Bear attack victim a hero, says father
Published: September 25, 2004
The son of a former Northwest Territories MLA remains in serious condition in hospital after a vicious grizzly bear attack on Wednesday.
Surgeons in Edmonton reattached 24-year-old Tommy Lafferty’s scalp Wednesday after he and another man were attacked at the abandoned Colomac mine. The mine is about 200 kilometres north of Yellowknife.
His father, former North Slave MLA Leon Lafferty, says his son is a hero. “He helped out the first guy that was attacked, by attracting the bear to himself and then when the bear attacked him, he played dead and the bear took off,” he says.
Tommy Lafferty and two other men were surveying an area near the Colomac mine site when the bear attacked.
The bear also crushed Lafferty’s left arm and dislocated his jaw. The second man was injured and is in Edmonton for treatment.
Territorial wildlife officers killed the bear Thursday. It is being skinned and samples collected.
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