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Bear-Spray Heroine Fends Off Two Grizzlies to Rescue Injured Husband

A bike ride turned violent when two startled grizzlies pounced—but a wife’s quick thinking got her husband to safety.

You know how it is: one minute you’re having a pleasant riverside cycle with your beau, the next you’re fending off two massive bears. Well, that’s what happened to one unfortunate husband and wife, when a weekend e-bike ride became a fight for survival when two grizzlies charged. Fortunately, according to the New York Post, the couple went prepared. Hearing her partner scream, the woman whipped out bear spray, blasted the first animal, and then hosed down a second that was mauling her man—before both bears bolted. Paramedics air-lifted the man for surgery, and he’s expected to recover from “serious” injuries. Conservation officers say the bears were “almost certainly” acting defensively after being surprised along the wooded Kootenay River, in British Columbia, Canada, at around 4:30 p.m. on July 26. “The couple was well-prepared. They had bear spray, kept it accessible, and knew how to use it,” British Columbia Conservation Officer Service inspector Dave Webster said. Trails were briefly closed, but officials won’t pursue the bears, citing no predatory behavior.