Joel brought along photographs from the actual attack scene. One shows the victim’s backside. The largest wound, a raw, gaping, messy chomp, is to the buttocks. The man had been sleeping in one-piece long johns, and the flap, Joel says, must have opened while the bear was dragging him. “So that’s why there’s feeding right there.” After a moment, Joel adds, “You know the one with the bear paw prints on it? On the butt flap?” This is apparently a common item in Canada, because several of my group mates nod. “That’s what he was wearing.”
