What if you were mauled by a grizzly bear? [Rebroadcast #262]

This Is Actually Happening

Wondery

True Crime, Tiah, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

While hunting in the Canadian wilderness, a man accidentally comes between a grizzly bear cub and its mother, and a terrifying fight for his life ensues that will change him forever.

Today we bring you the final episode of our annual 5-week summer rebroadcast series. We will return with all new episodes starting next Tuesday, September 16, 2025 . Today’s rebroadcast episode “What if you were mauled by a grizzly bear?” originally aired as episode 262 on January 24, 2023.

Today's episode featured Jeremy Evans. You can find many more details about Jeremy and this story in his incredible memoir, 'Mauled: Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack', published by Rocky Mountain Books. To contact Jeremy you can reach out to his Publicist at [email protected] or contact Jeremy directly at [email protected]

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings: very graphic bodily injury, graphic description of blood and medical situations, attempted suicide, violence inflicted on a child, explicit language

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0:09.6	This Is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events.
0:13.9	Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode
0:17.0	and for more information about support services.
0:32.0	Hi listeners. Today we wrap up our annual five-week summer rebroadcast series. We'll return with all new episodes next week for season 15, starting September 16th. Today's rebroadcast episode, What If You Were Malled
0:40.1	by a Grizzly Bear? Originally aired as episode 262 on January 24th, 2023.
0:50.6	I was sitting there thinking, do I, do I just lay here and die or do I kill myself and let it end with?
0:59.3	Because there's no way I'm making it out like this.
1:09.3	From Wondery, I'm Whit Misseldine.
1:12.7	You're listening to This Is Actually Happening.
1:19.3	Episode 262.
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