A Smithers guide was attacked by a grizzly bear while guiding some clients on hunt in the Telkwa mountain range at the end of September, Smithers conservation officer Flint Knibbs said.

Knibbs said the attack was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The guided happened to get a little two close to a mama bear with her two cubs.

The incident was deemed a 鈥渄efensive attack鈥� Knibbs said. 鈥淗e was walking up one side [of the mountain] and the bears came up the other and they just met at the crest of a ridge line, Knibbs said.

鈥淭hey ended up being very close by the time both parties saw each other.鈥�

The bear attacked him as soon as it saw him. It knocked him and gave him 鈥渘on-life threatening injuries.鈥�

According to a gofundme page titled that guide appears to be Liam MacDonald.

The page said MacDonald suffered serious injuries after being surprised by mother grizzly bear with two cubs on Sept 22.

MacDonald did not respond to The Interior 亚洲天堂 request for comment.

According to the page MacDonald suffered, 鈥渁 severed tricep, potential nerve damage on his dominant arm and lacerations on his hip and back.鈥�

Knibbs said the majority of adverse encounters people have with bears is when neither party is aware of the other鈥檚 presence. He advised anyone going out into the wilderness to make a lot of noise.

鈥淏y making lots of noises it鈥檚 going to alert bears that you鈥檙e in the area and bears want to avoid conflict as much as people do,鈥� Knibbs said. 鈥淜nowing that you鈥檙e there they鈥檙e going to go the other direction.鈥�

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