In 1999, 69 y.o. Alaskan hunter Gene Moe was attacked by Kodiak brown bear, one of the largest bears in the world. Moe was in the process of skinning a deer when the bear changed him. Too far from his rifle, Moe stood his ground with the only weapon on him: a four-inch Buck knife. He made a split-second decision to shove his knife down the bear's throat. After the bear clamped down on his arm, here's how the fight went: "It's like a dog when he bites down, he grabs and twists...I didn't want to look at my arm. I thought it was gone. I had watched a lot of bears when I first came to Alaska. I noticed early on they were mostly right-pawed, like people. I saw that paw coming, and was ready for it! I stopped back, and he kind of got me across the face and sliced my ear in two". The fight didn't end there. The animal charged Moe several more times, taking a chunk out of his leg in the process. When the bear changed Moe one final time, he threw a punch straight to it's snout, knocking the bear out and breaking his knuckle in the process. Moe then staggered two miles to find the rest of his hunting party, who immediately called in rescue personnel to take him to the closest hospital.
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