Man fights off polar bear using ancient inuit technique; A.K.A. punching it in the face

[HEyHEY]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/08/13/nunavut-polar-bear-punch.html

[ixion]

1. That was the advice I was given by an old Alaskan Native when I lived there...

"just rap them on the nose with your cane."

[MilesColtrane]

23. That also works for sharks, contrary to the shocking depiction in this documentary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhw3FmHUywI

[havocmom]

2. Must. Fight. Temptation.

:rofl:

There, it passed. Barely

[IDemo]

7. You weren't going to suggest he just shoot it from a helicopter, were you?

Because that would just be wrong!

:)

[havocmom]

17. nope. and not even anything about polar bears

Unless polar bears post on DU and piss off other bears here.

[JVS]

3. I wonder if kicking in the crotch would have also worked.

[roguevalley]

20. they are awesome hunters. they can slide toward seals and

when one looks their way, they will cover their nose with their paw so they can't be seen as more than a pile of snow. Most encounters are last encounters. this person is lucky.

[HEyHEY]

24. Or your old idea of pinning him down and farting on his head.

[Forkboy]

4. With my luck I'd try that and the bear would catch my fist in it's mouth.

And then proceed to chew his way up my arm.

[depakid]

5. Seals don't punch back...

[NNN0LHI]

6. Polar Bears stand 12 feet tall on it's hind legs

This must have been a baby Polar Bear.

Don

[razorman]

8. And here I have spent all this time just staying away from bears,

when a simple punch in the nose would have sufficed.

[rucky]

9. I see your Google News Alert for "polar bear" has finally paid off.

:toast:

[xchrom]

10. That's nice but for this ONE time - I am a proud member of the Sissy community

And do not want to be in that kinda proximity
To a polar bear.

[JohnyCanuck]

11. or in that kinda proximity to any other type of bear, except perhaps a koala. n/t

[xchrom]

14. How Sensible! Nt

[FSogol]

12. Love the comments:

"The inuit elder I spoke to told me to put them in a head lock and give them a wet willy."

"I was told they're sensitive about their weight, so you just have to tease them and they'll run off in tears."

"A pride of lions was recently in my house, I served them bad coffee and they left."

[NYC_SKP]

13. It's always worked for me.

Polar Bears, drunken assailants, whatever the threat nobody expects a swift crack in the schnozola.

Then run like hell before the rest of them come along...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. Do mama polar bears discipline their cubs that way?

[Prometheus Bound]

16. In Churchill, a drunk went outside and cracked a polar bear over the nose with a frying pan.

Bear killed him.

That was back in the 70s when I spent a summer there.

[david13]

18. No no, that's just animal abuse. The bear was just looking for a fish dinner.

Doesn't the guy realize a bear can chomp off a fist with one chomp?
dc

[applegrove]

19. What a great story.

[steve2470]

21. glad he was able to survive :) nt

[patrice]

22. AWESOME story!! HEyHEY, Thanks for making my day!

:hi:

[LaurenG]

25. Punching the bear's nose felt like punching a slab of hamburger meat,

Well at least if I ever have to punch a bear I'll know what to expect. :wow: