Claws

By Ben Jones

Weighing up to four hundred pounds, equipped with razor-sharp teeth and claws, and able to reach speeds up to thirty-five miles per hour, the North American grizzly bear is the perfect hunting machine. Yet the species is mostly docile.

What would happen if a grizzly bear turned on humans? In this epic story of man versus beast, the question is answered. Chaos!

Set in the natural beauty of Yellowstone National Park, Claws shows people the true danger of the great outdoors.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 19, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543436631

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Copyright © 2017 by Ben Jones.

ISBN:                        Softcover                    978-1-5434-3664-8

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Rev. date: 07/18/2017

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Table of Contents

Intro

Chapter 1   Trouble in Paradise

Chapter 2   Campground Nightmare

Chapter 3   Mountain Mayhem

Chapter 4   Trapping Trappers

Chapter 5   The Bear Walker

Chapter 6   Geyser Fight!

Chapter 7   The Hunt

Chapter 8   Into the Lion’s Den

Chapter 9   The End?

Acknowledgements

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Intro

Story of the Bear Walker

Many moons ago, there was a Shoshoni named Laughing Horse. He was a great warrior among the tribe. However, soon he became corrupt with power, wanting more and more fighting skills. He looked to nature to give him this power, and he knew the perfect animal to get it from. The most powerful animal of all – the grizzly bear. He went after this king of the bears, the Great Bear. The battle between the two was gruesome. Laughing Horse got the upper hand at first by stabbing his knife several times into the bear’s shoulder. The bear then flipped the weary Indian across his back and onto the ground. Laughing Horse however grabbed a great stick and swiped the bear off his feet. The fight continued for hours and hours and hours until both fighters were too worn out to fight. Days later, a medicine man came across the two and took pity on them. To fix their unstitchable wounds, he combined them together through a series of ceremonies, forming a half-man, half-bear. Thus, the Bear Walker.

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