‘I’m having bad dreams,’ says Sask. man five months after bear attack
The road to recovery has been very long for Jeff Haydukewich, who can still vividly recall the day nearly five months ago when he was attacked by a mother black bear.
“I’m having some flashbacks and bad dreams when I sleep… [I] don’t have complete use of my right hand, my left ankle don’t work as it should, hopefully it will get better in time,” he said.
The bear attack happened Sept. 4 when the Whitefox area man was out hunting in the forest fringe, between Weirdale and Foxford. While admitting he is feeling a bit stir-crazy sitting around the house, Haydukewich said he is also grateful to be able to play with his young daughter. For him it feels like just yesterday he was sitting up in his tree stand monitoring his elk bait, when three young bear cubs approached him. Not far behind was the mother black, who quickly picked up Haydukewich’s scent.
“I yelled at her and told her to go away and she came running up the tree and grabbed me by the arm,” he said.