A calf is lucky to be alive after being rescued from a bear attack by two men from Williams Lake.
Wyatt Bednarz, his wife Gail, son Brad and grandson Stryker were travelling on Lynes Creek Road en route to their property at Tyee Lake north of Williams Lake Friday, June 5, when they spied a black bear and what they thought was its cub.
B次元官网网址淲e thought it was interesting the black bear had a brown cub, but as we got closer and closer we realized it was actually a bear chasing a calf,B次元官网网址� Wyatt told Black Press Media.
B次元官网网址淪uddenly we saw the bear pounce and start tearing apart the calf so we stopped.B次元官网网址�
Wyatt and Brad jumped out of the truck and started firing wrenches, tire irons, even rocks from the nearby ditches, at the bearB次元官网网址檚 head as the little calf bellowed.
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Gail, who stayed in the truck with her grandson, took photographs and videos.
B次元官网网址淭he calf was attacked four or five times before the boys got the bear to leave that poor baby calf alone,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淚t was a very aggressive bear.B次元官网网址�
She said she heard her husband shout, B次元官网网址淏ear, pick on someone your own size,B次元官网网址� while Brad shouted, B次元官网网址測ou are not getting that baby calf,B次元官网网址� and her grandson Stryker was shouting, B次元官网网址渟hoo bear, shoo bear.B次元官网网址�
Once the bear left, Brad grabbed the calf and jumped into the back of the truck.
Assuming the calf was from a nearby ranch, the family headed there while Brad held the calf in the back of the pickup truck.
Wyatt said the calf was injured and stressed, but calmed down after the bear was gone.
B次元官网网址淚 think it was very glad to see us.B次元官网网址�
Wyatt and Gail have owned their property at Tyee Lake since 2003. They have seen bears over the years on the side of the road and one year saw a bear swimming across the lake.
B次元官网网址淣ormally they will just stare at you and continue eating,B次元官网网址� Watt said. B次元官网网址淪eeing what that bear did with the calf was something to remember for sure.B次元官网网址�
The calfB次元官网网址檚 lacerations were sewn up at the ranch and it is doing well, he added.
B次元官网网址淚f we had been on the road five minutes earlier or five minutes later, the calf would have been gone.B次元官网网址�
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