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Bear sniffs man playing dead on Alder Street KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
Riley Teufel’s early morning walk turned into a nightmare after a terrifying encounter with a bear forced him to play dead on the side of the road. Teufel, 19, was walking towards the Sportsplex on South Alder Street about 9 a.m. last Saturday morning when he heard a rustling in the bushes. Assuming it was a deer, Teufel was surprised to see a bear emerge from the trail between Candy Lane and the Sportsplex bike bath. “It was fairly big, bigger than me,” Teufel said. “I thought ‘what am I going to do’ and then as I thought that, it started to come towards me so I threw the apple that I had with me and I thought it would go after the apple.” But the bear, which Teufel said had brown fur, wasn’t interested in the apple and instead kept coming closer and closer. In a moment of panic, Teufel couldn’t remember whether to run or lie down when encountering a bear. “Initially my first response was ‘I can sprint fairly well’ but then looking at the size of the bear, I knew it would outrun me so I lay down on the sidewalk and just played dead,” Teufel said. “I thought ‘is this the end?’ and all of a sudden I could feel the bear’s Continued on A3
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The camera rolls as Canadian comedy icon, Rick Mercer (centre), interviews Destiny River Adventures’ Jamie Turko (left), as Mercer snorkeled with the salmon on the Campbell River on Tues. Aug. 23. His show, The Rick Mercer Report premiers on Tues. Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. on CBC.
Rick reports on salmon swimming RENÉE ANDOR CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
“They were afraid of my dog paddle; I wasn’t very elegant,” said Canadian funny man Rick Mercer of the salmon he swam with in the Campbell River earlier this week. The Rick Mercer Report crew filmed Mercer as he did the Destiny River Adventures’ raft and snorkel with the salmon tour
on the Campbell River this past Tuesday. The show, which airs on CBC, features political comedy as well as zany adventures all over the country. Mercer said he plans to come back to Campbell River as he thoroughly enjoyed the trip. “It was a great day at the office,” said Mercer. “Myself, and my camera man, and the director, we were just pinching
ourselves we were so lucky to be there.” All along the river people were waiting to catch a glimpse of the Canadian icon, and had posted signs reading things like “Welcome Rick,” and “We love you Rick.” And although the famous Newfie said Campbell River and Newfoundland compare like “chalk and cheese” because they are Continued on A3
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