First time in North America I dare say not. First time by a modern human in self defense probably. That is a skill that probably has not seen the light of day in quite a few millennia.
@ Conservation Officer, Sgt. Ben York praised the man’s quick actions. He said: “I’m pretty sure that this is the first time in British Columbia, if not Canada and maybe even North America, where someone has stopped an attack by a cougar with a spear and killed it with a spear”.
dat be raycis. 20k years of indiginous peepuls doing exactly that and no props from whitey.
October 8th, 2013 at 8:25 pm
First time in North America I dare say not. First time by a modern human in self defense probably. That is a skill that probably has not seen the light of day in quite a few millennia.
October 9th, 2013 at 10:49 am
Millenia? No, just a few hundred years, at most.
Does a bayonet on a musket count as a spear?
If the defender is a Native American, does his or her spear count?
October 9th, 2013 at 5:53 pm
@ Conservation Officer, Sgt. Ben York praised the man’s quick actions. He said: “I’m pretty sure that this is the first time in British Columbia, if not Canada and maybe even North America, where someone has stopped an attack by a cougar with a spear and killed it with a spear”.
dat be raycis. 20k years of indiginous peepuls doing exactly that and no props from whitey.