Link: Man punches bear - a little light-hearted relief...
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Ha! Great story - thanks, Earle.
I can relate....and would like to think I would do something similar were it to be my babies being threatened.
Yeah - I saw that near the end of the video....gotta remember that technique - just in case.I hate to say it, but it's a good thing he sucker-punched the bear...
Actually, a good knockout hook doesn't work by brute force. A punch directly to the face won't work. It has to catch the jaw just right and rotate the neck, twisting the spinal column in the cervical region, sending a cascade of signals to the brain and it's lights out. Two things saved the bear. The enormous neck muscles they have and the guy is 73, after all. It was still enough for the bear to turn tail and run. If it'd been knocked out, it probably would have died of embarrassment when it woke up...Yeah - I saw that near the end of the video....gotta remember that technique - just in case.
Ha ha....a good bear always maintains it's self respect!Actually, a good knockout hook doesn't work by brute force. A punch directly to the face won't work. It has to catch the jaw just right and rotate the neck, twisting the spinal column in the cervical region, sending a cascade of signals to the brain and it's lights out. Two things saved the bear. The enormous neck muscles they have and the guy is 73, after all. It was still enough for the bear to turn tail and run. If it'd been knocked out, it probably would have died of embarrassment when it woke up...
