Canadian man Gilles Cyr survives bear attack by grabbing tongue
- 11 years ago
A man near Grand Falls, New Brunswick in Canada fought off a bear during an attack two weeks ago. Gilles Cyr was walking through his woodlot when the bear struck suddenly.
This is how he explained what happened to CBC
"It was just a black spot that came out of the bushes, 5-feet ahead from me. And it hit me so... last thing I remembered, that it hit me, so when I opened up my eyes it was on top of me — with the friggin' noise, it's crazy the way it growls. Right from the stomach. It's not from the mouth, it's just inside.
"His mouth was wide open right in front of my face so the last thing I remember I had his tongue in my hand and I didn't want to let go because he was trying to fight me off. So he was hitting me with his claws, so I says, 'If you're going to hurt me, I'm going to hurt you too.' So he was biting his tongue at the same time, probably" he said.
The interviewer asked him if he was scared.
"For a second, I thought I was dead, yeah ... that's the first thing that comes to your mind when you open your eyes and see that friggin' mouth full of teeth and a tongue in there. It's like ... an extreme sport," he said with a chuckle.
Cyr escaped behind a tree, but not before the bear took a swipe at his belly and bit his knee. Eventually, the wild beast lost interest and walked away.
Cyr suffered superficial wounds which were treated at a hospital.
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This is how he explained what happened to CBC
"It was just a black spot that came out of the bushes, 5-feet ahead from me. And it hit me so... last thing I remembered, that it hit me, so when I opened up my eyes it was on top of me — with the friggin' noise, it's crazy the way it growls. Right from the stomach. It's not from the mouth, it's just inside.
"His mouth was wide open right in front of my face so the last thing I remember I had his tongue in my hand and I didn't want to let go because he was trying to fight me off. So he was hitting me with his claws, so I says, 'If you're going to hurt me, I'm going to hurt you too.' So he was biting his tongue at the same time, probably" he said.
The interviewer asked him if he was scared.
"For a second, I thought I was dead, yeah ... that's the first thing that comes to your mind when you open your eyes and see that friggin' mouth full of teeth and a tongue in there. It's like ... an extreme sport," he said with a chuckle.
Cyr escaped behind a tree, but not before the bear took a swipe at his belly and bit his knee. Eventually, the wild beast lost interest and walked away.
Cyr suffered superficial wounds which were treated at a hospital.
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