“Upper nose, eyes, forehead anatomy unrecognizable,” is how the medevac report put it.
The person I’d been the first 25 years of my life died that instant. Just when I thought the bear was done, it flipped me over and bit across my face. Dragged facedown over rocks and roots, fingers locked around the back of my neck, elbows tucked in tight, I tried to play dead. I barely had time for “bear charging” to register before the bear had me on the ground. On July 14, 2003, I was wrapping up a stellar day of salmon fishing at Alaska’s Russian River when, moments from the safety of the car, a grizzly came tearing around a corner in the trail so fast it had to dip its shoulder to make the turn. Don Rearden, award-winning author of The Raven’s Giftīeyond the Bear – by Dan Bigley & Debra McKinney Book Summary Dan Bigley’s courage and heart take us all beyond the bear and along the way we all learn to see the world in a new and beautiful light.” Beyond the Bear is a powerful love story and an unforgettable tale of hope and resilience, a triumph of the human spirit in the darkest of hours.
“Beyond the Bear delivers in gut-wrenching detail the harrowing account of one of the most horrific bear attacks in recent Alaskan memory, but the book is so much more than a bear mauling.
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