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Over the rolling tundra, herds of caribou and muskox can be seen, always busy, always on the move. The panel of predators here is limited to Arctic fox, wolves and wolverines as they are the hardiest of their species. Not always a presence in the area, polar bears are the ghost-like predators who are the most difficult to predict.
In the bleak early winter of 1968, a 19 year old Inuk tribe member, named Paulosie Meeko, had been attending trade school in Churchill. He was born in the First Nations village of Great Whale River in Ontario and was seeking career opportunities at the technical school. His family hunted and fished for a living, so the town was a reprieve in some ways compared to the village. Like many natives he was known for his quiet determination and abilities to survive through trapping, ice fishing and ice hunting.
Now something Meeko likely wasn’t aware of before reporting for school was that polar bears congregated around Churchill and fed from the town dump while they waited for the arrival of sea ice. Bear spray was still decades in the making and he wasn’t carrying any kind of firearm or other protection with him.
There was no way Meeko could have known it but his route on this day would take him to a crossroads with a dangerous and nearly invisible predator. A polar bear had wandered into town under the cover of twilight. It may have been drawn by the scent of the town dump or perhaps the residents had carelessly disposed of their trash. Whatever led him there, Meeko was oblivious to the approaching tragedy.
Given the bear may have been following tantalizing scents for 20 miles, as soon as it saw Meeko, its predatory instincts kicked in. Meeko was in the middle of a large open space between two buildings when the bear charged toward him. Knowing polar bears are the slowest bear species, Meeko knew his only hope was to run from the bear and hope to reach a building before the bear attacked him.
Why this bear chose Meeko is a hard concept to pin down. There were other community members nearby and they watched and yelled as the polar bear pursued Paulosie. For some reason the bear never wavered from focusing on Meeko. It stormed past other residents, likely frozen in fear, doggedly following the terrified man. In front of bystanders and onlookers, Meeko was overtaken by the bear and dragged to the ground.
Meeko yelled in terror and kicked and punched trying to fend the bear off as residents and visitors were powerless to stop the bear. If they intervene they may well become its victim, so their contributions were limited to yells and shouts.
Repeated efforts to drive the bear off were unsuccessful as Meeko was clawed and bitten for 20 minutes before an intervention was successful. A local man went to his home to retrieve his hunting rifle and shot the polar bear as it stood atop Meeko.
After the mortally wounded polar bear fled from the attack site, townspeople rushed in to provide Meeko care. The blood stained snow highlighted the horror as the first responders witnessed Meeko's throat gashed by the bear's claws. No matter what they tried, the wounds inflicted by the polar bear were fatal, and Paulosie Meeko died.
Meeko’s body was transported back to Great Whale River to be buried by his family, while both towns mourned the tragedy.
As for the polar bear’s motives, it was brought into town due to the fact it lay on the migratory route and offered attractants to the bears. It seems like a case of predatory behavior but it was unwittingly aggravated by the practices of townspeople. It was not defending a cached animal carcass nor was it defending cubs. Speaking of cubs, our Cub Tier Membership on Patreon, linked below, will give you ad-free early access to our episodes, photos and notes. And, the three dollars per month goes a long way in helping me continue to produce educational and entertaining content like this.
Today, Manitoba is home to an estimated 900 polar bears, the majority of which migrate along the western shore of Hudson Bay. The province spans roughly 250,900 square miles, giving a density of about one bear for every 279 square miles today. Bear attacks here are rare but not unheard of; Churchill has recorded multiple fatal polar bear attacks in the last century, with this tragedy among them.
After reviewing the facts surrounding this episode, I am left with a few questions for you. Would carrying a firearm or even a sturdy spear have given Paulosie a fighting chance against the charging bear? Could earlier, more organized polar bear patrols in Churchill have prevented the animal from wandering into town?