Missing teen rescued in Nunavut shot polar bear in defence

[CHIMO]

Source: Canwest News Service

A teenage boy who was stranded on a floating ice sheet in Nunavut had to shoot a menacing polar bear in order to stay alive, says a spokesman with the Nunavut government.

"There was a large adult bear that was shot that was on the same ice floe as him," said Ed Zebedee, director of protection services for Nunavut. "There were others on the floe with him. It would have been a defensive kill. I don't know what would have been scarier -- drifting in the dark with no gear, or coming across a bear."

The 17-year-old boy, who has not been identified, and his uncle were found safe after they went missing last week while on a hunting trip.

"Polar bears are the only animal that will definitely stalk a human and eat them," said Mr. Zebedee. "Nobody goes out on the land here without a gun."


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[Captain Hilts]

1. Wow. That's all I can say. Polar Bears try to eat surfaced submarines -

Gee...I wonder what this tastes like!

[XemaSab]

5. NOM!

n/t

[FarLeftFist]

2. I would still have checked it's pulse before going to sleep

And soon he would have known what polar bear sushi tasted like.

[DontTreadOnMe]

3. Polar bears can smell "meat" from 25 miles away.

A human would smell like a meal from a very long distance. Polar bear are ALWAYS hungry.

[proteus_lives]

4. That bastard bear shouldn't tried to take his Coke and Klondike bars.

:rofl:

[tuvor]

7. "Klondike Bars"? I'm not sure you can get those in Canada.

It's about as Canadian as Canada Dry Ginger Ale, I'm hunching.

[Prometheus Bound]

6. Well he could have tried reasoning with it first.

Along with a smile and a pat on the head.