Wild animals are unpredictable by nature (hence the term 'wild'), so when a hunter gets attacked, there are always questions about who was at fault. After a recent black bear attack on a hunter from Petoskey, the
Detroit Free Press states that it wasn't his fault at all.
Excerpt: Chad Fortune, 21, of Petoskey was sitting in a tree stand Saturday evening, hoping to shoot a deer, when he got proof positive of something that he and most other hunters already knew -- bears are nasty, dangerous and unpredictable and don't act like the cuddly, fuzzy critters people see in cartoons and fake nature programs on TV.
Fortune saw the sow bear and three cubs walk into a clearing in front of him. He did nothing to antagonize them, and despite what some people say, he insists he wasn't wearing clothing that was impregnated with fumes from a barbecue he attended earlier that day.
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Source: Detroit Free Press
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