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October 27, 1996

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EXPERIENCED hunter Marcel Gregori was trying to bag a moose in northern B.C. when he was attacked by a grizzly on Sept. 28.

By Anna Marie D'Angela

News Reporter

MARCEL Gregori lifted up his
gun and placed the barrel against
the chest of the attacking grizz

The North Vancouver man was trying to
overcome paralysing fear, He forced himself to
gather all of his energy and pull the trigg

The rifle did not go off,

Gregori had not pulled the bolt action on the
weapon back far enough to allow a bullet to
drop into the chamber.

The 227 kp (500 Ib.
attack.

“When she started biting my head, E thought
it was over for me,” said Gregori, the owner of
the Crab Shop on Dollarten Highway.

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Moose hunting trip in
Fort Nelson area turns
life and death struggle

Gregori, 34, lived to tell about his Sept, 28

encounter with an angry grizzly oo Fort
Nelson.
sin the Fort Ne
shunting trip.
He had gone out hunting alone, into a tire-
scorched wilderness area.
Gregori has hented for 15
w alking, i in a swampy willow area w when he heard
a bear growl,
“And then it was too fate,” said ciregori.
The grizzly was in the middle ofa moose kill.
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she stood up and decaded

charge.

Gregori shot her in the chest.

“That didn’t stop her. She was so fast.
couldnt get ina second bullet.” said Gregori.

In seconds the animal was in front of him.
Thar's when he tried to take his second: shot
which didn’t go off.

The animal pushed lint over and started ta
take hires out of his legs.

“L remember the first bite and it was brutally
painful, [ remember hearing myself scream,”
said Gregori.

He rolled ov “ and covered his face. He tried
to play dead. “Fhe animal grabbed his shoulder
aid w t neck, bur Gregori was protect
ed by a backpack and a heavy jacket

Then the hear went to his head.

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Sewer, waiter
links needed

By lan Noble
News Reporter

AGREEMENTS that
would pave the w.

for further develop-
ment in B.C.’s most
visited provincial park
may soon be signed,
much to the chagrin

of environmentalists.

A sewer and water link from
West Vancouver remains the last
obstacle to a contentious agree:
ment between Cypress Bowl
Reereation Ltd. and B.C. Parks,
said Bob Dalziel, director of
provincial operations for B.C.
Parks.

“IT feel
confident
w will
reach an
agreement
by the end
of November,” said Dalziel.

But opponents of  ski-hill
expansion worry about the envi-
ronmental aftershecks that will
follow any agreement and ensu-
ing dev clopment.

West Vancouver council has

d staff for more information
on the $2-million water and
sewer link, which would go
above West Vancouver's current
1,200-foor limit to develop:
ment.

Community planner Ernie
Levesque said he expects it will
take three to four weeks fo put
together a report. Council wants
to know more about the visual
impact of a pipeline snaking up
the hill and why the B.C. Parks
applications has asked for sewer
capacity for 15,000: people per
day, well above nunibers recon
mended ina year-old report
adopted by the — provincial
Cabinet.

The — larger issue, vid
Levesque, is what municipal
restrictions B.C. Parks will
accept on development. As
Crown land, Cypress is not sub:
ject to municipal zoning.

But West Vancaotver wants (0
control housing development

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