duct tape???

[RICHARD]

Man binds bear wounds with duct tape
Friday, September 26, 2003 Posted: 12:02 PM EDT (1602 GMT)


Alaska (AP) -- A hunter attacked by a grizzly bear on a remote trail said he used duct tape to bind his bite wounds, then rode an all-terrain vehicle to his pickup truck and drove himself to a hospital.

Bill Murphy said the Sept. 17 attack happened after he surprised a grizzly cub and its mother on a trail about 50 miles northeast of Anchorage where he was hunting for moose and sheep.

"I didn't even have time to jump," Murphy said.

Murphy grabbed his rifle but before he could raise it, the mother bear pinned him face-down.

It then clamped her jaws around his right shoulder and started shaking him like a rag. He said he felt teeth pressing against his skin, then a pop as they sliced through.

At some point, the bear let go, then stood over Murphy, panting and drooling onto his head. All he could think about was a bear attack over the summer near the Russian River where a man was bitten on the face and blinded.

"I just lay perfectly still and said, 'God, don't bite my head,"' Murphy said.

Finally, the bear moved away. Murphy said he got up, planning to shoot the bear, but it had broken his rifle.

Murphy said he wrapped duct tape around his shoulder and cut up a cloth bag to wrap around his thigh. He hiked out to his four-wheeler, rode about 15 miles back to his pickup truck and drove a half hour to Valley Hospital in Palmer.

The 54-year-old said he has no idea how long the attack lasted, but it felt like "two lifetimes."

"I can laugh about it now, but I wasn't laughing then," he said.

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My question is-

Why was this guy carrying DUCT TAPE on a hunting trip?? ;)

I could see DUCK tape, hunting ducks......

And how do you get bear spit out of your clothes?

[lbaker]

Duct tape, don't leave home without it. I ALWAYS have duct tape when I'm camping and always in my truck. I would probably have it in a backpack while hunting as well. I would't care much about bear drool on my clothes (camping clothes are pretty funky anyway) but bear drool in my hair would really give me a bad-hair day :rolleyes: how rude.

[slick]

For years, I used to go camping by myself, not in the deep of the woods, but in the Provincial campgrounds. I used to carry duct tape, electricians tape, and masking tape along with string and lots of rope. I like to be prepared for the unexpected.

As for binding his wounds with duct tape, wouldn't that hurt getting the tape off?? Can you spell O-U-C-H?? I could hardly "bear" that much pain.:D :D

[catland]

Hmm - lbaker and slick - both regulars at Thursdays - both carry duct tape. Coincidence or not?:eek:

[babolaypo65]

It's not just for ducks :D, or ducts any more!

[Pam]

My question is-

Why was this guy carrying DUCT TAPE on a hunting trip?? ;)

I could see DUCK tape, hunting ducks......

And how do you get bear spit out of your clothes?

Good question Richard. It's right up there with why did the Howells, the skipper, the professor, Marianne and Gilligan all have so many creature comforts along on a 3 hour tour! :p :p

[babolaypo65]

all those clothes!!!! It it's inconceivable!!!! :confused: :confused: :confused:
:D:D:D

Originally posted by Pam
[b]

Good question Richard. It's right up there with why did the Howells, the skipper, the professor, Marianne and Gilligan all have so many creature comforts along on a 3 hour tour! :p :p

[mugsy]

Well they say that all you really need in your toolbox is duct tape, so why not on a hunting trip? lol

[slick]

Originally posted by catland
Hmm - lbaker and slick - both regulars at Thursdays - both carry duct tape. Coincidence or not?:eek:
I never know when I have to tape something to the rafters :D And Pam: in all my years of watching TV I never saw the Skipper with duct tape. But then, maybe the Professor invented something that was just as sticky.....

[babolaypo65]

They didnt have duct tape, if they HAD< they would have gotten off the dang island!!!


Originally posted by slick
I never know when I have to tape something to the rafters :D And Pam: in all my years of watching TV I never saw the Skipper with duct tape. But then, maybe the Professor invented something that was just as sticky.....

[Glacier]

My husband used to be a hunting guide and still hunts. The two things he always has in his first aide kit are duct tape and crazy glue....you can patch almost anything, including skin, if you have those two things!

[RICHARD]

Boy,
All of you are silly!!!! Even I know that the Howell's got their clothes from the Costume department!!;)

I'll have to remember the duct tape next time I go
apartment hunting..

[catland]

who was it, maybe a PT person who said that you need two things in life. Duct tape and WD-40. One makes things move, the other makes things stop.:D

[babolaypo65]

That was a wise, wise person....:D

[slick]

I used duct tape to hold my blouse together one day at work.....tried to use scotch tape but wouldn't hold.

[lbaker]

staples work pretty well too (for blouses that is, not for bear bites :rolleyes: ;)

[Logan]

I'm waiting for a smart remark from Richard regarding your gaping blouse, Slick. Get ready!!!! :eek:

[slick]

Originally posted by Logan
I'm waiting for a smart remark from Richard regarding your gaping blouse, Slick. Get ready!!!! :eek:
Yea, I'm waiting to see if he'll bite.....

It really did happen though. It was my top button and fortunately the shipping dept did have some duct tape on them.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by slick
fortunately the shipping dept did have some duct tape on them.


HO HUM...

I've seen Duct Tape pasties before.;)

[lbaker]

on a BEAR? :eek: :eek:

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by lbaker
on a BEAR? :eek: :eek:

you can't miss them when they stand up!

[slick]

check it out

http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/fashion.html

:eek:

[lbaker]

Well no wonder the bear bit the guy, she was probably :o to have been seen in her underwear (even if it was clean) ;)

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by lbaker
Well no wonder the bear bit the guy, she was probably :o to have been seen in her underwear (even if it was clean) ;)


Why do I suspect this is another thread that starts out being fun but s-l-o-w-l-y unravels and takes on a life of it's own??????


Duct Tape thongs???

[slick]

Originally posted by RICHARD
Why do I suspect this is another thread that starts out being fun but s-l-o-w-l-y unravels and takes on a life of it's own??????


Duct Tape thongs???
ROFLMAO!!!:D :D Well, excuse me but when you make the subject line about Duct Tape what do you expect?? You've been around here longer than I have ;)

Hmmm, wonder if you can make ducks out of duct tape....I guess they might look pretty "foul" though.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by slick
ROFLMAO!!!:D :D Well, excuse me but when you make the subject line about Duct Tape what do you expect?? You've been around here longer than I have ;)

Hmmm, wonder if you can make ducks out of duct tape....I guess they might look pretty "foul" though.

OHHHHH,
Duck fans out there...she didn't mean it!

wait until the thread turns to WD-40....:eek:

[catland]

Originally posted by catland
who was it, maybe a PT person who said that you need two things in life. Duct tape and WD-40. One makes things move, the other makes things stop.:D


Originally posted by babolaypo65
That was a wise, wise person....:D

lol:D :rolleyes: :D

[lbaker]

Duck fans out there....
We should duck because there are fans out there :confused: fans of what, WD-40??

[slick]

Originally posted by lbaker
We should duck because there are fans out there :confused: fans of what, WD-40??
LOL this thread is making me laugh oil over......

[catland]

Originally posted by slick
LOL this thread is making me laugh oil over......

easy to say when your name is "Slick" :D

[slick]

http://www.slick50.com/

It's not WD-40, but close :D :D

edited: just found a site in San Francisco for a place called Club Slick. I don't even want to know what goes on there.....ewwwww

Time for name change??

[lbaker]

nah, can't top that you all ;) Once more closing the door so office mates don't think I've been hitting Thursday's all day and that's why I'm melting on the floor in a fit of giggles :D

[Cheshirekatt]

Any man in my family would tell you that duct tape is great for everything!

lolololol

[babolaypo65]

no, no only CHEAP imitation ducttape unravels!
sorry, couldnt resist


Originally posted by RICHARD
Why do I suspect this is another thread that starts out being fun but s-l-o-w-l-y unravels and takes on a life of it's own??????


Duct Tape thongs???

[catland]

Originally posted by babolaypo65
all those clothes!!!! It it's inconceivable!!!! :confused: :confused: :confused:
:D:D:D

I do not think that word means what you think it means.;)

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by catland
I do not think that word means what you think it means.;)

The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies! :)

[babolaypo65]

I LOVED that movie!!!


Originally posted by Cheshirekatt
The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies! :)

[RICHARD]

Sorry to bring the thread to a screeching halt but.....THIS really sucks....


http://cbs2.com/topstories/topstoriesla_story_280174423.html


Has it been a particularly bad week for People vs
Animals???

[Cheshirekatt]

Yikes!! Sounds like the animals are starting to revolt.

[RICHARD]

I once met a bear in a campsite.......

It is amazing how the lack of a fence and light
will make your blood run colder than anything else on the planet.

But that's another story.:eek:

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by RICHARD
I once met a bear in a campsite.......

It is amazing how the lack of a fence and light
will make your blood run colder than anything else on the planet.

But that's another story.:eek:

Huh...that story sounds vaugely familiar. :confused:

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by RICHARD
Sorry to bring the thread to a screeching halt but.....THIS really sucks....


http://cbs2.com/topstories/topstoriesla_story_280174423.html


Has it been a particularly bad week for People vs
Animals???

I just read an article about aggressive male brown bears stalking and hunting people. It's a new thing that's been happening. One bear stalked a man for four hours before he attacked the man.

The man was able to shoot the bear. Authorities said the bear would have killed and eaten the man. :eek:

Usually bears aren't nearly this aggressive so I'm sure it's something that will be looked into now that these killings have happened.

[slick]

Originally posted by RICHARD
I once met a bear in a campsite.......It is amazing how the lack of a fence and light will make your blood run colder than anything else on the planet.
That happened to me about 6 yrs ago. I was camping at a Provincial campground that was more remote than others. At midnight I'm sitting by the fire waiting for it do go down before putting water on it. All of a sudden there was a loud bang from the end of my site driveway and a bear was trying to get into the garbage bin. As Richard said, my blood ran cold and I immediately started to put stuff away.

Figure this, instead of locking myself in the car, I waiting silently in my tent, listening to this bear walk through my campsite. I literally have never been that frightened before in my life or since. You know how that say you are "scared sh***less?" Well, sure enough a hour later I had to go.....in the dark.....all the way up to the outhouse......not knowing if the bear was around......:eek:

[Cheshirekatt]

Lots of bear encounters here!

I've never met a bear in the wild, but I did once have an eagle land on my head. :eek:

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Cheshirekatt
Lots of bear encounters here!

I've never met a bear in the wild, but I did once have an eagle land on my head. :eek:



hmmmmm,

that sounds like a great story...a bird in your bonnet.


BTW

the Chicago Cubs lost tonight and it was wonderful to see the CA
flag on the stage when Arnold made his acceptance speech....


what a thread this has turned out to be!!

[mugsy]

Why does the bear always have to lose? They were in HIS territory. ARRGHHH.

On a lighter note, my science class (8th graders) took the duct tape story and ran with it. We were laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes. I have some of the wittiest kids (who honestly would put most adults to shame).

[lbaker]

Mugs, how on earth could you have explained The Duct Tape Story to your students and still maintain your authority? Uh oh, do they know about US :eek: ;)

[Andie]

Originally posted by slick
As for binding his wounds with duct tape, wouldn't that hurt getting the tape off?? Can you spell O-U-C-H?? I could hardly "bear" that much pain.:D :D

Sorry to join this late but I do have the answer to this having had to remove it from just about everything (including Dustin). Duct tape loses it's sticky when submerged in water so all he had to do was lay in a tub for a while.


P.S. Let's keep this little story between us, Dustin gets too many wounds and is just goofy enough to try that on all his lil cuts.

[mugsy]

Yes, my students know about US! They don't know the website, but they know about us. As for authority, I like to tell funny or amazing stories just to lighten things up. I would much rather have fun in my classes than just have to "teach."

[Cincy'sMom]

I know I'm jumping in here late and I'm sure I'm missing alot of good dtories here, but I have to chime in that if it werenot for Duct tape, our Haunted House would not exist...what else would you hold walls and lights up with?

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by mugsy
Yes, my students know about US! They don't know the website, but they know about us. As for authority, I like to tell funny or amazing stories just to lighten things up. I would much rather have fun in my classes than just have to "teach."

Keep stealing material...:p

I guess I could make the point that it's intellectual property........

Intellectual???

I don't think so....:rolleyes: