A man survived a sleepless showdown Grizzly In his remote mining camp Alaska, Where the beast hurt him, and then harassed him mercilessly every night for days, hoping to get rid of him.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew who rescued him, the unidentified man was in his 50s or 60s and suffered injuries to his leg and bruises to his torso during a fight with a bear.
Coast Guard officials found a “help me” message on the roof of the man’s small mining shed during an accidental helicopter overflight on July 16 during an unrelated mission.
“We really don’t meet people in remote places,” Lieutenant AJ Hammac told New York Times“He was struggling a little. When we came over, he was kneeling with both hands, waving a white flag.”
They put down the helicopter and found that the man was injured, lacking sleep, and ran out of ammunition to resist the bear.
“He has a pistol,” said the helicopter pilot lieutenant colonel. Jared Kabahar. “He said that the bear comes back every night, and he hasn’t slept for a few days.”
Officials told the New York Times that the man wrapped his leg wound with duct tape, and his adrenaline seemed to soar during the fight with the bear.
Since July 12, he has been alone in a small-scale mining operation in an area on the outskirts of Nome, Alaska, in an area without a mobile phone receiver.
The Coast Guard said in a statement: “After he did not return to Nome, his friend reported that he had overdue the payment.” Press Releases.
The helicopter crew found evidence of fighting in the camp, including a loose door torn from the shed.
“At some point, a bear dragged him to the river,” Kabahar told the newspaper.
According to Coast Guard spokesperson First-Class Sergeant Ali Blackburn, the man has only two bullets left in his pistol. If there is no rescue, he may not live long.
“I think you will be a little confused if you haven’t been sleeping for so long,” she told the New York Times.
The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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