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Post by Slakemoth 19/08/13, 11:50 am

OK, kinda off topic, but not really... Saw this news story on the news this morning. 12 year old Michigan girl is attacked by a bear (twice) while running in the woods. She manages to not only survive by eventually playing dead, but then runs back home. 100 stitches later and three days in the hospital she gets back home. Amazing story, and a pretty amazing kid.

So the moment this comes on and I see the girl, I think... "headband in the hair, running in the woods, gotta be a soccer player." This kid has "the look". Sure enough last part of the story

"Abby explained, how in the moments after she was attacked she worried about her school soccer team, wondering how they were going to win if she was not able to play goalie, because the other goalie couldn't play because she sprained her wrist. That explains volumes about about who this little girl is."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/12-year-girl-thought-goner-bear-attack/story?id=19997134
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Post by 00scrmom 19/08/13, 12:16 pm

Amazing story, what a brave girl!

Ironic that you posted as my kids and I were just reminiscing our vacation from Lake Tahoe and Yosemite that we just returned from and talked about how we hadn't encountered a bear (though the kids claim they saw one when driving Tioga Pass in Yosemite) and what would they have done had we come up upon one. Not one of us mentioned to play dead! Everything we read was to make loud noises, clap, scream, and raise your arms to appear big. Guess now we know playing dead is an option as well.

Thanks for sharing!
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Post by MoveYourFeet 19/08/13, 12:16 pm

You hit the nail on the head about "the look." Here is an image of her from the same story on another site. Noticed the soccer patch.



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Post by Blank77 19/08/13, 12:19 pm

My only question is, why didn't she just take her gloves off and throw them at the bear - the stench would have incapacitated him. I guess, as usual, the rest of the team was running way ahead and she was walking well behind the pack.
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Post by Lawnboy 19/08/13, 12:23 pm

00scrmom wrote:Amazing story, what a brave girl!

Ironic that you posted as my kids and I were just reminiscing our vacation from Lake Tahoe and Yosemite that we just returned from and talked about how we hadn't encountered a bear (though the kids claim they saw one when driving Tioga Pass in Yosemite) and what would they have done had we come up upon one. Not one of us mentioned to play dead! Everything we read was to make loud noises, clap, scream, and raise your arms to appear big. Guess now we know playing dead is an option as well.  

Thanks for sharing!
I imagine playing dead only works if the bear is full.
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Post by MoveYourFeet 19/08/13, 02:16 pm

MoveYourFeet wrote:You hit the nail on the head about "the look." Here is an image of her from the same story on another site. Noticed the soccer patch.

Sorry. I guess linking to a picture from a major news site is unacceptable.

Anyways, one of the pictures from that news story had her in some soccer gear.
Hope she recovers well enough to keep playing.
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Post by Slakemoth 19/08/13, 02:25 pm

That girl deserves a SoccerGrlProbs shirt....

When you're just trying to train and a bear attacks you....
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Post by Admin 19/08/13, 03:09 pm

MoveYourFeet wrote:
MoveYourFeet wrote:You hit the nail on the head about "the look." Here is an image of her from the same story on another site. Noticed the soccer patch.

Sorry. I guess linking to a picture from a major news site is unacceptable.

Anyways, one of the pictures from that news story had her in some soccer gear.
Hope she recovers well enough to keep playing.
I'm really not sure, but it was a picture of a minor and I have no idea if the original location had special permission or the liability of posting it here. A link, sure, but to be safe, no original pictures of minors on here to play it safe.
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Post by boilerjoe_96 19/08/13, 03:39 pm

Naturally we should bow to the almighty greatest, all knowing, all being, board leader .... but her picture is all over the web... once your on GMA, aren't those pictures now public domain? with all due respect of course...

I am not an attorney nor do I play one on TV. Did stay at a Holiday Inn a year ago though....
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Post by SoccerPop 19/08/13, 04:18 pm

With a name like Abby you know she's tough...

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Post by 2028 20/08/13, 07:12 am

Blank77 wrote: My only question is, why didn't she just take her gloves off and throw them at the bear - the stench would have incapacitated him.  I guess, as usual, the rest of the team was running way ahead and she was walking well behind the pack.
Exactly Blank! My DD’s gloves just may kill a bear!
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Post by Slakemoth 20/08/13, 07:25 am

Maybe it was the gloves that attracted the bear in the first place......

mmmmmm rotten fish
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Post by SteamingBean 20/08/13, 09:00 am

Brave young lady.   My youngest just joked good thing she wasn't a forward.. she might not be here today because she wouldn't have been crazy enough to pet the bear and to play dead.
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Post by Lawnboy 24/08/13, 11:13 pm

Slakemoth wrote:That girl deserves a SoccerGrlProbs shirt....

When you're just trying to train and a bear attacks you....
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Post by Shelby427 25/08/13, 09:28 am

Lawnboy wrote:
00scrmom wrote:Amazing story, what a brave girl!

Ironic that you posted as my kids and I were just reminiscing our vacation from Lake Tahoe and Yosemite that we just returned from and talked about how we hadn't encountered a bear (though the kids claim they saw one when driving Tioga Pass in Yosemite) and what would they have done had we come up upon one. Not one of us mentioned to play dead! Everything we read was to make loud noises, clap, scream, and raise your arms to appear big. Guess now we know playing dead is an option as well.  

Thanks for sharing!
I imagine playing dead only works if the bear is full.
Grizzly bears can be scared or "annoyed" away with loud noises and commotion.

Black bears only stop when they believe the prey is dead or no longer fighting back. They feed (no pun intended) off of aggression.

Obviously being in Michigan the girl had been taught this. Pretty brave of her to act it out.

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