I keep checking back in since I'm using some of these pics for reference for a model I'm building. He too survived, most of his injuries were wounds, on the torso, leg, etcetera. As advised by Mr Stang, Mr Perkins buried his face in the snow to numb the pain. To survive, Mr Perkins instinctively removed the mud from his fresh wounds and he was then airlifted to receive medical care. "Some think I was taking pictures," he wrote. . The father was out with his son when they encountered the bear. Doctors had to use part of his fibula to create a jaw to replace what the bear ripped off of his face. There's Something Strange in the Video of Biden and Zelenskyy Walking Through Kyiv By Elizabeth Stauffer February 20, 2023 . His will to survive and keep going, stay positive.'. REMEMBER WHEN THIS TEENAGER SHOT AN 8-POINT BUCK IN HIS HOUSE. He said he started driving away and when he looked back the bear was on top of Wesley. So I stopped to take camera out of pocket and put it in my dash bag as I could shoot the gun. The bear had also caused huge damage to one of Perkins' eyes. "I knew I could hear so I could talk to Ed and Dan who were with me.". 'Ed was ahead of me and I was right behind him. Houston Hambers.. Chevy 216's. Great thread. The bear then spun around several times before he started to charge at him. Black bear attacks hunter in terrifying video The pair had taken all the appropriate precautions while traveling along the road, Ippoliti said, and although he has biked in the area many times, he had never encountered a brown bear before. 'We went up and towards it and it disappeared. This means that hunters who are pursuing these bears have to be very careful for animals who may have scarcely made it through winter due to poor health, age or newly born young. Perhaps no other human on the planet has survived a worse bear mauling and lived to tell the tale. I do everything else.'. Play it now! 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I have helped others my whole life, and never imagined that I would be on the receiving end of things, but the brotherhood of Nome, my brothers in the fire service, from Seattle, Anchorage, Nome, came out to support and fundraise for me and helped me through this recovery. Alaska Dispatch News. His left eye, which sees only light and dark, weeps constantly. Wesley Deleon. ebs121781, Aug 3, 2010. Wes Perkins was the luckiest man to walk the earth, this guy survived the most gruesome bear attack ever. Slowly, the surgeons began to reconstruct his face, inserting titanium plates in both his cheeks and a titanium rib around the jawbone. RT @RevengeNature: Bear hunter mauled by Grizzly he was trying to kill. In 2013, Matt Dyer was nearly killed by a polar bear on a Sierra Club Outing. But they are certainly not related." Wes Perkins, 65, was on a hunting trip with his friend Dan Stang and his pal's son Edward when they spotted a "nice size bear" on a hill in the distance and began tracking it. So I spent a couple of months at home that fall putting myself through the 'Wes Perkins Opiate Withdrawal Clinic. Wes Vergel. From the moment conservation biologist Wes Larson entered the long sandstone tunnel, he could see the black bear at the other end. Posted: Nov 21, 2017, 12:16 pm. Leeds, AL. Everything he consumes comes from a blender now, but its better than being underground. He was initially taken to a hospital in Nome and then to Seattle. The story and what are apparently the photos resulting from a bear attack are hard to look at, hard to think about, and hard to imagine. Mr Stang then radioed for help, and it was Mr Perkins brother who answered the call and helped dispatch responders. Perkins, a former fire chief for the city of Nome in Alaska, told Newsweek that he managed to stay alert during the near deadly attack. Allen Micheal Perkins. 'I only had time to say, 'Oh s***!' '", "I did not like the feeling of being high or on opiates, I was never a drug user, never had any major medical problems before I was mauled. He said when he rolled Perkins over he saw 'his whole face rolled right off'. They wanted help if I was willing to help give them some direction as to what may happen. A lot of people who get attacked never live to tell the story. Wesley was conscious," he said. Doctors had to use part of his fibula to create a jaw to replace what the bear ripped off of his face. Only just crossed my path, so may have . This Alaskan man survived an absolutely brutal mauling though. But this is a story of survival, incredible willpower, and how the unbelievable can become the truth. 'I look back and the bear's on top of [Perkins]', Dan Stang said in the video. As he flew, others were rolling into action, too. He still explores the wilderness, hunting moose and bears as he used to. Looks like his whole face under the eye was torn one side , the flap fell to the other side and the photog shows the underside. Continue under your own discretion. ", Darcee Perkins, Perkins' daughter, told Newsweek: "Not any person would have survived this or continue to todayI couldn't have. Perkins decided to pursue a bear with his companion one day. Where his nose and sinuses once were, a gaping hole was left. I stopped not realizing the bear was was only 70 feet away in a hole.'. Rowe was in the air only minutes after taking a phone call from Nate. I basically kept my airway open and had to dig the debris out of my airway, when I lost my tongue, jaw and all but a few teeth, Perkins said. After seeing his friend in distress, Dan began shooting at the bear, which then came for him. 'I was lucky enough and able to walk, with their help, into the helicopter.'. Other than that, his recovery is going well, all things considered. Wes Perkins, a 65-year-old former fire chief, not only lived to tell the tale, but wants to help anyone else who has gone through something similar. Things turned dark quickly, but the son had a gun and was able to take the bear down. "Ace chopper pilot Ben Rowe saved his life," Nate said at the time, but Rowe was only one of the many who combined to save then 54 year old Wes. The following is a story from Anchorage Daily News about survival, incredible willpower, and how the unbelievable can become the truth. There are 50+ professionals named "Wes Perkins", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. The bear had ripped off most of his jaw and tongue, and caused huge damage to one of his eyes. . Grizzly Bear takes Shotgun Blast at point-blank range. Perkins rolled him forward and buried his face in the snow to help numb it while they immediately radioed for emergency aid. "So telling myself to function and never close my eyes or go unconscious was the main concentration.". They had spotted a grizzly bear in the distance, and began tracking it, but at some point, lost sight of the creature. Perkins would spend four months in the hospital and underwent numerous operations. When I turned around, the bear was that close. He's not the man he once was, but he's still very appreciative to be alive. . For more information, please see our Perkins only got his rifle 1/2 way off his [slinged] back and baam! "A couple of years after I was mauled, I received a letter in the mail from a cousin of a man in his mid-30s who was hunting elk with his father when he was mauled," Perkins told Newsweek. So telling myself to function and never close my eyes or go unconscious was the main concentration.. He's not the man he once was, but he's still very appreciative to be alive. I probably saved Wess life and my son saved my life in the same ordeal, Dan Stang said. What I [am] able to do is let them know that it takes stages, Mr Perkins says in the documentary about the family of a survivor who reached out to him. The bear immediately clamped his 12 inch wide bite across Wess face and locked on. Avg Project -Projects. I teach 8th Grade U.S. History. The animal burst out of a hole and charged the 65-year-old, tearing into him with its sharp claws. and our Previously, he was the Executive Director of Stockley Center in Georgetown and Delaware Psychiatric Center in New Castle. I do everything else, he said. He was on a hunting trip with friends and family when it happened. If he hadn't, the father was not going to survive. "I did not know the bear was 69 feet away in a snow cave. This incident took place in 2016 on April 15th. They are not good or bad, they are simply wild animals, and that is something to be remembered. "Extraordinary" and "incredible" are the only two words fitting enough to describe the miracle that happened. This Bear Ripped Wes Perkins Face Off Scary Bear Attacks 70.2K subscribers Subscribe 3.1K 87K views 11 months ago Support us through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=73787379 Enjoy 2. Im [now] able to swallow a full-size vitamin that I couldnt swallow five months ago, Id choke on it, he added. He still has a tube in his throat. They shot the 8-foot-tall, 13-year-old grizzly bear off of Perkins, which was the first action made that lead to survival of Wes. His will to survive and keep going, stay positive.". I could not move my face sideways or my airway would close. At this point, Dan Stangs son starteed shooting at the grizzly bear, eventually killing it. 05/18/2011. 65-year-old Wes Perkins and a friend were tracking a bear in Alaska when the bear hunkered down in a hole. His dad survived and was out of the hospital after 6 days. Big bear.. Some of it is extremely gruesome and vivid. 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