Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: [OT] Virginia man dies after bear falls on him Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:25:41 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:25:43 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0669b6f37f8ab23f8f00a50304fdebb1"; logging-data="2352370"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19vgw0NtLHRTBpq/Ikgdxda7KZzflaBqi4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:rc31pbBlyHNs5LQDOGCy2fvwIaA= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 241218-2, 12/18/2024), Outbound message Content-Language: en-CA X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 1619 A group of men were bear hunting in Virginia when the bear that they'd been chasing climbed a tree. They shot at the bear in the tree and it fell out of the tree, landing on top one of the hunters. Although rushed to hospital, the man who'd had the bear land on him died of his injuries. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/virginia-falling-bear-fatal Years ago, I heard a joke whose punch line was "Sometimes you get the bear but sometimes the bear gets YOU." I guess both are true in this case.... No disrespect to the family of the victim who was, apparently, a very nice guy. -- Rhino