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January 21st, 2025, 10:27 AM #1
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😲Carbon County man recovering from black bear attack
🐻 He was just looking for a hug anim_rofl2.gif
JIM THORPE, Pa. A Carbon County man is recovering at home after he was attacked by a bear Sunday in Jim Thorpe. A smaller black bear can be seen on security camera footage from a home, tackling Andrew Nierer and attacking him on the ground before it was shot and killed by a neighbor.
"She came and looked at him and then charged after me; at that point, I either make a decision on going farther to my house or to him to use the gun if he needs it," said Nierer.
"It just up and jumped on him and grabbed him by the arm and wrestling him around here, I had no choice but to kill the bear so that's what I did,” said Mike Bramich, Nierer’s neighbor.
A witness who works at Mason's Cold Beer across from Jim Thorpe Market's parking lot said she saw the bear emerge from the woods, run across the lot, and go right towards the market's ramp.
Once people saw the bear, they started screaming. The bear then ran up a nearby trail into the woods. Nierer was walking on this trail, returning from the store, when the bear attacked him.
"I just did what I needed to do, a man's life was at stake the bear was trying to get to his throat, so I did what I did, I had to do it,” said Bramich.
It's because of his neighbor's actions that Nierer considers himself lucky.
"She only minorly got me, like I got a little stitch on my arm and some scratch marks. I got lucky, I'm not hurt, I'm not offended at it at all, it's life,” said Nierer.
https://www.wnep.com/article/news/lo...0-2b548d4a167c
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January 21st, 2025, 01:58 PM #2
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Pro Tip: CLICK THE LINK and WATCH the VIDEO.
SO much easier to understand than that written copy! LOLI called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!
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January 21st, 2025, 04:44 PM #3
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Re: 😲Carbon County man recovering from black bear attack
Proof that all Black Bears do not hibernate !
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January 21st, 2025, 05:13 PM #4
Re: 😲Carbon County man recovering from black bear attack
I used to go to that store occasionally!
It's pretty much right across the river from "downtown" where the train ride and courthouse are.
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January 22nd, 2025, 07:15 AM #5
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They announced that the bear had rabies.
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January 22nd, 2025, 08:36 AM #6
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January 22nd, 2025, 08:07 PM #7
Re: 😲Carbon County man recovering from black bear attack
One of the many reasons that I carry around the house and in the yard. We have bears come through our yard every few days, when they're not hibernating. The arbor vitae in the front yard (20' from the front door) is a marking post for boars during the May-June mating season. It barely has any bark left on it.
The thing is, despite being a "small" bear, had the neighbor not had his pistol, that little bear was plenty big enough to have taken that guy down.And my soul's been psychedelicized
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January 22nd, 2025, 08:10 PM #8
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Gonna guess that he knows his neighbor carries and that's what prompted him to run in his direction.
I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!
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January 23rd, 2025, 08:54 PM #9
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Several news sources say the PA Game Commission has confirmed that the bear was rabid.
https://www.wnep.com/article/news/lo...7-a9f95a3f0b25
Bears with rabies are very rare. I have the full, clearer video, but it*s not mine to post. I*ve heard that it was 4 shots with a .40 to end the attack.
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January 23rd, 2025, 08:58 PM #10
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