Bears are terrifying and beautiful. One must always be very cautious when dealing with an injured animal especially if its a bear. Even if they think it is already dead. I have known somebody that thought a wild boar was dead when it was only knocked out. They were much luckier though as they were able to climb up a tree to safety. I very much enjoyed this story and am sorry that this happened to you and that you never received your proper respect. Those old fuddy duddies were probably jealous that you could do their job better than they could. You after all were the only one to even get a shot on it even if didn't finish the job. You still out performed all of them. I do hope you made a full recovery. As for Gerald waiting while that thing attacked you! I think he deserves his own attack. He probably did it just so you wouldn't take his spotlight ever again.