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Any sources? Backcountry true story articles/stories/etc

posted 10 years ago by DeafTard
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I just wanted to create this topic/thread to see if there are any actual articles/stories about this true story event somewhere online?

I did come across this article:
http://waytooindie.com/interview/terror-of-nature-in-adam-macdonalds-backcountry-may-keep-us-all-from-camping/

and the director/writer, Adam MacDonald, stated this in the article:
"After I came up with the idea of an Open Water in the woods, I started to do quite a bit of research on black bears as well as first hand accounts of campers and hikers who have been attack by these animals. I came across a story of a couple who were savagely attacked in the backcountry by a predatory black bear nearly ten years ago, I found the story both heroic and tragic, it made me very emotional. The couple being young and alone made it all the more compelling to me."

Anyways, I am hoping to find some articles/links/etc or something about this incident since it sounds like the director came across this story somewhere online but I could be wrong. I tried doing some google searching but I haven't had any luck yet but maybe I am just not searching for the right things?

Thanks for taking the time to read this thread and reply away if you got anything interesting to share that is related to this thread topic.

cheers!

[–] skotdesign-893-179799 10 years ago

Here is a list of North America attacks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America

I am guessing the one true story that probably influenced this film the most is the 1991 Bates Island Algonquin Provincial Park bear attack on Raymond Jakubauskas and Carole Frehe.

http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/WCA/WCA0123410_025.pdf

Cheers

[–] iambradk 10 years ago

From this interview (http://collider.com/adam-macdonald-backcountry-interview/):

In the true story, they got attacked at a campsite in the backcountry and he fought off the bear with a knife the best he could while the bear was mauling his girlfriend. He put her in a canoe and they were like three hours out in the deep backcountry, so it wasn’t looking good and she passed away, sadly, in the canoe on the way.

This is the story he is referring to, from September of 2005:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/black-bear-kills-woman-camper-north-of-c hapleau-ont-1.556281

30-year-old Jacqueline Perry and Mark Jordan, also 30, were attacked at a campsite in the provincial park, about 80 kilometres north of Chapleau.

Ontario Provincial Police said that while the bear was attacking Perry, Jordan managed to stab it a few times with a Swiss Army knife in a frantic effort to keep it from dragging his wife into the woods. Jordan was flown to hospital in Sudbury.

...

OPP Const. Karen Farand said after fighting off the bear, the injured Jordan carried Perry to their kayak and began to paddle to the nearest campsite. He yelled for help and a father and his 30-year-old son from Pennsylvania, heard him. Jordan put his wife into their boat.

[–] KrowAnders 10 years ago

Did they ever find the bear? They're supposed to kill it.

[–] jonnybrett14 9 years ago

Yes, it was shot & killed. Apparently, the bear was found to be severely under-weight based on it's paw size and teeth size. It was a bad year for bears, as it was extremely dry and there were very few berries that year.

The girl was in the wrong place at the wrong time, with no defense. From what I understand, she was using the privy when this happened.

This happened at a very remote Provincial Park which I have camped at 6 times. We have seen as many as a dozen black bears in one weekend.

[–] fritzelly 10 years ago

Based on this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDndFOtBy-E

[–] johnrigney73 10 years ago

Best info ever!!!!!!!!! Thank you!

[–] Hancockenstein 9 years ago

beat me to it

Plot hole - Aspect of a film that is misunderstood or missed while using your smart phone.

[–] miles_103 10 years ago

"The characters depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental."

Source: the (end) credits. (Not sure why / how it's allowed to state otherwise at the beginning!)

[–] findyourwayinthedark 10 years ago

Because it is "Based on a true story", which means it is still inspired or based on the some truth, but the film and characters are still fiction. Otherwise it would be called a documentary.