Both victims were women, aged 30 and 48, the according to the CBC.
A third family member, a teenage boy, suffered less serious injuries after being swatted by the bear, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.
The attack, which is under investigation, occurred on the Wolverine Trail near Dawson Creek.
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“They turned to run and the bear chased after them,” the COS explained. “One woman was attacked by the bear, while another woman and teenage boy were also injured trying to help.”
The COS and Royal Canadian Mountain Police responded to the attack site and found the bear guarding the two female victims. RCMP shot and killed the bear, an adult male.
“No additional bears were located during a sweep of the area,” the COS stated, adding that a necropsy will be conducted on the bear.
All three victims were hospitalized. The trail and surrounding area were closed to the public after the incident.
(WKOW) — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office assisted in rescuing a man who investigators say shot himself in a hunting accident.
Sheriff Nate Dreckman said Clayton County authorities contacted Grant County on Sunday, informing them of a hunting accident near Wyalusing State Park where someone was shot in the arm and leg.
Dreckman said a man and his wife were duck hunting, and while the man got back into the boat from the shore, his gun went off once — hitting him in both an arm and a leg.
Dreckman said first responders from Bagley and a private boat reached the man and his wife, bringing them to a boat landing where he was taken to a hospital by Medflight.
Hurricanes are scary enough. One does not need the added scare factor of sharks. Hurricane Ian made landfall on the island of Cayo Costa, Florida, on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. The devastation was astronomical. Hurricane Ian was classified as a Category 4 hurricane and had winds of 150 mph and a minimum central pressure of 940 millibars.
While riding out the storm, one Florida man, Dominic Cameratta, wanted to capture a video of the rising waters. While doing so, he accidentally caught more than he was bargaining for: what appears to be a shark swimming in his neighbor’s backyard.Dominic spoke to [*People* magazine](https://people.com/human-interest/florida-man-films-possible-shark-in-neighbors-yard-amid-hurricane-ian-exclusive/) about the experience. He said, “I see this thing flopping around in there, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God,’ and I zoom in. The way it was swimming was scary. It was moving side to side.” Dominic thought it was a shark.
Dominic’s wife, Elizabeth, and daughter Ella agreed with his assessment of the situation. While they are no experts on marine life, they were eyewitnesses to the creature. Fifteen-year-old Ella said, “I was literally terrified.”
Friends of the Cameratta family agreed. Dominic said, “People were like, ‘That’s unbelievable. I think that was a shark!'” The video went viral after a friend of the family posted it on Twitter, as Dominic does not have social media.
Watch Dominic’s video to see if you agree or disagree that the creature in question is a shark.
Hurricane Ian is estimated to be one of the costliest hurricanes ever. Here’s where it stacks up among the 10 most damaging storms in US history.
The full damage of Hurricane Ian is being assessed, but one firm estimates it could be one of the costliest storms in US history.
CoreLogic, a research firm, predicts total losses will be between $28 billion and $47 billion.
The firm estimates that a record number of homes and properties were lost due to Hurricane Ian’s destruction.
The full scope of Hurricane Ian’s destruction is still being assessed, but one firm predicts that the massive storm will end up costing insurance companies billions of dollars in damages.
CoreLogic, a research company that estimates storm damage, estimated on late Thursday night that losses due to Hurricane Ian could fall between $28 billion and $47 billion, making it Florida’s costliest storm since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
The hurricane first made landfall in Florida on Wednesday and made a second landfall in South Carolina on Friday. CoreLogic’s researchers predict that a record number of homes and properties have been lost due to the storm’s “intense and destructive characteristics.”
“Hurricane Ian will forever change the real estate industry and city infrastructure. Insurers will go into bankruptcy, homeowners will be forced into delinquency, and insurance will become less accessible in regions like Florida,” said Tom Larsen, a CoreLogic executive, in a press release.
The firm also predicts that rising inflation and interest rates will cause a slower and more difficult rebuilding process than in years past.
If the higher end of CoreLogic’s estimates turn out to be accurate, Hurricane Ian could be one of the costliest storms for insurance companies in US history, when adjusting for inflation.
See the list of the most expensive storms, according to data gathered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Alligators and snakes are swarming around Florida homes that have been made unlivable by Hurricane Ian, a local fire official said.
The hurricane, which made landfall as a ferocious Category 4 storm in southwest Florida last week, damaged every home on the Sunshine State’s Barrier island of Sanibel, Sanibel Fire Chief William Briscoe told CNN in a report published on Tuesday.
“There are a lot [of] places that are not livable. There are places off their foundation, and it’s very dangerous out there,” Briscoe told the news outlet.
He added, “There are alligators running around, and there are snakes all over the place.”
Pine Island, the largest barrier island on Florida’s Gulf Coast, is dealing with similar destruction caused by Ian.
Supplies and food are now being airdropped to the island via helicopter after the storm destroyed the only bridge to get there, CNN reported.
“Food is being delivered to Pine Island. Now, is it enough to sustain them over a long period of time? I can’t say that yet — none of us can,” Lee County Manager Roger Desjarlais said, according to the news outlet.
When Ian made landfall over southwestern Florida, it brought winds of 150 miles per hour, dangerous storm surges, and catastrophic flooding, resulting in the deaths of dozens.
Yellowstone naturalist guide Doug MacCartney recently encountered an incredible sight: 13 wolverines that appeared to be chasing a group of grizzly bears. The wild incident took place on August 8, 2022, and was shared on Facebook in an October 2 post by Yellowstone Insight, a local ecotourism agency. MacCartney says he spotted the unusual wildlife interaction while attempting to summit a mountain with his friends Bill and Steve.
“There was a band of snow we would have to ascend. We chose our spot and headed for it. As we approached, I noticed a grizzly sow with two cubs of the year leaving a spit of snow a few hundred yards east of our spot. We started climbing the snowfield while keeping an eye on the bears,” wrote MacCartney. “Suddenly Bill noticed that the bears were running. I looked to see why and noticed a wolverine leaving the top of a big rock and going in the bear’s direction. I then spotted another wolverine running toward the bears, and then another. Bill and Steve thought I was crazy till they saw them, too.”
It didn’t end there. MacCartney says that he and his buddies soon spotted another group of wolverines join the chase. Eventually, the bears moved out of the bowl and escaped along a rocky ledge. Meanwhile, the wolverines moved up into a higher snowfield and then ascended a near-vertical rock wall next to it.
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“It was very hard for us to keep track of all of the wolverines and the bears as they fled the area. I counted, for sure, a total of 12 wolverines at one time. Steve said he counted 13, which I don’t doubt,” wrote MacCartney. “The route the bears took looked crazy but the routes the wolverines took looked insane. Some had gained 1,000 feet and were nearing the summit in five or ten minutes before we could no longer follow their movements against the rock face.”
Yellowstone Insight reached out to retired wolverine researcher Jeff Copeland, who currently serves on the board of The Wolverine Foundation, to analyze the sighting. Copeland theorized that the large numbers of wolverines might have been congregating at higher elevations to feed on army cutworm moths, which grizzlies are known to do. Another local expert, James Halfpenny, said that there might have been a carcass nearby that was attracting the predators. Either way, a sighting of 12 to 13 wolverines in one place is exceptional, especially in the Lower 48.
According to National Geographic, wolverines are typically solitary creatures. They travel up to 15 miles per day and are known to be fierce predators. They typically weigh 24 to 40 pounds but can take down prey much larger than themselves. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, there are fewer than 400 wolverines left in the contiguous U.S. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently considering protecting the species under the Endangered Species Act.
BY HELENA WEGNER SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 3:24 PM A hunter was trapped on a cliffside near Mount Constance in the Olympic National Forest in Washington, rescuers said. He was saved on Sept. 18. Naval Air Station Whidbey Island A hunter was trapped on a cliffside overnight in the Olympic National Forest in Washington before he was saved, rescuers said. The man was rescued on Sept. 18 after being stuck on a “small confined ledge” near Mount Constance, the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island said in a news release. Ground crews with Jefferson County Search and Rescue couldn’t reach the man because of the dangerous conditions, so they contacted the naval air station, rescuers said. TOP VIDEOS Top Videos WATCH MORE NC State’s Doeren talks about the lossto Clemson × The man was stuck on a ledge that had a 70-foot drop to the next cliff outcropping, rescuers said. But rescuers…
Thousands of hunters will be taking to the fields as bow hunting season begins Saturday (October 1) in Michigan. More than 300-thousand bow hunters are expected to be out on private and state owned public land through January first and they’re expected to harvest up to 140- thousand deer. A deer management specialist with the DNR, Chad Stewart says bow hunting will help thin the herd in the state and it contributes hundreds of millions of dollars to the state’s economy. Motorists should be on the alert for deer darting across roads.
MONTICELLO, Ark. — Thealligator hunting seasonended on Sept. 26 after two back-to-back weekends of night-only hunting.
According toArkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC), 157 alligators have been tagged and reported. Alligator hunting is overseen by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the AGFC must follow survey and harvest protocols each year to maintain Arkansas’s alligator hunting season.
Hunting is allowed in the following areas in Arkansas by permit only:
Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc WMA
Sulphur River WMA
Little River below Millwood Lake
Millwood Lake
Lower Arkansas River Wetland Complex
AGFC’s Assistant Regional Manager Mark Barbee says that the hunting season went “very smoothly”. Barbee said that some public…
A small sampling probably should be studied with the skepticism most moderns reserve for the prophetic powers of chicken entrails.
So, is it sufficient to report only that the 2022-23 deer archery season got off to a slightly better start than did the first four days of the hunt a year ago? The honest answer is that it’ll have to be.
The numbers were higher as the current season comes somewhat complicated by deer diseases, one more acute and soon to pass and another chronic and likely to be in play for a long time.
Or, allowing for nice weather generally that encouraged participation, maybe the dual pestilence had little effect.
At any rate, between statewide opening day Sept. 24 and Tuesday the Ohio Division of Wildlife reported hunters checked 6,148 whitetails, 382 more than the 5,766 reported during…
A boy on a hunting trip with his father was rescued Saturday afternoon after becoming stuck in the mud along the Matanuska River off the Glenn Highway, southwest of Palmer.
“He’s out of the mud, and they rescued him, and all the crews are returning,” Mat-Su Borough Emergency Services director Ken Barkley said Saturday afternoon.
Emergency dispatch initially received a call about the stranded boy at 12:49 p.m., Barkley said.
Over the next three hours, multiple crews responded by boat, including a Mat-Su water rescue team and Alaska State Troopers, he said.
The boy was finally freed from the mud and was en route to the hospital by helicopter before 4:30 p.m., Barkley said.
He appeared to be in good health, but “they’re just going to take him in and have him checked out,” Barkley said.
