Bob Legasa on Surviving a Grizzly Bear Attack and Good Fortune

Bob Legasa, owner of Freeride Media, is a TV Host-producer in the snowsports industry, a snowsport event coordinator and a custom home builder and last fall, he was mauled by a grizzly bear on an elk hunting trip in the Gallatin Mountains in Montana. Fortunately, he survived to tell us about it. (By the way, so did the sow grizzly who was protecting her cub.) 

When I opened Facebook that day in October saw Bob’s post about the incident, I stopped in my tracks. It’s pretty much your worst nightmare becoming reality.

It affected me so much, the following week, while mountain biking, we turned around early because we had a bad spidey sense about things and didn’t feel like taking any risks. That was overkill, I’ll admit but sometimes it feels nice to play it safe.

I was glad Bob was willing to come on the show and share his experience. He was bow hunting for elk with his good friend Greg Gibson at the time and while most of us might not be out hunting, we’re certainly out playing in the wilderness and there are many lessons to be learned from their story. One is bear spray. The other is bring Greg Gibson with you. 🙂

Bob and Greg were fortunate in so many ways, of course. The outcome could have been far worse. So I hope this episode prepares you next time you are out there – not to scare you, but to prepare you.

We’ll talk about what exactly happened, the lessons learned, about bear and their habitat, bear spray, and some unexpected consequences. Because Bob is a public figure, his post went viral and it definitely sparked a social media backlash.

So let’s listen in and gear up for what’s next:

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Where to find Bob:

• Freeride Media on Youtube
• On Facebook

Resources mentioned:

• Montana Guide Service Bear Spray Video

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