Man attacked saved by bear.

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Man attacked saved by bear.

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I thought some may be interested in this. Lucky guy to say the least!

http://www.paradisepost.com/news/ci_202 ... ed-by-bear" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thats incredible. What a cool bear!
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You might want to add a little more to the subject line to make it a little clearer. :? :-s
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Re: Man attacked saved by bear.

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The Article wrote:(The cub) stood up on its hind legs and put its paws up and I got to play patty-cake with it," he said.
:shock: You won't catch me doing that with a bear cub. Regardless, glad to hear he's alright!
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Re: Man attacked saved by bear.

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tmathews wrote:You might want to add a little more to the subject line to make it a little clearer. :? :-s
As a professional journalist, I believe I can offer a more powerful headline:

KIM KARDASHIAN!!!!111!!! TIM TEBOW!!!!111!!! MAYAN CALENDAR!!!!11!!1!!
Bear saves man from mountain lion
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Re: Man attacked saved by bear.

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RJansen77 wrote:
The Article wrote:(The cub) stood up on its hind legs and put its paws up and I got to play patty-cake with it," he said.
:shock: You won't catch me doing that with a bear cub. Regardless, glad to hear he's alright!
yea i read that part, what the heck was he thinking?!
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Re: Man attacked saved by bear.

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RJansen77 wrote:
The Article wrote:(The cub) stood up on its hind legs and put its paws up and I got to play patty-cake with it," he said.
:shock: You won't catch me doing that with a bear cub. Regardless, glad to hear he's alright!
Grizzly Man came to mind reading that article. Yikes!
Seriously though, what an awesome outcome. There's something you don't read everyday! :D
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Re: Man attacked saved by bear.

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So a naked hiker is attacked by a mountain lion, saved by a bear, and then the bear allows her cub to play patty-cake with the naked bloodied hiker. Hmmmm. Wonder what happened next? Did a Polar bear bring them some ice cold Coke's and they all enjoyed a good laugh?
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tmathews wrote:You might want to add a little more to the subject line to make it a little clearer. :? :-s
Commas can save lives.

Let's eat Grandpa!
Let's eat, Grandpa!

Lucky guy though, or stupid, or both.
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Re: Man attacked saved by bear.

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SeracZack wrote:
tmathews wrote:You might want to add a little more to the subject line to make it a little clearer. :? :-s
Commas can save lives.

Let's eat Grandpa!
Let's eat, Grandpa!

Lucky guy though, or stupid, or both.
Well, in this case, a comma wouldn't have clarified the content of the article. I think a comma would have made it appear that he was first attacked by a bear, then saved by it.
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tmathews wrote:
SeracZack wrote:
tmathews wrote:You might want to add a little more to the subject line to make it a little clearer. :? :-s
Commas can save lives.

Let's eat Grandpa!
Let's eat, Grandpa!

Lucky guy though, or stupid, or both.
Well, in this case, a comma wouldn't have clarified the content of the article. I think a comma would have made it appear that he was first attacked by a bear, then saved by it.
Man attacked, saved by bear. To me sounds like he was attacked, but you don't know by what, and then saved by the bear. I get what you are saying though.
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Re: Man attacked saved by bear.

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Carl wrote:So a naked hiker is attacked by a mountain lion, saved by a bear, and then the bear allows her cub to play patty-cake with the naked bloodied hiker. Hmmmm. Wonder what happened next? Did a Polar bear bring them some ice cold Coke's and they all enjoyed a good laugh?
No...the hiker mounted his unicorn and flew away.
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