Old Man vs Bear

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

An aging shepherd who was confronted by a bear while walking through a raspberry field near his home lived to tell his tale despite being thrown off a cliff by the animal after the two came to blows.

Octogenarian Yusuf Alchagirov of the tiny Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria initially attempted to stab the bear with his knife, but the beast swatted it away with ease.

The 80-year-old then proceeded to Plan B: Headbutting and kicking the bear.

This time, the animal swatted Alchagirov away, hurling him off a nearby cliff.

Amazingly, the senior citizen survived the fall with only a few bruises and bite wounds, and four broken ribs.

"I got off easy. It would have killed me if I'd chickened out," Alchagirov told a local TV station.

RIA Novosti reports that Alchagirov's family "baked him three traditional pies to celebrate his survival."

THIS is pure awesome, I too hope to kick but when I'm 80

 

[Quasimod0]

Holy cow. He deserved those pies. What a man.

 

[bullets]

I demand a rematch. Live on pay per view!

 

[NickNitro]

I swear to God this is Ron Swanson's father if I ever saw one.

This man stands above all other men.

 

[Teelie]

Another man vs bear story with a slightly less happy ending but not a bad one either.

If Marco Lavoie had not been rescued when he was, the Quebec man probably would have perished within 48 hours.

He was hypothermic, dehydrated and near starvation in the unforgiving cold of northwestern Quebec when police rescued him Wednesday.

Lavoie's survival might be called miraculous, as he had been in the wilderness for more than three months.

The 44-year-old is an experienced outdoorsman, but an encounter with a bear changed his luck, Quebec police said

At some point during a planned two-month canoe trek in the Lake Matagami area, a bear attacked Lavoie's campsite, eating his food and ruining his equipment, police spokeswoman Christine Coulombe said.

The bear did not injure Lavoie but left him without the tools or resources to survive. Police say they have yet to speak with Lavoie to get details.

Rescuers in a helicopter finally spotted Lavoie on Wednesday, but they could not safely land at that spot, Coulombe said. So officers had to hike in to pick him up and carry him more than a mile to the chopper.

Lavoie's condition was such that he was barely able to speak and at first couldn't even drink water, the Gazette reported.

Had he spent another day or two in the elements, he would have starved to death, police spokesman Ronald McInnis said.

The man had lost half of his body weight, he said.

It was Lavoie's German shepherd who scared the bear away on the day of the attack, but the dog did not survive the ordeal, McInnis said.

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[Marvolo]

Another man vs bear story with a slightly less happy ending but not a bad one either.

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Man's best friend.

 

[the last son]

Legends of the fall?