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Toast_in_the_Machine
Apr 1, 2012, 1:27 AM
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In reply to: Biggs set out Monday morning for one of his usual hiking and gold-panning trips near Whiskey Flats when he came across a mother bear, yearling, and cub sitting on a stream bank. Biggs said he stopped to watch the bears for a few moments, but, as he turned to leave, something jumped on his back and knocked him to his knees. "My backpack raises up over my head and a mountain lion latched on to it," Biggs said. Biggs hit the lion on the head with a rock pick he was carrying when he saw the bear grab the lion by the neck, Biggs said. The two animals struggled on the ground for a few seconds before the lion got free and ran away, he added. "I think the lion was stalking the bear's cub and I got in the way," Biggs said. "The bear walked calmly back to her cub after, and I wrapped my arm up with a T-shirt and went gold panning before I went home." |
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Gmburns2000
Apr 1, 2012, 5:39 PM
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Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/...news-topstories.html In reply to: Biggs set out Monday morning for one of his usual hiking and gold-panning trips near Whiskey Flats when he came across a mother bear, yearling, and cub sitting on a stream bank. Biggs said he stopped to watch the bears for a few moments, but, as he turned to leave, something jumped on his back and knocked him to his knees. "My backpack raises up over my head and a mountain lion latched on to it," Biggs said. Biggs hit the lion on the head with a rock pick he was carrying when he saw the bear grab the lion by the neck, Biggs said. The two animals struggled on the ground for a few seconds before the lion got free and ran away, he added. "I think the lion was stalking the bear's cub and I got in the way," Biggs said. "The bear walked calmly back to her cub after, and I wrapped my arm up with a T-shirt and went gold panning before I went home."
I wonder if his lucked changed as he's now a rich man.
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bad-chop-suey
Apr 9, 2012, 6:49 PM
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It seems like all the luck he was going to use for finding gold went toward saving his life.
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amphotography89
May 4, 2012, 7:40 PM
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"I wrapped my arm up in a t-shirt and went gold panning before going home"
what a bad ass
also I wasn't aware people still went gold panning.
what an old prospector.
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Lazlo
May 10, 2012, 4:08 PM
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I'm sad to admit that this is a local in my town. (Whiskey flats is about 5 miles from my house)
We all think this guy is an idiot that made up the story just to get in the news.
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amphotography89
May 10, 2012, 4:15 PM
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Lazlo wrote: I'm sad to admit that this is a local in my town. (Whiskey flats is about 5 miles from my house) We all think this guy is an idiot that made up the story just to get in the news.
It is hard to believe
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