Man killed when bear in tree, shot by hunting partner, falls on him

[Bixby Sooner53]

The only difference was that Marcellis was a '**** hunter, not a bear hunter.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Bears, Trees and Gravity do not mix:

 

[TANSTAAFL]

There was a video, which I couldn't find where a tranquilized bear fell from a tree. Animal control had an outstretched blanket to catch it, and when the bear fell it tore the blanket and it ended up on the ground. There was another video of a bear being transported in a net suspended from a helicopter and the bear fell out...

Watch the skies for bears, not drones.

 

[DavidMcmillan]

This thread reminded me of something I overheard last week. In line to pay at a Love’s a fellow in front of me was telling his friend that when he died, he wanted to come back as a 38DD bra. It was tough trying to act like I didn’t hear him….

 

[Decoligny]

This sounds like my luck --

"A Virginia man has died after a bear in a tree shot by one of his hunting partners fell on him, state wildlife officials said.
The incident occurred Dec. 9 in Lunenburg County, which is between Richmond and Danville, Virginia’s Department of Wildlife Resources said in a statement.
A hunting group was following the bear when it ran up the tree, the department said. As the group retreated from the tree, a hunter shot the bear. The animal fell onto another hunter who was standing about 10 feet (3 meters) from the bottom of the tree.
The department identified the man as Lester C. Harvey, 58, of Phenix, Virginia. A member of the group rendered first aid before Harvey was rushed to two different hospitals.
He died from his injuries Friday, the wildlife department stated."

My condolences to his loved ones; story says he is survived by children and grandchildren.

Grandfather dead after bear shot in a tree falls on him while hunting

A Virginia man has died after a bear in a tree shot by one of his hunting partners fell on him, state wildlife officials said.

nypost.com

Sounds like a pretty bad chance of survival if they rushed him to two different hospitals.
Wonder if both ambulances arrived at the respective hospitals at about the same time.

 

[GlockPride]

 

[Snattlerake]

I wonder why they took him to two hospitals?
Was he in pieces?

One was a vet hospital. They didn't know where the human ended and the bear began.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

No real explanation in the article as to why 2 hospitals. My suspicion is he went to an outlying hospital and stabilized, then transferred to a trauma center. Happens here in Oklahoma quite often. And yes, referring to the human that died, not the bear.

 

[NationalMatch]

They said bears are used to falling from trees. That bear fell onto a concrete wall. He was bleeding and not moving.

I could bearly stand to watch. What I saw gave me paws. I found the video unbearable.