Man attacked by cub sent goodbye text to family—the song ‘Baby Shark’ saved his life

Trigger warning: This story contains themes of suicide and graphic violence that some readers may find distressing.

Imagine being vulnerable to a point that you’d rather prefer taking your own life than suffer and in the time you consider your last moments, a nursery song becomes your saving grace. This played out extraordinarily for a dad named Jeremy Evans, reported The Daily Mail. The man was out in the Alberta Rockies when a bear attacked him. With brutal wounds and several attempts of having dodged the attack in vain, he thought of giving up and even taking his own life. However, in an unexpected turn of events, the song “Baby Shark” came to his mind with a reason to live. This simple kids' song became his life-saver. 

Speaking with UNILAD, the man shared that he was baffled to come across a bear charging at him. Several attacks and attempts to free himself from it resulted in serious wounds. He had an eye hanging out of his socket, broken bones, skin torn off from him and chewed on and other terrifying realities. With the bear returning to attack him multiple times and seeing how distorted and helpless he was, he thought it was the end. He started sending frantic messages to his wife, bidding her goodbye. He profusely apologized and said that he wouldn’t make it. 

"I am pretty sure this is the end. I am exhausted and I feel like I am going to pass out. If I don't, I won't wake up,” he wrote, after assuring his wife and toddler daughter that he loved them both. "What do you do when you're all messed up like that?" Evans asked himself. Ruptured by the attack, he thought it would be best for him to take his own life. However, when he pulled his gun against himself, it didn’t shoot. "That was kind of strange. So I moved it away and pulled the trigger again. And it actually went off... Then I decided at that point, I'm at least going to try to get out,” he recalled. Despite his will, he fell 200 feet into a drainage basin and his pain grew more excruciating.

Feeling “mangled and messed up,” Evans decided to give up. He knew no help was coming and that he couldn’t fight this alone. He recalled just wanting to go to sleep with some music. To everyone’s disbelief, there was an unexpected song playing at the back of his head. Evans decided that since it was probably the last song he’d hear, it might as well be the one he’s thinking of. He played “Baby Shark” on his phone and something changed. "I don't know if it was the song playing on repeat, or just thinking about [my wife and child],” he remarked. 

The song was one he’d play with his wife for his daughter when she would have a rough night and the thought of his daughter pushed him to immediately react. “I started to crawl up the drainage on the other side. I managed to crawl up and get back onto the trail," he said. As bruised as he was, he kept going, the goal being one rock further each time. He miraculously made it to a tent but unfortunately found no one inside. He then moved ahead and found his truck. In his broken and mangled state, he looked for “the light spot in the middle” of the darker spruce trees to identify the road and made it to the nearest lodge. 

The residents called the ambulance and even the medics were in panic at his sight. It took a while, but the physical injuries healed. 8 years later, healing from the PTSD, Evans is still going strong and has detailed his journey in a Memoir titled “Mauled: Lessons Learned from A Grizzly Bear Attack.” Several posts of his journey and the attack have been shared throughout his page. Undoubtedly, the dad is grateful for having made that challenging decision to find his way back to his home and family.

You can follow Jeremy Evans (@thegrizzlydude1) on Instagram for more content on life and adventure. 

If you are having thoughts about taking your own life, or know of anyone who is, please contact The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)

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