New developments out of Whistler, B.C. today in regards to the Bear Problem. A 55-year old Coquitlam man was enjoying a lovely soak in a hot tub in Whistler on Sunday when his evening went sour. With his back to the deep dark woods, the man was unaware of the approaching bear until he was [...]
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Bears are developing a taste for human flesh and we should all be worried (updated)
A man whose dead body was dragged from a car and partly eaten by a bear on a remote road near Kamloops was a convicted murderer who had been reported missing last week.
Someone finally notices thousands of barrels of oil spilling into Alberta muskeg
An oil spill from a pipeline in northern Alberta pumped 22,000 barrels of oil mix into muskeg earlier this month. That’s right, 22,000 barrels of that sweet, sweet ethical oil.
Watch: 80-year-old woman almost falls out of her skydiving harness
For her 80th birthday, Laverne Everett decided to go skydiving. It almost ended in tragedy, however, as she nearly slipped out of her harness and fell do her death. Luckily, her tandem skydiving partner acted quickly to avert disaster.
Coincidence: North Korea’s bad drivers managed to kill a lot of people the government wanted dead
In what was undoubtedly a huge coincidence, dozens of different North Korean officials who had displeased the ruling elite died in traffic accidents last year.
There’s nothing better than seeing a rich guy crash his Lamborghini
When a group of friends saw a Lamborghini Gallardo stopped at a red light in Chicago, they did the sensible thing and started recording. Now we have glorious video of someone being overly cocky with his left turn and crashing his car.
France’s new president starts work, has plane hit by lightning
On his first day as France’s new president, Francois Hollande had his plane hit by lightning. This can only be a good omen.
Nation waits with bated breath for Vancouver man to take a dump
The whole world is watching the digestive system of William Orders, the Vancouver hang-glider pilot whose passenger fell to her death on Saturday. Orders allegedly swallowed a memory card containing video of the accident and he remains in custody until the card passes through his system.
Student forgotten in a cell who drank his own urine to survive seems surprisingly chill about the whole thing
A UC San Diego student who was swept up in a drug raid was almost free to go him before DEA agents simply forgot him in a holding cell. He was there for five days without food or water and had to drink his own urine to survive, but he’s certainly not going to get worked up about it.