CHEATING DEATH: Young Alaskan Jogger Barley Escapes Bear Attack After Fighting Back

Screen-Shot-2015-08-06-at-8.41.28-AM-630x519The bear spray didn’t work to begin with and her ‘rescuers’ come back only armed with bear spray?! Get a gun. Seriously.

A terrified jogger was mauled by a grizzly bear after surprising it while out running with a co-worker near a popular beauty spot in Alaska.

Gabrielle Markel was pinned down by the adult brown bear which had stepped out of thick brush along a trail near Skilak Lake on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.

The 20-year-old, an employee of a nearby backcountry lodge, tried to use pepper spray to ward the animal off – but suffered bites and scratches to her head, back and arm as the animal held her down.

Her friend, Kaitlyn Haley, 26, of California, escaped injury and ran for help.

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