What a way to go: Alaska woman bitten by bear while in outhouse
Updated Feb 19, 2021;
Posted Feb 19, 2021
Imagine seeing a black bear staring back at you while looking down at a toilet seat in an outhouse. (Photo courtesy of the Michigan DNR)
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A new rule for going to the bathroom in Alaska: Check for bears before sitting down.
A woman using an outhouse in the state’s backcountry got a very unexpected an unpleasant surprise when she was bitten on her rear end by black bear moments after she sat down, according to khns.org.
“I got out there and sat down on the toilet and immediately something bit my butt right as I sat down,” Shannon Stevens tells the Associated Press. “I jumped up and I screamed when it happened.”