SURVIVAL: Bear spray! Are you kidding me?

Sunday, December 1, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14120385/wolf-pack-gray-spotted-california-Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park.html

Major warning for hikers as apex predator thought to be extinct for a century is spotted in California park
By ALEX HAMMER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 11:55 EST, 24 November 2024 | Updated: 12:51 EST, 24 November 2024 

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n the past 100 years, there have been fewer than 30 documented attacks by wild wolves on humans in not only the US, but North America as a whole – with only two dying after contracting rabies from bites suffered in Alaska in the 1940s, according to reports. 

Still, carrying a canister of bear spray is advised, officials said – as the animal can become aggressive towards parties it views as competition to its food source.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, meanwhile, has yet to release more information on the sighting.

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While I’m happy that the wolves are back and I wonder what changes they will bring with them.  Yellowstone experienced a lot less moose damage by the rivers and streams when the wolves came back there.

But if, by some twist of fate, I went hiking in the woods, then bear spray be damned.  Too many two legged and four legged hazards for my taste.  I’d want at least 45 caliber sidearm for my personal protection.  If the varmints don’t like loud noises, I’d fire a warning shot.  If possible.  Otherwise, center of mass, baby.  And keep firing until the threat is no more.  Reload if need be.

No excuse for being unprepared. 

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HEROIC: Donald Ray Surrett Jr. defines a hero; a vet who knew the risks

Sunday, September 4, 2022

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11159163/Ex-classmates-recall-Safeway-gunman-angry-liked-fight.html

Hero Oregon Safeway worker, 66, had time to flee but took on store shooter, 20, with a PRODUCE KNIFE: Police hail Army veteran for ‘saving lives’ after he and shopper, 84, were gunned down

  • The attack saw the lives of two army vets taken after a 20-year-old gunman armed with an AR-15 stormed the Oregon store 
  • A 66-year-old Safeway employee and decorated army vet took on the wannabe mass shooter with a produce knife
  • Donald Ray Surrett Jr. could have escaped, but remained in the store. His actions likely saved the lives of several others, according to police
  • Another army vet, aged 84, also lost his life in the shooting

By Associated Press and Alex Hammer For Dailymail.Com
Published: 00:22 EDT, 30 August 2022 | Updated: 02:28 EDT, 1 September 2022

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A 66-year-old Safeway employee who took on a mass shooter with a produce knife could have escaped with his life, police said Tuesday, but instead hid and attempted to disarm the assailant – an action they said likely saved several others.

Police are now hailing Donald Ray Surrett Jr. as a hero – as it was revealed the staffer at the Bend, Oregon, store was a decorated Army veteran with more than two decades of service.

The attack saw the lives of Surrett and another army vet, aged 84, snuffed out, after a 20-year-old gunman armed with an AR-15 stormed the Central Oregon store Sunday night, before ultimately taking his own life.

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Greater love hath no man then … …

In this specific case, the vet KNEW the odds were against him, but took the chance.

All I can do is just silently pray for this good man and his self-sacrifice.

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