749 October/November 1940 THE TIMES TRAVELLER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE

Hunter Decamps On Finding Bear With Gun

A bear in the wild woods is usually a terrifying sight for most men, but a bear in the wild woods with a gun proved to be too much for Martin Bierworth, of Bancroft, an experienced hunter and trapper.

Bierworth, who was cutting wood a few hundred feet from his home, noticed some bear tracks near the woodpile Monday morning and returned home for his rifle. He placed the gun beside the woodpile while he was cutting a tree only a short distance away. Upon returning to the woodpile with an armful of wood, Bierworth was horrified to find the bear sitting beside the rifle with its arm part way around the barrel. Without hesitation, Bierworth evacuated the woods and returned only after he gathered together a number of neighbours armed with rifles. They failed to find the bear, but recovered the rifle lying on the ground, where the bear had knocked it over. – Peterborough Examiner.