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BBC
A woman in Alaska says she "jumped up and screamed" after she was attacked by a bear while using the toilet.
Shannon Stevens sustained a puncture wound while using a remote outhouse toilet at Chilkat Lake last weekend.
After hearing her scream, Ms Stevens' brother went to see what had caused the injury, only to find a bear's head in the hole of the toilet.
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"I got out there and sat down on the toilet and immediately something bit my butt as I sat down," she told the Associated Press news agency.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56136249
And the moral of the tale:
When out in the outhouse, out in the outback, beware of bear bites on your bare butt
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,546 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,546 posts)Harker
(14,016 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)DBoon
(22,366 posts)Bears like to be left along when relieving themselves.
Lady should have knocked first to make sure the bear wasn't already using the outhouse.
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,626 posts)to spare some TP, and she replied that she couldn't spare a single square. The bear's response would be justifiable in that case.
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)One smelly bear...
One should always look before sitting down in an outhouse; snakes have also been known to crawl into those spaces.
Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)Must have been a skinny bear or a big hole.
Earthshine2
(4,005 posts)down the toilet hole adjacent to where he was sitting.
He woke me up to go with him to the outhouse, and I witnessed these events.
So, guess how he got his flashlight back.
He's small and athletic. He tried hanging by his hands and attempted to grab it with is feet.
Didn't work. He had to go way down in there, but he got it back.
Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)or was there?