Sounds like a good knife or a .22 would have taken care of this bear No need for a 44 or 500

Father, 8-year-old son hurt in Tenn. bear attack
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"An 8-year-old Florida boy had just scrambled up a creek embankment ahead of his father and older brother during a day hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park when he confronted an 86-pound male black bear."

"'The bear was staring at me,' Evan Pala of Boca Raton said ... 'Then he just stood up (on his hind legs) and jumped on me. Before he even got me I called, 'Bear!'"

"The bear mauled Evan ... grabbing the boy with his mouth and tossing him about like a rag doll ..."

"John Pala ... twice pulled the bear off his son before he and Evan's 10-year-old brother Alex pummeled it with rocks and sticks, then ran for safety."

"Park rangers caught a young bear soon afterward in the same area and killed it when it charged them. ..." ...
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Submitter's note: Another good reason for national park carry.



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