Bear Pursues Man Up Tree

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27666, 24 May 1955, Page 13

Bear Pursues Man Up Tree

(Rec. 11 p.m.) GRAND MARAIS (Minnesota), May 23. Mr Truman Engersol, aged 22, today nursed a foot injury inflicted by a mother bear that pursued him high into a tree. He said he was on his way to a trout ream yesterday when he saw the bear ai*d sought refuge in a poplar he thought was from 40 to 60 feet high. The bear, after treeing her three cubs some distance away, four times climbed the poplar. First she tore off his right boot with her teeth, leaving a cut in the foot tx'-p required six stitches. On the second ascent, the bear tore off the other boot. On the third trip, he smacked her across the nose with a branch he had pulled from the tree. After her fourth climb, the bear simply looked at him. then climbed down, gathered her cubs, and ambled away. Without taking time to retrieve his fishing tackle, Mr Engersol dashed a quarter of a mile to his car and drove to Grand Marais to have his foot treated. . . - He said he would go back to the wo ds for his fishing equipment but emphasised he would carry a rifl®. Olympic Games Tickets.—Sydney sporting enthusiasts spent £ 15,737 last week on tickets for the 1906 Olympic Games in Melbourne. An official of the New South Wales agents for the tickets said today teat up to Saturday three-quarters of the 20,600 tickets allocated to the State had been sold. —Sydney, May 23.