NARRATIVE: Stories of man versus grizzly bear are harrowing and perilous tales. Few animals command as much respect and instill as much healthy fear as bears. While fatal bear attacks are rare—there have only been around 180 deaths from bear attacks in North America since the late 1700s—they never fail to shock with their brutality. Men like Hugh Glass, a veteran frontiersman and trapper who was severely mauled and left for dead in 1823, managed to miraculously survive by crawling and scrambling 200 miles to Fort Kiowa.