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marmar

(77,056 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 01:27 PM Feb 2021

Alaska woman using outhouse attacked by bear, from below


Anchorage, Alaska — An Alaska woman had the scare of a lifetime when using an outhouse in the backcountry and she was attacked by a bear, from below.

“I got out there and sat down on the toilet and immediately something bit my butt right as I sat down,” Shannon Stevens told The Associated Press on Thursday. “I jumped up and I screamed when it happened.”

Stevens, her brother Erik and his girlfriend had taken snowmobiles into the wilderness Feb. 13 to stay at his yurt, located about 20 miles northwest of Haines, in southeast Alaska.

Her brother heard the screaming and went out to the outhouse, about 150 feet away from the yurt. There, he found Shannon tending to her wound. They at first thought she had been bitten by a squirrel or a mink, or something small. ..........(more)

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/19/alaska-outhouse-bear-attack/4505940001/




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Alaska woman using outhouse attacked by bear, from below (Original Post) marmar Feb 2021 OP
That bites Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #1
....... marmar Feb 2021 #2
Well, she was bear-assed (n/t) PJMcK Feb 2021 #3
... Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #4
....... marmar Feb 2021 #6
Bitten by a bear while bare trc Feb 2021 #5
She got spanked Bayard Feb 2021 #7
I'd probably do the same thing if I had just been shit on... nt sweetloukillbot Feb 2021 #8
Point. n/t Laelth Feb 2021 #11
I've heard of sh*thouse rats but this is ridiculous. Sneederbunk Feb 2021 #9
Great. cayugafalls Feb 2021 #10
Next time, that bear will rent the upstairs. CaptYossarian Feb 2021 #12

trc

(823 posts)
5. Bitten by a bear while bare
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 01:31 PM
Feb 2021

My worst fears as a kid using the out house at my grandma's cabin in Colorado realized. I can't imagine the anxiety this will induce for this woman for the rest of her life. Bearcrapperphobia I shall name it.

Bayard

(22,011 posts)
7. She got spanked
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 01:35 PM
Feb 2021

"suspects Shannon’s wound was caused by the bear swatting at her with a paw rather than being bitten."

cayugafalls

(5,639 posts)
10. Great.
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 02:02 PM
Feb 2021

Murder hornets. Zombie Minks. COVID. Wildfires. Icestorms.

And now, Real Brown Bears in your toilet. (I thought that was just my nickname for my creations...)

I guess we know the answer to the old joke now.

Does a bear shit in the woods? Hell no, he shits IN your toilet.

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