Yukon woman narrowly escapes bear attack, credits hair clip
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A woman in Yukon believes her hair clip helped save her during a bear attack.
A woman in Yukon believes her hair clip helped save her during a bear attack.
On June 30, Vanessa Chaput was running with her dog Luna along a trail near Haines Junction, Yukon, when she came face to face with three grizzly bears.
"I was right beside them and it was just too close," she said in an interview with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (ATPN).
Growing up in bear country, she learned to have a lot of respect for the large mammal.
When she encountered three, Chaput said she tried to give them space, but her dog got off leash and chased two bears. The other bear attacked her.
"When the bear had taken me down with my head in its mouth, my first thought was just kind of protect your vitals, so I went straight into the fetal position," she told the network.
"My saving grace is from Walmart," she said, holding up a palm-sized plastic hair clip she was wearing at the time.
