12 Deadly Wildlife Encounters in Canada You Won't Believe Happened

🚨 Please note: Terry Still’s death in the bison entry happened in September 2020, not 2023. Canada's wildlife is beautiful from a distance, but up close it has claimed hunters, hikers, campers and a father defending his children — and some of these deaths came from the animals people fear the least. If you want to follow along, subscribe and stick around — and tell me in the comments: what should I cover next? I read every single one. Encounters covered in this video: 12. The Bison 11. Merlyn Carter 10. The Churchill Polar Bears 9. The Moose 8. Patricia Wyman 7. The Vancouver Island Cougars 6. Isabelle Dubé 5. Aaron Gibbons 4. Jacqueline Perry 3. Cindy Parolin 2. Kenton Carnegie 1. The Algonquin Park Bear Attack Sources & further reading: - Yukon hunter dies after injured bison charges him (Vice): https://thump.vice.com/en/article/akz95j/yukon-hunter-dies-after-injured-bison-charges-him - List of wolf attacks in North America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wolf_attacks_in_North_America - List of fatal cougar attacks in North America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_cougar_attacks_in_North_America - Alberta teen whose mother died in bear attack talks of her own encounter (Global News): https://globalnews.ca/news/3732241/alberta-teen-whose-mother-died-in-bear-attack-talks-of-her-own-encounter-with-grizzly - Man in northern Canada killed protecting his children from polar bear (Eye on the Arctic): https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2018/07/05/nunavut-polar-bear-attack-canada-arviat-aaron-gibbons - Cambridge woman killed in bear attack (SooToday): https://www.sootoday.com/opp-beat/wednesday-september-7-2005-145305 - Cougar mauls boy, kills his mother (Seattle Times): https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19960821/2345219/cougar-mauls-boy-kills-his-mother - Death of Kenton Joel Carnegie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kenton_Joel_Carnegie - Inquest begins into death of possible wolf victim (CBC): https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/inquest-begins-into-death-of-possible-wolf-victim-1.654855 - 1978 Algonquin Provincial Park bear attack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Algonquin_Provincial_Park_bear_attack