Hello, survivalists. This is the Crux True Survival Story podcast. I'm Casey McIntosh. And I'm Julie

Henningson. And we are medical professionals with a passion for wilderness survival.

Join us as we explore real-life survival stories

and the critical moments that determine their outcomes.

Buckle up. Adventure awaits.

Let's dive into this week's story.

Picture this.

You're two miles into a peaceful afternoon hike

on one of Anchorage's most popular trails.

The July sun is filtering through the towering spruce and birch trees. You've done this trail dozens of times before it's practically

in your backyard. You round a bend and suddenly, without warning, 600 pounds of brown bear is

charging straight at you. There's no time to think, no time to reach for bear

spray, no time to react in any way. This bear hits you like a freight train, knocks you to the

ground and starts malling you. Then, and this is when it gets truly terrifying, it drags you off of the

trail into the dense Alaska wilderness. Oh, Casey, this is

giving me chills already. It's hitting too close to home. I just got back from the Alaska

wilderness. At least I'm not going there tomorrow. I just got back. Right. So in this instance,

you're bleeding. You're injured. You're alone in the forest with a bear that

could come back at any moment. But here's the thing. You manage to call 911. You tell them

roughly where you are, but roughly doesn't cut it when you're talking about thousands of acres

of dense forest. And this is when our story gets really interesting because what happened next

represents a complete revolution in how we

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