Death by Bear falling on him ?

[CRJR45]

Wow , crazy story ...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/us/virginia-hunter-bear-death-scli-intl/index.html#:~:text=A%20man%20has%20died%20in,Resources%20said%20in%20a%20statement.

 

[CRJR45]

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Lunenburg County
AP —
A man has died in the US state of Virginia after a bear in a tree, shot by one of his hunting partners, fell on him, state wildlife officials said.
The incident occurred on December 9 in Lunenburg County, which is between Richmond and Danville, Virginia’s Department of Wildlife Resources said in a statement.
A hunting group was following the bear when it ran up the tree, the department said. As the group retreated from the tree, a hunter shot the bear. The animal fell onto another hunter, who was standing about 10 feet (3 meters) from the bottom of the tree.


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The department identified the dead man as Lester C. Harvey, 58, of Phenix, Virginia. A member of the group rendered first aid before Harvey was rushed to two different hospitals. He died from his injuries Friday, the wildlife department stated.
An obituary for Harvey, a married father of five with eight grandchildren, said he was a self-employed contractor and avid outdoorsman.
Similar incidents have occurred in recent years.
In 2018, a man in Alaska was critically injured after his hunting partner shot a bear on a ridge. The animal tumbled down a slope into the man, who was also struck by rocks dislodged by the bear.
Another man was injured in 2019 after his hunting partner shot a bear in a tree in North Carolina. The bear fell out of the tree and began biting the hunter. The man and the animal then tumbled off a cliff. The hunter was taken to a hospital, while the bear was later found dead.

 

[rjthehunter]

Woah, that's a unique way to go.

 

[marshman]

Got to pay attention to gravity.

 

[thusby]

That’s why you tie your dogs back and make sure everyone is accounted for before the shot. No reason to rush it, the bear is already caught.

 

[CRJR45]

That’s why you tie your dogs back and make sure everyone is accounted for before the shot. No reason to rush it, the bear is already caught.

That’s what I thought first thing , who shot ?

 

[WC53]

Drone attack

 

[duck wrangler]

The man lived in the community where I work and my coworkers knew him. From what I’ve been told, bear was up the tree and he went to retrieve the dogs before someone was to shoot the bear. Supposedly, the bear either moved in the tree or started to come down and was shot before he could get the dogs away from the tree.
Sad all the way around. The person who shot the bear has to feel terrible and probably had no idea of what could happen when he/she shot.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes…..

 

[LopeHunter]

Woah, that's a unique way to go.

Tragic and somewhat avoidable. Shooter had last chance to not have this happen.

After undergrad, I was an auditor. A client was an insurance company and they would set aside reports from unusual deaths as well as fraudulent loss claims.

The oddest death was a gentleman speared by a sailfish. He bled out. Sitting in a dentist office. When opted to sit under a mounted sailfish that was minutes from detaching from the drywall.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Poor fella. I sure hope his life insurance policy does not have an exclusion for a "bear falling on client". That would suck big time.

 

[shrapnel]