In this Sept. 25, 2013 photo, a grizzly bear cub searches for fallen fruit beneath an apple tree a few miles from the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont.
A B.C. cyclist is recovering after a run-in with a grizzly that ended with the bear getting punched in the face.A man was attacked by a female grizzly in northern B.C., but he remembered a story he'd heard about another person in a similar situation and fought back. A B.C. cyclist is recovering after a run-in with a grizzly and two cubs that ended with the bear getting punched in the face.
According to conservation officer Matthew Corbett, a man was riding his bike along a forested trail next to Anderson Flats Provincial Park in northwest B.C. when he surprised a female grizzly and her two cubs in a clearing.But the man put his bike between himself and the bear, which prevented him from being hurt as the bear continued to make contact with the bike.
Corbett, who has been a conservation officer for 13 years, said this is the first time he's heard of someone punching a grizzly in the face.A grizzly bear is pictured at the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove, B.C., on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. And while punching a bear worked for this particularly lucky cyclist, the advice for grizzly encounters does not include winding up and slugging the animals, which can grow to as large as 500 kilograms,said the best way to handle a bear attack is to avoid an encounter altogether by making noise near streams, berry patches and other areas bears may frequent. It also says people should travel in groups and use officially marked paths.
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