Off-Grid Man Spears Cougar that Bit his Wife in Head
They lived on Flores Island, Vancouver for more than 30 years, but nobody seemed to know their last names. Or should that be VanCougar?
Rick and Sandy, a couple who carved out a homestead in the British Columbia wilderness north of Tofino, became news this week when a cougar attacked her – and he ran to help, killing the animal with a 1.8-metre boar spear.
In July Sandy defended herself from the same cougar with a machete, chasing it away. She is recovering at a Victoria hospital from serious head wounds inflicted Sunday when the cougar came back and attacked again.…
September 10, 2013
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