Last week, an Alaskan visitor fishing along one of BC’s northern rivers startled a mother grizzly bear with at least one cub. As we all know, a mother bear is a force to be reckoned with and when she feels her cub is threatened. So it happened on that fateful day and our visitor was badly mauled. He experienced broken bones and serious injuries to his head but by the grace of God, he was able to escape and hike out to his truck. For that we can all be truly thankful. Not every such encounter ends with a reprieve.