>,
> "raykeller"
> <whiney_will_have_his_nose_in_my_ass_in_3_2_1@leftards_are_loosers.com> wrote:
>
>> Polar Bear Attack Stopped with Three Shots from .44 Magnum Revolver
>
> There has been a worrying influx of polar bears to Florida.
>
They go south for the winter like so many Canadians...
> In article <p6khpn$gqi$1...@dont-email.me>,
> "raykeller"
> <whiney_will_have_his_nose_in_my_ass_in_3_2_1@leftards_are_loosers.com> wrote:
>
>> Polar Bear Attack Stopped with Three Shots from .44 Magnum Revolver
>
> There has been a worrying influx of polar bears to Florida.
>
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tRudy Crayola
Feb 21, 2018, 9:47:46 PM2/21/18
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On 2/21/2018 1:48 PM, Siri Cruise wrote:
> In article <p6khpn$gqi$1...@dont-email.me>,
> "raykeller"
> <whiney_will_have_his_nose_in_my_ass_in_3_2_1@leftards_are_loosers.com> wrote:
>
>> Polar Bear Attack Stopped with Three Shots from .44 Magnum Revolver
>
> There has been a worrying influx of polar bears to Florida.
The same worry consists of the possibility of Idiots in California
> In article <p6khpn$gqi$1...@dont-email.me>,
> "raykeller"
> <whiney_will_have_his_nose_in_my_ass_in_3_2_1@leftards_are_loosers.com> wrote:
>
>> Polar Bear Attack Stopped with Three Shots from .44 Magnum Revolver
>
> There has been a worrying influx of polar bears to Florida.
escaping to infect the other 49 states.
>
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