Bear attack hot tub

Bear attack hot tub,A man relaxing in his hot tub was attacked by a wild bear on Sunday . The man was sitting with his back to the trees when he felt a blow against his head. After seeing the bear, he ran inside and called for helpA Coquitlam man is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a bear while in a Whistler hot tub.
According to Whistler RCMP, the attack happened in the 4800-block of Casabella Crescent in Whistler at about 3 p.m. Sunday.

The 56-year-old man had his back to the forest - and the bear - when it swatted him in the head, launching him forward in the hot tub before he scrambled out.

The man yelled at the bear and then managed to get inside the house where he called for help.

Whistler RCMP and a conservation officer went to the home, closing off the area between Highway 99 and Casabella Crescent.


The bear, a mature male, was eventually located and shot.

A necropsy will be performed on the bear in an attempt to determine the motivation of the attack.

The injured man suffered lacerations to the back of his head and was taken to the Whistler Health Care Centre for treatment.

Tony Webb, the chairman of the North Vancouver-based North Shore Black Bear Network, said it is not uncommon for bears to be attracted to hot tubs.

He said the material of some hot tub covers is often mistaken by bears as a food source. "The bear is attracted to the cover and starts shredding it looking for food that doesn't exist," said Webb. "It's like having a dirty barbecue in your backyard."
So far, two bears have been killed this year in North Vancouver. Webb said they continue to warn people not to leave garbage and food sources out to attract them.
A wild black bear attacked a man relaxing in a hot tub at the Whistler ski resort in western Canada, with a swift whack to the head, police said Monday.

The 55-year-old man from Coquitlam, British Columbia, "felt a heavy blow to the back of his head which propelled him forward in the hot tub" on Saturday, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Staff Sergeant Steve LeClair said in a statement.

The man then "turned around and found himself face to face with a black bear. He yelled at the bear and retreated inside," the statement added.

Injured during the attack, the man, who was not identified, suffered lacerations to the back of his head and was taken to Whistler Health Care Center for treatment.

Police responded to the incident, locating the bear about 100 meters  away as it headed for a wooded area.

"The bear was destroyed," the police statement said. According to local media, police shot and killed the bear.

A necropsy will be performed on the bear "to determine the motivation for the attack," a police statement said.
An uninvited guest made a big splash at a Whistler hot tub.

Now a 55-year-old Coquitlam man is recovering after being attacked by a black bear while relaxing in the family tub at his Casabella Crescent residence in the north end of Whistler.

The man suffered head wounds in the attack at about 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Chris Doyle of the B.C. Conservation Officers Service said the man is lucky after being hit in the head by the charging bear.

The man had his back to the forest -- and the bear -- when it swatted him in the head from behind and launched him forward in the hot tub. He scrambled out.

The man yelled at the bear, and then managed to get inside the house where he called for help.

Whistler RCMP and a conservation officer went to the home, closing off the area between Highway 99 and Casabella Crescent.

The bear, a mature male, was eventually located and shot.

A necropsy will be performed in an attempt to determine the motivation of the attack.

The injured man was taken to the Whistler Health Care Centre for treatment.

Doyle said it is rare for a black bear to go after someone who was not a threat.

“This is unusual,” said Doyle.

Hot tub covers can be attractive to bears, Doyle said, because they smell similar to ant larvae.

Bears in the Squamish-Whistler corridor have been laying low so far, Doyle said. But he warned that they will show up if people leave food out. This is the first nuisance bear that had to be killed in the Whistler region this year, Doyle said.

Tony Webb, chairman of the North Vancouver-based North Shore Black Bear Network, said it is not uncommon for bears to be attracted to hot tubs in North Vancouver.

“The bear is attracted to the cover and starts shredding it looking for food that doesn’t exist,” said Webb. “It’s like having a dirty barbecue in your backyard,” he added.

Two bears have been killed this year in North Vancouver. Twelve bears were killed there in 2011.
A B.C. man was lounging in a hot tub near Whistler Village Sunday when he was smacked from behind by a black bear, the latest in a string of bear attacks and sightings across Canada in the past month.

The 55-year-old from Coquitlam, B.C., was relaxing behind a home in a townhouse complex near a wooded area, said Staff Sergeant Steve LeClair with the Whistler detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. “The guy was sitting … with his back to the forest, then all of a sudden he felt a heavy blow to the back of his head. And he turned around and saw himself face to face with a bear,” said the Mountie