Ep. 126: Bear Attack Turned Urban Legend: The True Story Behind the Gruesome Images that Shocked the Internet with Bret Bohn

The Hunting Collective

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 156 minutes

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Summary

On today's podcast, we're joined by MeatEater's Sam Lungren and Joe Ferronato to discuss one of the wildest stories we've ever encountered. It's the gruesome tale of a grizzly bear attack involving 33-year-old Wasilla, Alaska resident and hunting guide Bret Bohn and his father, Glenn.

Back in 2016 Bret saved his 77-year-old dad by killing a 9-foot grizzly as it mauled his face. Glenn amazingly survived and just as notably, Bret took pictures and video of his dad’s gruesome injuries soon after the bear was dead.

The resulting mix of compelling story and shocking documentation would lay the perfect groundwork for a viral event online. Everyone wanted to know more about the bloody scene, why Bret had taken the photos, and how the hell either of them had survived. We have the exclusive story.

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0:00.0	I guess I grew up on an older road.
0:15.6	Hey everybody, welcome to episode 126 of the Honey Collective on Benebrine.
0:22.3	And we are back Phil, back in the studio.
0:25.0	That's right.
0:26.0	We made it happen.
0:27.3	It was last minute.
0:28.1	It was last minute.
0:28.8	But you're holding a special little microphone.
0:31.8	Well we took a couple of mics out of the studio, ones in my house, and the other is at your
0:36.9	house.
0:37.9	Oh.
0:38.9	And so I had to improvise.
0:41.8	This is my own personal mic.
0:43.1	Good.
0:44.1	I thought it might have been a sanitary reason why you have your own personal mic.
0:47.5	You know, share mics in this time of corona.
0:50.5	No, nothing.
0:51.5	Alright, Joe Fairenato.
0:52.5	Hey buddy.
0:53.5	Hey.
0:54.5	How you doing?
0:55.5	Oh, I'm ready to get into what we're going to talk about.
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