Back in September 2003, Kootoo Shaw, an Inuit hunting guide, was hunting caribou with three American hunters near the Arctic village of Kimmirut in Nunavut, the northernmost territory of Canada. After a hard day of tracking ungulates and dealing with the ballsy attitudes of American with big guns, he slept soundly beneath the clear Arctic sky. Sometime in the early morning hours, a polar bear strolled into camp and took a swat at the first tent where the Americans slept. Then he headed for Shaw’s tent, ripped it open and started clawing Shaw’s back and gnawing on his scalp. Luckily, the American hunters shot and killed the bear before it inflicted a fatal wound.

Shaw needed 300 stitches to reattach his scalp after he was rushed to a nearby medical clinic. He was also treated for the countless bites and gashes on his feet, back, and arms. This guy is very lucky to be alive since polar bears can and will eat humans.