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âIt didnât occur to me it would be a bearâ: Outhouse bear bites Alaska woman on her bottom Shannon Stevens was surprised by a bear when she used an outhouse while winter camping near Haines. (Source: KTUU) By KTUU | February 19, 2021 at 12:21 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 12:22 PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A woman in Southeast Alaska said she never imagined having an issue with bears while winter camping near Haines last weekend, until one bit her on her bottom.
Shannon Stevens was camping with her brother and his girlfriend at a yurt near Chilkat Lake on Saturday, when she left to use the outhouse after dinner.
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Shannon Stevens was staying in a yurt on Chilkat Lake for the weekend with her brother
Erik and his girlfriend. After the three made sausages for dinner over an open fire, Shannon went to use the outhouse, took her seat, and then suddenly felt something bite her on the butt. It was something big. Erik rushed to investigate, lifted the toilet seat s lid, and saw a gigantic bear face looking right back up at him. The two ran back to the yurt and cleaned Shannon Stevens wound, which she described as a single puncture. She said she ultimately wasn t sure if her injury was a bite or a claw mark. The three spent the night at the yurt and found tracks the next morning near the outhouse. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Biologist
Print article A bear injured a woman’s backside while she was using an outhouse last week on a backcountry trip in the Haines area, local public radio station KHNS reported. Shannon Stevens was staying in a yurt on Chilkat Lake for the weekend with her brother, Erik, and his girlfriend, the radio station reported. After the three made sausages for dinner over an open fire Saturday evening, Shannon Stevens went to use the outhouse, according to KHNS. “Normally, when we are out there in the summer or the fall I’m used to shouting ‘Hey, bear!’ the whole way. It was the dead of winter, so I didn’t think to do that this time,” Stevens told KHNS. “I got in there and sat down on the toilet seat, and something just immediately bit me in the butt. I jumped up and screamed.”