BBC News - Horatio Chapple death: Polar bear attack narrative verdict
Failures by an expedition company did not cause the death of a British teenager mauled by a polar bear in Norway, a coroner has said.
A victory for common sense.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAnd Im not a leech.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostThey don't have anything to protect them from bullets - as the polar bear found out when he got shot for doing what comes naturally. And because a buch of toffs think they can go into its environment and behave like they are in the Bullington Club.
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Originally posted by zeitghostFeck it, I'm stressed.
I'm gonna eat someone.
Where's the fava beans & chianti?
Oh.
I know.
I'll pop down the hill to Tesco.
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I do sometimes wonder if have psychopathic tendencies as my first thought on reading about this incident was - bastards, they shot a bloody polar bear.
I'm not proud
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BBC News - Horatio Chapple death: Polar bear 'probably stressed'
If it had not been stressed all would have been fine.
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You know who hasn't posted in a while. This chap: View Profile: Svalbaard - Contractor UK Bulletin Board
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Originally posted by Eirikur View PostHaving been out hiking and camping on Svalbard myself. The first thing you're taught when you pick up your rifle is to aim at the polar bear's body, not his head, as that has the biggest surface and is easiest to hit
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Having been out hiking and camping on Svalbard myself. The first thing you're taught when you pick up your rifle is to aim at the polar bear's body, not his head, as that has the biggest surface and is easiest to hit
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostThey don't have anything to protect them from bullets - as the polar bear found out when he got shot for doing what comes naturally. And because a buch of toffs think they can go into its environment and behave like they are in the Bullington Club.
Bloody oik!
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Maybe the bear took exception to the fact that the young man was called Horatio.
What a name. Very popular in Nelson's days.
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Originally posted by zeitghostOh, I rather think you do:
unHygenic Harold
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Originally posted by zeitghostYou can't beat a good old S&W Model 29* in those circumstances.
No safety catch & it goes bang very loudly indeed.
It does assume you know wtf you're doing of course.
*full factory loads with hollow points, the 4" version probably adequate.
And then again, on further reflection, maybe a shotgun with slugs would be better.
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