News A starving wolf stalked a woman and her dog for 12 hours. Then along came a bear.

[brassmonkey]

never sample the shrooms before getting home.

Joanne Barnaby was deep in the deadfall, smeared in mosquitoes and blood, dehydrated and near exhaustion, when she heard the call of a mama bear searching for its cub.

Barnaby couldn?t believe her luck.

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Twelve hours earlier, she had been picking mushrooms in the remote Canadian wilderness when she had heard a growl behind her. She turned around and saw Joey, her faithful mutt, locked in a snarling standoff with a skinny black wolf.

For twelve hours, the wolf had pursued Barnaby and her dog through the wildfire-scorched forests of the Northwest Territories.

And for twelve hours, the starving animal had tried to separate Barnaby and Joey, driving them all deeper into the bush.

Night settled around Barnaby, hiding the swarms of mosquitoes that blanketed her arms, legs and face.

And still the wolf snapped and growled, waiting for the woman or her dog to drop their guard.

Barnaby was near collapse when dawn began to creep across the sky.

That?s when she heard the bear grunt.

And that?s when she got an idea.

It was an idea so outrageous, some critics would later accuse her of making the whole ordeal up.

Yet, Canadian officials and close friends confirm Barnaby was missing in the woods.

And she is sticking by her story that a preposterous idea ? of pitting one predator against another ? saved her life.

Joanne Barnaby knew better than to leave her gun at home.

She had grown up in the Northwest Territories, a huge and rugged region of Canada stretching north of Alberta to the Arctic Ocean. Part Dene Indian, or ?mixed blood,? as she would say, Barnaby spent much of her childhood in a residential school, run by the Catholic church and designed to assimilate Inuits into mainstream Canadian culture.

?They tried to take the Indian out of us,? she told The Washington Post.

When she grew up, Barnaby chose to work with indigenous communities. She often went hunting and hiking through the wildlife-rich forests, always remembering to pack her rifle.

On the morning of June 10, she and a friend, Tammy Caudron, decided to hunt for morels. They climbed into Barnaby?s truck and drove east from Hay River along the highway.

Barnaby didn?t want her rifle on her back as she stooped to pick up the pricey mushrooms.

So she left it behind.

?It was a stupid mistake,? she said. ?I paid a big price.?

The incredible story of how that small mistake nearly cost Barnaby her life was first reported by CBC Wednesday. Barnaby spoke to The Post by phone on Wednesday night.

Barnaby parked her truck near the highway at around 11 a.m. The two foragers then walked in different directions in search of morels. Barnaby had with her a basket, a can of beer and Joey, her black and yellow mutt.

Joey was Barnaby?s guard dog. When a bear would approach her log cabin-style house in Hay River, Joey would race outside and chase them off.

So when, after about five hours of mushroom hunting, Barnaby heard a growl behind, she knew there could be trouble.

She turned around and saw Joey muzzle-to-muzzle with a black wolf.

The wolf was skinny ? probably cast out of its pack, Barnaby thought ? but still twice the size of Joey. And it was between her and the highway.

?He looked old to me, but he was smart,? she said. ?It took me a while to realize how smart he was, and that he was actually being very, very strategic in trying to separate me from my dog and wear me down. I don?t think he was strong enough to take us both on. And I think he knew that.?

Joey tried to scare away the wolf, as he did with bears, but it didn?t work. The wolf was just watching them, legs spread apart as if ready to pounce, lips curled back to show sharp teeth.

?It scared the hell out of me,? Barnaby said.

The wolf was hunting her. Whenever Barnaby tried to angle back toward the highway and her truck, the animal cut her off. She found herself drifting deeper into the woods.

?He was directing me. There was no question about it. He was pushing me further and further from the highway,? she said. ?He was stalking me. He was literally stalking me.?

That?s when it dawned on her.

She might die.

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[bronco67]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

never sample the shrooms before getting home.

Which one is the bear?

[Hannes]

Originally Posted by bronco67

Which one is the bear?

what a savage

[Jigster715]

I'd fuck the one on the left and feed the one on the right to the bear

[clickity click]

Originally Posted by Jigster715

I'd fuck the one on the left and feed the one on the right to the bear

I'd feed them both to the bears..