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

kept returning to the timber.

“Bear?” one asked.

“Gone,” I said. “Keep it that way.”

They wrapped me in a heavier blanket, checked my pupils, stabilized my neck, and started working through injuries in the calm order that keeps panic from becoming contagious. Leah photographed the clearing before anyone disturbed it. I pointed out the cable, the pack,continue reading …