Man who survived bear mauling near Gulkana details harrowing experience from hospital bed Beth Verge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) -
Editor’s note: This story contains details some readers may find disturbing.
Inside Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, 61-year-old Allen Minish is in a twin-sized hospital bed, recovering from a near-deadly bear attack that almost put him in a much worse place on Tuesday evening.
With some hundred stitches and a lengthy recovery ahead, Minish spoke clearly, describing his encounter with what Alaska State Troopers reported was a brown bear near Gulkana that happened as he was surveying a parcel of land for work in an undeveloped subdivision.
Allen Minish was alone in a remote part of Alaska when he was mauled by a bear
Emergency services took 59 minutes to reach the severely injured 61-year-old
He was airlifted to hospital in Anchorage, where he had 4½-hours of surgery
Had a crushed jaw, puncture wound to his scalp, cuts, and needed many stitches
He is wearing a patch over his right eye, because doctors are worried about it
Alaska man survives brown bear mauling, shows injuries
Allen Minish said the encounter lasted all of 10 seconds and then he had to wait for nearly an hour for help to arrive. Author: MARK THIESSEN Associated Press Published: 1:46 AM EDT May 20, 2021 Updated: 1:46 AM EDT May 20, 2021
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Allen Minish was alone and surveying land for a real estate agent in a wooded, remote part of Alaska, putting some numbers into his GPS unit when he looked up and saw a large brown bear walking about 30 feet away.
“I saw him and he saw me at the same time, and it’s scary,” he said by phone Wednesday from his hospital bed in Anchorage, a day after being mauled by the bear in a chance encounter.
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Anchorage, Alaska Allen Minish was alone and surveying land for a real estate agent in a wooded, remote part of Alaska, putting some numbers into his GPS unit when he looked up and saw a large brown bear walking about 30 feet away. I saw him and he saw me at the same time, and it s scary, he said by phone Wednesday from his hospital bed in Anchorage, a day after being mauled by the bear in a chance encounter. The mauling left Minish with a crushed jaw, a puncture wound in his scalp so deep the doctor told him he could see bone, lacerations and many stitches after a 4½-hour surgery. He also is wearing a patch over his right eye and says the doctors are worried about it.