When life seems a little rough ... just think at least you are not trapped in a car with a Grizzly.!
Tim Hamilton from Waterton Alberta Canada: Last Monday
morning he came out to find the inside of his 18 month old Toyota Sequoia
trashed. A grizzly bear had somehow got a door open (easy considering the
way the handles are) and once inside got trapped when the door shut behind
him. Probably the wind. The Toyota was a platinum edition, all the
door panels were ripped off, the headliner torn to pieces, all headrests, the
leather seats, the dash shredded. The steering column was twisted
sideways. Two of the six airbags went off, the other four the bear
ripped to pieces. You can imagine a trapped grizzly being hit with an
airbag in an enclosed space must have figured he was in for the fight of
his life. When the bear ripped off the door panels he clawed all the
wiring harnesses out. Toyota figures every wire he pulled or clawed at
resulted in bells, voices or sparks. The head mechanic at Calgary Toyota
doubted if they had the expertise to put it back together. To add
insult to injury the bear took a big dump in the back of the SUV and then broke
out the rear window. Fish and wildlife officers have inspected the
damage and figure it was a 3 year old griz. From blood left behind the
are doing DNA. The vehicle has been written off, cost new over
70,000 they stopped counting repair costs at 60,000...