Pat Reischmann 1971-72 Photos
The Base
Main road
Arnie rooting for whistle pigs
Arnie taking a nap
Bear having lunch on the beach
Bear with dog close by
Bear that chased one of the guys
I shot the bear while it was chasing someone. The CO called fish and game and the individual
involved testified I saved his life.
More to this story -Bill
Contributor:
Me and a bear that was shot by the medic while he was sighting in a new rifle. He said it
was self defense but that story seemed a bit odd to some of us. Maybe someone else would
like to comment on this. :-)
Hello Bill, well in this case there is the right story and the wrong assumption by the other
contributor, here is the reply:
Well, I guess the fellow the bear was chasing would disagree with your assumption, he was on all
fours scrambling uphill yelling" shoot the bear", and the bear was running straight for him and
probably 70 yds behind when I shot it. To this day I dont know why the bear did this (they
usually ran away) and I actually hesitated before making the shot. For me it was a pretty
lucky shot I was probably 150 yds. away. He reported emphatically to the CO I saved his life
and offered me money, (which I refused). We skinned the bear out back at base because
I couldnt find the bullet entry of the first killing shot (I actually shot it again when I got
closer because the fellow saw it was still moving a little and was screaming "Shoot it again")
We found the first shot went directly up its bum killing instantly. The skin and pelt were
returned to fish and game which is routine in these kinds of situations, and no further
action was taken.
Bumblebee and local flower
Little snowfall
I think this was called the "Goat"
Mercedes Unimog
Mt. Shishaldin
River exit to the sea
Spectacular sunset
The crew
The bar - downtime
Volcano Mt. Shishaldin
Waves breaking on the rocks
Thanks Pat!
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