Won't be long until PETA tries to have this guy arrested, ...
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When a stinky, angry bear charged him, Rory Chapple was probably glad he's a bow hunter and president of an archery club.
As that grizzly came at Chapple last Tuesday morning in the wilderness near Kechika River in northern B.C., the 39-year-old father of two stabbed the bruin with an arrow in a last-ditch attempt to save his bacon, piercing the raging animal's throat and living to tell the tale.
"She was coming behind me and then she came out full charge and I realized she wasn't going to stop," Chapple said yesterday while taking a break from his autobody mechanic job in Fort St. John, B.C.
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"I threw my hat at her, I was screaming at the top of my lungs ... nothing stopped her."
The ordeal began when he heard the bear's footsteps behind him punctuated by "huffing sounds," seconds before he turned around to see her closing in.
Knowing he couldn't outrun the bear -- who he figures was either hungry or protecting her cubs nearby -- Chapple said he faced his opponent head-on.
He said he was back-pedalling as fast as he could when he hooked his heel on the ground and fell backwards giving the bear "a great opportunity to jump on top of me."
That's when he took his arrow, without the luxury of putting it onto the bow, and took a stab at his attacker, hitting the bear in its throat just as she crashed down on him.
"It was a glancing blow but as soon as that arrow struck home, she went from gnarling and growing and huffing at me to gurgling," Chapple said.
The bear ran off and Chapple escaped with ripped pants, a sore back and a story which has garnered national attention.
