As long as we have had a spark of creativity in our minds there have always been inventors pushing the limits of it. These are the ones who push forward into new domains and bring forth oddities both fascinating and bizarre. Some of these truly stand out, and there is perhaps no other inventor in recent memory who has come up with stuff as whacky or downright bizarre as that of Canadian inventor and conservationist Troy Hurtubise. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1963, his life work reads like a list of mad scientist gadgetry, and it all began with one harrowing day while hiking. In 1984, Hurtubise was hiking in central British Columbia when he was attacked by a grizzly bear, an encounter be barely escaped, and which left him rattled but also with a fascination with bears. Indeed, he became absolutely obsessed with the animals, and also with the idea of creating an armored suit that would protect from an attack by a full grown grizzly. And here we begin the tale of a self taught inventor who crafted some of the weirdest inventions and suits of armor like something out of a comic book.