Man Shoots Polar Bear Attacking His Friend

[Kevlar]

Sebastian Plur Nilssen was attacked last week as he slept in a two-man tent with Ludvig Fjeld on the arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

The pair were in the middle of their two-month-long bid to become the first team ever to paddle 1,250 miles around the island chain, which constitutes the northernmost part of Norway.

Despite protecting their tent with a trip-wire hooked to a early warning flare, Mr Nilssen woke face-to-face with the biggest land predator on Earth.

The 23-year-old was dragged screaming from the tent, with his head clamped in the animal's jaws.

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"I was about 20 or 25 metres [22 to 27 yards] from the bear and it had Sebastian in its mouth, I was very worried I did not want to hit Sebastian as well," said Mr Fjeld. "That would have been a really bad day for him.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...lar-bear-when-partner-shoots-animal-dead.html

 

[upStomp]

Damn - no mention of the rifle model or caliber (if it was a rifle at all - the reporter called it the "other rifle" after mentioning that the bear broke the shotgun). Let the games begin...

 

[JayD]

Air rifle count? Lol seriously that is one scary story. I hope it wasn't this fellow:

 

[whatluck]

According to this the bear weighed 360 kg, or about 800 lbs.

I don't think 9mm would do it.

 

[theGringo]

We can be sure it wasn't a 40, or things would have ended badly, and not for the bear.

 

[whatluck]

Maybe the Polar Bear had the .40, and that's why those two boys are still alive.

 

[JayD]

If they had a glock it certainly could have been used as a grenade! (I own a glock)

 

[Hanwei]

probably .22 Mag.

 

[JayD]

Subsonic rounds?

 

[Ink]

Shot placement FTW.

 

[TomH]

"I was about 20 or 25 metres [22 to 27 yards] from the bear and it had Sebastian in its mouth, I was very worried I did not want to hit Sebastian as well," said Mr Fjeld. "That would have been a really bad day for him.

He says it like it would have been an OK day if the only problem was his head was clamped in a polar bear's jaws.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

He says it like it would have been an OK day if the only problem was his head was clamped in a polar bear's jaws.

The Norweigans must be into understatement.

 

[Mike-Mike]

Shot placement FTW.

This, a .22 will kill a polar bear if you do it right.

 

[Ma$$hole]

Judging from the pic doesn't look like it was a frontal head shot. There is a spot on the top of the head but doesnt appear to be an entrance wound. There is quite a bit of blood on the bear's right arm so maybe most of the damage was caused by a Center Mass shot. I used to know an avid Norwegian hunter who would travel Europe just to hunt. I put my $$ on a large bore rifle. Maybe it was a Krag?

 

[SteelShooter]

I don't know, but if my head is clamped in it's jaws I'd be thinking 'please shoot me'

 

[wolf223]

i'm guessing it was a Kriss Rifle in 45 ACP...

 

[Jrjr]

Bear spray.

 

[Bob P]

This, a .22 will kill a polar bear if you do it right.

Absolutly! You take the .22 round and wrap a .300 Win Mag around it.

 

[atilla]

al gore is going to sh!t a brick...

 

[Ma$$hole]

al gore is going to sh!t a brick...

I'd throw a wid pig into the picture just to REALLY mess with him...

 

[44marty]

Too bad they were travelling by kayak. If they had a pickup truck, they could have done this:

 

[blindfire]

Too bad they were travelling by kayak. If they had a pickup truck, they could have done this:

Where is the circus music for this slide show!!!

This is awesome covered awesome with awesome filling.

 

[44marty]

The thing that surprised me about this series of shots is that the bear never went after the guy taking the pictures. Maybe he had a long-distance lens.

 

[SteelShooter]

I need to see the rest of it, got a link?

 

[44marty]

I need to see the rest of it, got a link?

Sorry, no, I've been looking for it. These were photos I found on some website a while ago. There was no link or story attached. I noticed that photo #5 is missing - the filenames were #1-#4 and #6 and #7

 

[KilgoreTrout]

I bet the firearm was one of those fancy FN Five-Seven with magical Bearz Killaz caps in tha clip.

That pic sequence is the stuff of nightmares. Nearly soiled my armor just looking at it.

 

[Fixxah]

Too bad they were travelling by kayak. If they had a pickup truck, they could have done this:

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Cue the Benny Hill theme song.

 

[twogunwilly]

set up flares? how about take a shift. luck ruled the day + if it was a 9 it woulda blown that bears head clean off, had to be a lesser round.

looks kinda like the bear spots the cameraman in the last shot.

 

[Blitz1]

I need to see the rest of it, got a link?

http://www.blackbearheaven.com/polar-bear-chases-man-around-truck.htm

 

[44marty]

Thanks, Blitz - I guess there is no "rest of it" though