A Campbell River man is recovering in hospital after a grizzly bear attacked him in a remote location on B.C.’s Central Coast Wednesday morning.
According to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service, the attack happened at a logging camp near Rivers Inlet at Draney Bay. The bear also charged other workers as they tried to help their injured colleague.
The president of Capacity Forest Management, the company that was logging in the area, confirmed the injured man is a logging engineer in his 30s. He suffered a large laceration on his scalp and several serious lacerations on his leg and arm.
He was airlifted to a Port Hardy hospital then moved to a hospital in Victoria where he underwent surgery on Thursday.
The bear had not been located as of Thursday afternoon.
