They Left a Wildlife Officer Tied to a Pine-But the Grizzly Reached for the Rope Instead of His Throat

his shoulders high, jaws open, and stopped before the slope dropped toward the road. The force of it sent Dean backward into Luke.

The flashlight spun across the clearing. The rifle pointed at sky, then dirt.

Luke dragged Dean downhill.

“Move,” he said. “Now.”

Dean resisted until Huck struck the ground with one front paw. Then pride lost to survival. They continue reading …