---
title: "Bear Attack Photos!"
date: "2006-07-06"
modified: "2006-07-06"
authors:
  - name: "Outdoor Life Online Editor"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-online-editor/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/bear-attack-photos/"
categories:
  - "Animal Attacks"
  - "Survival"
---

# Bear Attack Photos!

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorimages_articlesbear_home_large.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/E4XLADT5K7A7THEBOHJPFDXNLQ.jpg>)
*Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![KIM HEIL-SMITH](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/OQU5XN5GVP7ADJ3L5RFPCPPI7Q.jpg>)
*Heil-Smith, of Grand Marais, Minn., was attacked by a sow black bear in her garage. The bear fled when Kim grabbed it by the nose and screamed at it. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![GARY PATERNA](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/KPEHLDXKDITPC4NGOFCZ5BZSLA.jpg>)
*Paterna was walking his dog in the woods outside Anchorage""just 1,200 yards from suburban homes""when he was attacked by a sow protecting her cubs. Outdoor Life Online Editor*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorimages_articlesbear_home_large.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/E4XLADT5K7A7THEBOHJPFDXNLQ.jpg>)
*Outdoor Life Online Editor*

Here are two gruesome shots of injuries sustained by bear attack survivors. Plus, a three step survival guide that you should follow in case a bear decides to charge you this summer.