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  • Gunless Canadian man's pocketknife helps him survive grizzly attack

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    A Canadian man biking through a remote part of British Columbia
    late last month used a pocketknife to stave off a potentially
    fatal grizzly bear attack, according to reports.

    Colin Dowler, 45, was traversing a path in Power River, B.C. –
    about 185 miles north of Vancouver – on July 30 when he
    encountered a large male grizzly bear, CBC reported.

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    Canadian Colin Dowler might not be alive today if it weren't
    for a small pocket knife with a two-inch blade

    https://bbc.in/2yNt31y

    Colin Dowler seen in his hospital bed.
    Pocket knife saves man in grizzly bear attack
    Colin Dowler ended up in a life-and-death struggle with a
    grizzly bear in British Columbia.

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    “I wasn’t really sure what to do about the situation,” Dowler
    said. “I largely stood there, and let the grizzly keep walking
    up towards me.”

    When the bear was too close for comfort, Dowler tried to nudge
    him away with a hiking pole, BBC reported. A brief tug-of-war
    ensued before Dowler threw his bike at the animal, the report
    said.

    The bear then grabbed Dowler by the stomach and dragged him to a
    ditch about 50 feet away. Dowler said he tried to play dead as
    the animal bit into his arm, foot, and thigh.

    “It sounded like it was grating my bones up,” Dowler recalled.
    That’s when Dowler pulled out his pocketknife and stabbed the
    bear in the neck.

    “It let go of me immediately. I wasn’t really sure if it was
    dying faster than I was," Dowler said.

    Dowler said he made a tourniquet out of his shirtsleeve,
    recovered his bike, and rode nearly five miles to a logging camp
    before collapsing. Five men were at the camp and administered
    first aid.

    “They’re truly the heroes of the story because there’s no way I
    would have made it without [them],” he said.

    Dowler was flown to a Vancouver hospital where he still
    recovering from non-life-threatening injuries, CBC reported.

    https://www.foxnews.com/world/canadian-mans-pocketknife-helps- him-survive-grizzly-attack

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