Ninety-pound woman takes on polar bear; wins
Read an absolutely great story out of Canada today.
It is not only exciting and heartwarming, it scores high on the unintentional comedy scale to boot.
The action starts in a remote area of northern Quebec, where kids were playing street hockey (here we've got two stereotypes already: Canada = wilderness and Canadians always playing hockey).
A mother is walking along with her two young sons when suddenly a polar bear appears (all right! another stereotype).
She tells her sons to run away while she stays to face down the bear. I can guarantee you that Grizzly Man doesn't have any footage this compelling. Remember, this woman is 41 years old, five feet tall and weighs ninety pounds. The bear was eight feet tall and weighed 700 pounds.
Now if you set aside the gravity of this situation, it's also pure comedy, like something out of a cartoon. The woman slaps and punches the bear, gets knocked down, keeps kicking it, etc.
Meanwhile (more stereotypes on the way), a neighbor runs to his brother's house (all Canadians are probably related) and gets a shotgun (do I need to elaborate here?). He comes back and shoots the bear four times, killing him.
In the heartwarming conclusion, the woman merely sustained a black eye and a few scratches.
Those crazy Canadians. Always doing goofy things like fighting bears with their bare hands.
It is not only exciting and heartwarming, it scores high on the unintentional comedy scale to boot.
The action starts in a remote area of northern Quebec, where kids were playing street hockey (here we've got two stereotypes already: Canada = wilderness and Canadians always playing hockey).
A mother is walking along with her two young sons when suddenly a polar bear appears (all right! another stereotype).
She tells her sons to run away while she stays to face down the bear. I can guarantee you that Grizzly Man doesn't have any footage this compelling. Remember, this woman is 41 years old, five feet tall and weighs ninety pounds. The bear was eight feet tall and weighed 700 pounds.
Now if you set aside the gravity of this situation, it's also pure comedy, like something out of a cartoon. The woman slaps and punches the bear, gets knocked down, keeps kicking it, etc.
Meanwhile (more stereotypes on the way), a neighbor runs to his brother's house (all Canadians are probably related) and gets a shotgun (do I need to elaborate here?). He comes back and shoots the bear four times, killing him.
In the heartwarming conclusion, the woman merely sustained a black eye and a few scratches.
Those crazy Canadians. Always doing goofy things like fighting bears with their bare hands.
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