Bear spray proved to be a life-saver for a Michigan hunter who was attacked by a grizzly bear in Alaska on Tuesday after approaching her and her three cubs.
Alaska Wildlife Trooper said in a statement that Nicholas Kuperus, 33, was left with serious puncture wounds on his arms but it could have been so much worse, reports the New York Post.
The statement says Kuperus stumbled onto the mama bear and her family while he was with other hunters about 96 kilometres north of Glennallen in the upper East Fork Indian River.
They were able to call troopers for help via a satellite communication device and the rescurers flew to a nearby ridgetop in a small state aircraft to take Kuperus to an ambulance in Glennallen.
The Anchorage Daily News says a few days earlier, a hunter was attacked by an adult brown bear near Anchorage that he mistakenly believed he had shot and killed.
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In this case, the man approached the animal when the bear charged and other hunters shot at the animal until it stopped.
This hunter was taken to the hospital and it’s not known if the bear survived.
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