15.For a few moments it worked.The bear,as if puzzled,stopped attacking and stood back snorting.Then it attacked again,seized my arm and began biting it.I hope I will never experience pain or terror like that ever again.I could feel its huge teeth crushing through my flesh to the bone. 16. In an instant,the terror I had been feeling vanished and I became strangely calm.With one arm in the bear's mouth,I reached for its face with my other hand and felt around until I found one of its eyes.Then I began forcing the eye out with all my might
15. For a few moments it worked. The bear, as if puzzled, stopped attacking and stood back snorting. Then it attacked again, seized my arm and began biting it. I hope I will never experience pain or terror like that ever again. I could feel its huge teeth crushing through my flesh to the bone. 16. In an instant, the terror I had been feeling vanished and I became strangely calm. With one arm in the bear’s mouth, I reached for its face with my other hand and felt around until I found one of its eyes. Then I began forcing the eye out with all my might
17.As I was doing this,Owen,who had not yet been attacked,began punching upwards at the bear's face and arms,striking as hard as he could. 18.Then,after shaking me violently once,the attack on me stopped and the bear turned on Owen.He thought he was done for.As he looked up through the huge rip in the tent,all he could see was a great shaggy head blotting out the stars.He started,screaming,"It's biting me,it's biting me
17. As I was doing this, Owen, who had not yet been attacked, began punching upwards at the bear’s face and arms, striking as hard as he could. 18. Then, after shaking me violently once, the attack on me stopped and the bear turned on Owen. He thought he was done for. As he looked up through the huge rip in the tent, all he could see was a great shaggy head blotting out the stars. He started, screaming, “It’s biting me, it’s biting me
19.I was screaming,too,yelling for someone to help us No-one came,yet I knew there was a tent only 10 metres away.Later we were to learn that the British couple in that tent had fled when the bear attacked. 20.As Owen was trying to fight off the bear,I began pushing back on my elbows,working my body out of the wreckage of the tent. 21.Then,in what we both say was a miracle,I suddenly felt my back strike a rock.It was the same one I had used to knock in the tent pegs that evening.It was probably twice the size of a cricket ball,and I grabbed it
19. I was screaming, too, yelling for someone to help us. No-one came, yet I knew there was a tent only 10 metres away. Later we were to learn that the British couple in that tent had fled when the bear attacked. 20. As Owen was trying to fight off the bear, I began pushing back on my elbows, working my body out of the wreckage of the tent. 21. Then, in what we both say was a miracle, I suddenly felt my back strike a rock. It was the same one I had used to knock in the tent pegs that evening. It was probably twice the size of a cricket ball, and I grabbed it
22.I could see Owen thrashing about,with the bear standing over him.He was kicking and punching,and screaming in pain and terror. 23.Suddenly the bear dropped him and again turned towards me.I knew instantly that,if I didn't do something,I was finished.The bear's face was only centimetres from mine and I'll never forget the awful, sickening smell of its breath
22. I could see Owen thrashing about, with the bear standing over him. He was kicking and punching, and screaming in pain and terror. 23. Suddenly the bear dropped him and again turned towards me. I knew instantly that, if I didn’t do something, I was finished. The bear’s face was only centimetres from mine and I’ll never forget the awful, sickening smell of its breath
24. The rock was my only hope.Holding it in my right hand,I struck as hard as I could at the bear's face, hitting it on the nose.To this day I do not know how I did it because later,in hospital,they found that my right arm---the one I had used---was broken at the elbow. 25.The bear reeled back from the blow,staggered and sat back on its haunches looking at us,growling and shaking its head from side to side before dropping down on all fours
24. The rock was my only hope. Holding it in my right hand, I struck as hard as I could at the bear’s face, hitting it on the nose. To this day I do not know how I did it because later, in hospital, they found that my right arm ---the one I had used---was broken at the elbow. 25. The bear reeled back from the blow, staggered and sat back on its haunches looking at us, growling and shaking its head from side to side before dropping down on all fours