re: Dad defends family from bear with telescope, You OK Roger

I remember a story of some hunter that got attacked by a bear, I believe it was a grizzly too, and somehow couldn't get to his firearm but had a knife on him. Somehow during the altercation he called in all of the good luck stored for his life and landed a knife blow to the neck partially severing the vertebrae. The bear wasn't out yet, though. After being stabbed it retreated, with the knife still lodged in its neck, and then proceeded to charge the hunter again. At this point a combination of divine providence and balls big enough to knock down buildings came into play and the hunter just threw a haymaker with everything he had and actually hit the charging grizzly right in the face with enough force (thanks, in part, to the speed of the charge and weight of the animal...praise Newton...) to fully sever the partially severed vertebrae in the bear's neck and dropped the monster like a rock.

Dude was beat and torn to shite, but has what must be one of the most badass stories in human history to pass down to the grandkids. Bastard will be 80 years old and able to amaze his grandkids by telling them about the time he punched a fricking grizzly to death.