Get Out Alive

In August of 2005, Johan and Jenna Otter went to Glacier National Park to celebrate Jenna’s graduating highschool. Their first hike at Glacier on the Grinnell trail would change their lives forever when Jenna bumped into a mother grizzly. Hear the story of how these two survived, and how you can avoid grizzly attacks yourself.

You can read Johan’s book “A grizzly tale: a father and daughter survival story” for more information.


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No, we never thought we’d do an episode on beavers either. Join us this week as we discuss four beaver attack stories across the U.S. and in Belarus (a country that Ashley has never had to say out loud before, clearly). Did you know how important beavers were to the early European settlers? Or that we eat their butt goo? Really, you won’t wanna miss this week’s episode.

And as a reminder, we are doing bi-weekly episodes now so we can focus on bringing you high quality content and great guests, while still keeping our day jobs.

If you want more information on mitigating beaver conflicts, visit beaverinstitute.org


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Paul Templer was leading a kayak tour down the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe, Africa, as he had done many times before. However, this day in 1996 was different; a large male hippo attacked their group, and dragged him to the bottom of the river in it's mouth. Tune in to find out how Paul survived, and listen in on our interview with Hippo Biologist, Camille Fritch, to hear how you can safely recreate in spaces where hippos are.

You can email Camille at [email protected] and follow him on Instagram @Follow.The.Hippo and you can follow him on Twitter at @cfritsch_hippos


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As a continuation (kind of) to last week's episode, this week Ashley and Nick tell the story of Ian O'Reilly, who spent 10 minutes strangling a coyote to death after it tried to attack his son. This launches us into a long conversation about rabies - how is rabies spread? What animals get rabies? How can we protect ourselves against it? We also give a tad more history on coyotes, including how mange was purposefully spread to the western U.S. just in an attempt to eradicate coyotes.


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Probably our most feisty episode yet - join us this week to hear about how Andrew Dickehage survived a gruesome attack from a pack of coyotes as he was walking to work at 2am.

In this episode we also discuss a lot of America's history with coyotes, which is not always a pleasant one - like we say in the episode, if you'd like to discuss coyotes with us further, contact us on our socials.  A majority of our source material for our history with coyotes comes from Dan Flores' book Coyote America (which we highly recommend).

Stay tuned next week for the second part to our coyote discussion where we get more into wildlife diseases.


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On October 1st, 2016, Montana native Todd Orr went out scouting for elk before hunting season. He was an avid outdoorsman and had lived in Montana his whole life and knew how to stay safe in the wilderness. What he never could have anticipated that day was to be mauled by a mother grizzly...twice. Tune in as Ashley and Nick talk about this crazy story, and how to avoid such encounters.

You can follow Todd on Instagram @todd_orr and check out Todd's knives and learn more about him on his website https://www.skybladeknives.com/

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This week, Ashley and Nick are joined by their pal Nick to hear the heroic and tragic story of Cynthia (Cindy) Parolin.  We also chat with carnivore biologist, Petros Chrysafis, to hear how people can avoid negative encounters with mountain lions. Or cougars. Or pumas. Whatever you'd like to call them. This episode is not sponsored by Red Dead Redemption II.

The Cindy Parolin Safe Homes program was created to assist women and children who are trying to leave an abusive environment in Princeton, British Columbia. You can contact them at 250-295-8211.

You can find Petros at @pchrysafs on Twitter, and you can check out his business at predatordeterrence.org or contact him at [email protected], and check out their Facebook page.


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Oliver Starr is on this week to tell us how he survived an attack from his captive wolf, Jake. He's a biologist, a strong advocate for wolves, and lives with his two wolves Aqutaq and Iqniq (and his Malamute, Bixby).  We also talk about misconceptions about wolves, including debunking the alpha theory.

You can follow Oliver's blog at: https://lifewithwolves.quora.com/?ch=99&share=396067ef&srid=hda

You can see Oliver and his wolves on Youtube at: Oliver Starr


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You can find Ashley @TheAngryOlogist on Twitter and Nick still refuses to engage. 

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Bears. Beets. ...Black bears sometimes eat people. Tune in this week to hear the stories of Carol Anne Pomranky and Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, both attacked by predatory black bears, but had very different outcomes.

Is a lot of this episode Ashley being angry about poor behavior around black bears? Yes. Will it happen in other episodes? Also yes.

The source material for these stories can be found in Bear Attacks: Their Causes And Avoidance by Stephen Herrero.

You can sign Ashley's petition to change RSA 207:26 here.

You can donate to Killham Bear Center here.


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You can find Ashley @TheAngryOlogist on Twitter and Nick still refuses to engage. 

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In the early 1900s, the town of Champawat was terrorized by a tigress who specialized in killing and consuming humans. We recount her last kill, and her ultimate demise.​We also talk to tiger biologist Sam Helle and get insight on how to avoid tiger conflicts in Nepal, and she gives an update on tiger conservation there.

The National Trust for Nature Conservation Nepal: Facebook, TwitterDr. Babu Ram Lamichhane Twitter: @1baburamSabita Malla WWF-Nepal Senior Research Officer: WWF ArticleDr. Naresh Subedi: ResearchGateBardia's Community Based Anti-Poaching Units (CBAPUs); You can either contact them directly to donate or donate to Katie Adamson Conservation Fund and request funds be sent to Bardia and Chitwan's CBAPUs .Follow us on Instagram, check out our website GetOutAlivePodcast.com and join us on Patreon!


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Support the show for free by leaving a 5-star review wherever you're listening, or on GoodPods or Podchaser (where we can respond to your comments).

You can find Ashley @TheAngryOlogist on Twitter and Nick still refuses to engage. 

Thanks for listening!

Disclaimer: This is not professional advice; Follow at your own risk.