On September 1, 2019,  A 62-year-old woman was attacked and killed by a black bear—a rare event. The attack occurred on Red Pine Island on Rainy Lake in Ontario, Canada.
Black bears don’t instill fear like their larger, more aggressive, grizzly cousins. But while they may not be nearly as frightening as grizzlies, black bears do have the capability to inflict serious bodily harm.While attacks from black bears do occur from time to time, they’re...

Myths, lies and old wives’ tales loom large in the outdoor pursuits. Here at MeatEater, we’re dedicated to separating facts from bullsh*t, so we created this series to examine suspect yarns. If there’s a belief, rumor or long-held assumption you’d like us to fact check, drop us a note at factchecker@themeateater.com.
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During World War I, German and Russian forces declared a temporary ceasefire and banded together to hunt wolves. The...

Despite their fearsome reputation, wolves are rarely aggressive towards humans. It’s usually bears or mountains lions attacking people that end up in the news. That changed early Friday morning when a wolf in Canada’s Banff National Park attacked a family of campers in their tent. According to Lesley Matheson with Parks Canada, one of the campers received injuries to his hand and arm. The entire family was transported to a Banff hospital for...

Videos of a zombie-like man in a hospital bed emerged out of Russia early this morning. Reports indicate that the man was paralyzed by a brown bear, cached in a den and left there for a month. As if those details aren’t dramatic enough, the man survived by drinking his own urine until being discovered by a pair of persistent dogs.
“A group of local hunters found Alexander after their dogs refused to leave the area of the den,” according to one...

A calm Friday afternoon turned hectic last week for 7-year-old Zach Bromley, who was attacked by a mountain lion in his backyard. Chelsea Lockhart, the boy’s mother, was inside their Vancouver Island home when she heard the commotion of the cougar trying to break through their fence.
“In that moment he knew he was in danger, so he started taking off down this alleyway to get to the house,” Lockhart said in an interview with CTV News. “It pushed...

My friend Ty, a Kansas farmer and rancher (and avid mule deer hunter), found this dead muley doe in one of his stock tanks. He’d found other drowned deer before and always wondered what was going on. This time, however, he happened to have a trail cam hanging nearby. When he pulled the images, he was surprised to see the sequence of events that led to the deer’s death.

Don’t mind the date stamp on the photos, it’s not...