Army Veteran Miraculously Survives Grizzly Bear Attack With Stroke of Luck That Saved His Life in ‘Most Violent’ Plight Ever
AMassachusetts man was severely injured in a gruesome bear attack at a Wyoming national park, which he described as the “most violent” plight in his life. However, the Army veteran miraculously survived the bear mauling by an astonishing stroke of luck.
Shayne Patrick Burke – a 35-year-old military veteran from Massachusetts – was hiking up Signal Mountain in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park last Sunday. He was “looking to photograph a Great Grey Owl.”
Burke said he noticed a bear cub near him and knew that it “wasn’t good.”
All of the sudden, he was confronted with a “surprise encounter” with a mother grizzly bear who came “charging toward him.” . . .
“When she pounced I opted to turn and give her my back and I laid down in the prone position on my belly and braced for the ride, interlocking my hands behind my neck to protect my vitals,” he wrote in an Instagram post.
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