What it took to survive a grizzly bear attack -- spray and shotgun

Hikers tell story of frightening grizzly attack near Fernie

By TAMARA HYND, THE FERNIE FREE PRESS July 5, 2013
FERNIE - Brian Braconnier and Keith Farkas were hiking on a mountain near Fernie when they heard the eerie sound of a low growl mere moments before a mother grizzly bear lunged at them.

“We are so thankful we’re sitting here, the two of us, making these statements,” said Farkas on Thursday night in Fernie.

“Rather than our wives writing our obituaries.”

The two Fernie men in their 30s were attacked by a grizzly bear on Wednesday morning as they were hiking along a basin on Mount Proctor when a mother grizzly attacked. The men said what happened in 30 seconds seemed like an eternity.


http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Hikers+tell+story+frightening+grizzly+attack+near+Fernie/8621100/story.html
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/fernie-men-recount-harrowing-grizzly-attack-1.1355729

I heard a story about a woman that stopped a grizzly from attacking her with just a 22 cal pistol.

She shot her husband in the knee and ran.