Alberta hunter recalls own grizzly bear close call, urges hunting safety
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A hunter is recalling how he was almost attacked by a grizzly bear in Alberta six years ago in the same location where another man was attacked earlier this week.
A hunter in Alberta is sharing his story of a close call with a grizzly bear several years ago that happened in the same spot as a man who was rushed to hospital early this week.
“It did bring back memories of my being charged by a grizzly bear in that exact same location six years ago,” said Paul Wagman, a hunter and retired police officer.
Wagman told Global News he retired from being a police officer due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but said in an interview that seeing the latest story about a bear attack brought back another source of PTSD from his past.
Wagman said he had harvested a sheep when his own near-attack happened.
“The bear came to the gunshot, followed us and the scent of the harvested animal all the way down and came at us to threaten and intimidate us to take that harvest away,” he told Global News.
He said he’s grown concerned grizzly bears may not fear humans as they once did, pointing to the incident this past week.
On Thursday, Alberta fish and wildlife officers confirmed two men were hunting south of the town of Cochrane, Alta., west of Calgary, when one of them was attacked by a grizzly.
The bear was shot by the victim’s hunting partner and is believed to have been killed.
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