“In that split-second where I turned and I saw her, I didn’t think I was going to come out of it. My initial instinct was, ‘This is it,'' the hiker said.
The Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game encourages people to report encounters and any other instances of wildlife acting unusual.. If there is an injury involved or someone is in immediate danger, you should call 911.
Suzie Mauro, an Eagle River resident who is a frequent trail-goer, was hiking along the South Fork Eagle River Trail on Friday. “I picked my backpack up, and we continued on, and I took maybe three steps,” she recounted. “The dog was maybe 6 or 8 feet in front of me. And behind me, in the bushes ... I heard the bushes rustle. The dog did as well; we both heard it at the same time, and I knew exactly what was going to happen.”
With the bear even closer this time around, Mauro had to deploy her bear spray again, nearly using an entire can during the encounter. “It was by the book,” she reflected. “In that split-second where I turned and I saw her, I didn’t think I was going to come out of it. My initial instinct was, ‘This is it.’ And for 24 years, I’ve lived here. I’ve played it through my mind. I’ve imagined what would happen in different places, different scenarios, with wind.”
“So, keeping it in the back of your mind that it could also happen,” she continued, “and knowing how to use [bear spray], like this is easy to use, but you have to know it. You don’t just go to REI and buy it and stick it in your backpack. Had it been in my backpack? Not enough time to get it.”
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