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Hi
I was down at my cabin last week (near this place) and the story was in all the papers. But this writeup from the real guy is much better. I can really imagine his feelings that he tries to describe at the end. As he says, he was damn lucky. Wow. Neil
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, This guy
lives just outside of Soldotna. Friends, Have I got a
story for you guys!
King season is over, and since I had a day off before silvers start,
Thought I would go for a walk! This
occurred at 11:16 am this morning (Sunday), just
2/10 of a mile from my house, ON OUR ROAD while walking my dogs (trying to
get in shape for hunting season, ironically!) for the record, this is in a
residential area-not
back in the woods, no Bow hunting, no stealth occurring...
I heard a twig snap, and looked back...full on charge-a huge brownie, ears
back, head low and motorin'
full speed! Came with zero warning; no Woof, no
popping of the teeth, no standing up, nothing like what you
think or see on TV! It charged from less than 20 yards and was on me in
about one-second! Totally surreal-I just
started shooting in the general direction, and praise God that my second
shot (or was it my third?) rolled him at 5 feet and he skidded to a stop 10
feet BEYOND where I was shooting from-I actually sidestepped him and fell
over
backwards on the last shot, and his momentum carried him to a stop past
where I fired my first shot!
It was a prehistoric old boar-no teeth, no fat-weighed
between 900-1000 Lbs and took five men to DRAG it
onto a tilt-bed trailer! Big bear-its paw measured out at about a 9 1/2
footer!
Never-ever-thought "it" would happen to me! It’s always some other
smuck, Right?
Well, no bull-I am still high on adrenaline, with my gut
in a Knot.
Feels like I did 10000 crunches without stopping! Almost puked for an hour
after, had the burps and couldn't even stand up as the troopers conducted
their investigation!
Totally wiped me out-cant even put that feeling into words, by far the most
emotion I have ever felt at once!
No doubt that God was with me, as I brought my
Ruger .454 Casull (andSome "hot" 350 grain solids) just for the heck of it,
and managed to draw and snap shoot (pointed, never even aimed!) from the
hip! Total luck
shot!
Thank God I choose to leave the Wife and kids at home on this walk! Got a
charter tomorrow, so gonna TRY to get some sleep now!
Greg, Greg & Sharri
