[smacky]

Todd Orr, 50, survived two attacks by a sow grizzly while scouting for elk in the Bear Creek drainage south of Ennis, Montana, on October 1, 2016. Orr said the bear charged while accompanied by cubs. He discharged bear spray when she was about 25 feet away, but she continued toward him and attacked.

The bear left, then attacked Orr again about 10 minutes later as he tried to walk out. He suffered multiple bites and puncture wounds to his arms, shoulders and head, including a five-inch scalp laceration near his ear. Madison County Sheriff Roger Thompson said Orr also sustained a small fracture of his left forearm. Orr later reported nerve damage in his left hand.

Orr reached the trailhead, recorded a video on his phone and drove himself 17 miles to Madison Valley Medical Center in Ennis for treatment.

[kellyhound]

Bozeman, Montana resident Todd Orr was scouting for elk on Saturday, October 1 in the Madison Valley when he encountered a sow Grizzly bear with cubs. Todd described the incident on his facebook page.

"Suddenly, she turned and charged straight my way," he said. "I yelled a number of times so she knew I was human and would hopefully turn back. No such luck. Within a couple seconds, she was nearly on me. I gave her a full charge of bear spray at about 25 feet. Her momentum carried her right through the orange mist and on me. She was on top of me biting my arms, shoulders and backpack. The force of each bite was like a sledge hammer with teeth."

Todd said after a couple of minutes the sow was suddenly gone. He was alive and began walking back the three miles towards his truck. However, after 5-10 minutes the same grizzly approached him and attacked once more. Again, he survived and made it back to his truck and eventually the hospital.

extremely lucky he was

[LadyCPlum]

I think he got lucky, could've been MUCH worse!

[CrunchyCripple]

I guess she thought his ass wasn't walking fast enough.
Momma bears: serious business.

[T2]

Damn! Never hang around when you see a mamma bear!

[sale48]

This guy is so cool. Despite what has happened he injects some humour in his dialogue.

[whatsup]

man I do recall many moons ago my hubby and I were camping a plane dropped us off and flew back in 1 week later we were camping in a very beautiful spot,well we saw a bear and one cub...we got really scared hopped in a made shrift raft that someone else made whan they got dropped of few months back and we were safe,but needless to say we got back to camp anmd our food was gone,but we had a back pack on us full of dried goods plus we had a cooler that was closed real tight thank god and we made it htow the next week we had cell phones but no contact,with ranger,,it was still fun..lol

[Illusion]

Shit is going viral pretty fast. Badass of the month for sure.

Video of a female Grizzly with her cubs.

[FunkPumpkin]

We are lucky to only have the very rare black bear in this area. However, we do have a very large puma that ranges our area. Conservation officers have observed it, as has my roommate. She observed it lounging in the shade about 100 yards from the edge of the "mowed yard" while she cut the lawn. Ever since, we don't mow the yard without bear spray and a sidearm. Sometimes puma around here will mistake a riding mower for a prey animal, such as a calf.

Lucky for me, I only saw that cat several years ago when it was still fairly adolescent.

[vagabond]

Unfucking believable! What exactly does bear spray consist of?