Qualicum man punches bear in the nose in fight for survival during B.C. beachcombing trip
QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. — A British Columbia man’s relaxing beachcombing trip turned into a harrowing fight for survival against a grizzly bear that flailed him around “like a puppet.”
Randal Warnock, 57, said he was walking on Brown Island on B.C.’s central coast for about 15 minutes Monday when a bear suddenly appeared.
“I heard a noise behind me, like a cracking sound out of the bush, and this bear was charging full bore out of the bush and was on me in a couple of seconds,” he said Friday.
The bruiser began biting at Warnock’s legs, shredding his jeans at the knees, then latching onto his right knee.