Title: Download Mauled: Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack
1Mauled
Lessons
Learned
from
a
Grizzly
Bear
Attack
Description
An inspiring true-life survival story set in the
remote backcountry the Canadian Rockies.In August
2017, 32-year-old Jeremy Evans endured multiple
ferocious attacks by a protective female grizzly
of
bear while hunting in the Alberta
wilderness.Jeremy8217sinjuries were massive,
his scalp and face destroyed, an eye and his jaw
dangling down. The tendons on one leg had been
fully severed during the mauling. His hands were
damaged where he had physically fought the bear.
It was more than a dozen kilometres to
2where he had parked his truck in darkness early
that morning and absolutely no one was near.
Thoughts of his wife and their eight- month-old
daughter consumed Jeremy as he stumbled and
crawled for hours back to his truck, before
driving himself several kilometres to a
backcountry lodge for help. All the while, Jeremy
thought of his young family and the upcoming
sixth wedding anniversary that he feared he might
never be able to celebrate.Mauled carefully
details what happened deep in an Alberta forest
where few modern humans tread. Jeremy8217smiracu
lous recovery and life lessons learned when so
close to death show that human determination can
defy the greatest of odds, and that setting small
goals along the road to recovery can lead to
remarkable achievements. Despite the traumatic
stress the encounter produced, Jeremy holds no
animosity toward the bear and still enjoys
spending time in the backcountry. To him the
grizzly was doing what the best parents do
protect their young.