Saw The Revenant movie and have read some of the book and I cant imagine how a person would be able to survive such an ordeal. His scalp was literally hanging from his skull, his ribs were showing, and his back was just an absolute mess. The climate as well was, and still is, very harsh where it all ocurred, regardless of it being winter or not.
The wiki on him is pretty bare bones and I've always found his story remarkable if doubtfully true.
Would love if some history buffs with more knowledge than I can clarify myth from reality, and satiate my curiosity regarding this Legend of a man literally willing himself back to life with an almost zero percent chance of survival.
Thanks!
I think it’s an awesome cover and better than the original. Go listen to it
Hugh Glass was abandoned with a broken leg, and festering wounds that exposed his ribs
The two men who had been ordered to watch over Hugh Glass knew it was hopeless. After single-handedly fighting off a grizzly bear attack no one had expected him to last five minutes, let alone five days, but here he was, lying on the banks of the Grand River, still breathing.
Aside from his labored breaths, the only other visible movement the men could see from Glass was from his eyes. Occasionally he would look around, though there was no way for the men to know if he recognized them or if he needed something.
As he lay there dying, the men became increasingly paranoid, knowing they were encroaching on Arikara Indian land. They didn’t want to risk their lives for someone who was slowly losing his.
Finally, fearing for their lives, the men left Hugh Glass to die, taking his gun, his knife, his tomahawk, and his fire making kit with them – after all, a dead man need no tools.
Of course, Hugh Glass wasn’t dead yet. And he wouldn’t be dead for quite some time.
Long before he was left for dead on the side of the Grand River, Hugh Glass was a force to be reckoned with. He’d been born to Irish immigrant parents in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and lived a relatively quiet life with them before being captured by pirates in the Gulf of Mexico.
In 1822, Glass got word of a fur-trading venture that called for 100 men to “ascend the river Missouri” in order to trade with local Native American tribes. Known as “Ashley’s Hundred,” named so for their commander, General William Henry Ashley, the men trekked up the river and later toward the west to continue trading.
The group made it to Fort Kiowa in South Dakota without issue. There, the team split apart, with Glass and several others setting out west to find the Yellowstone River. It was on this journey that Hugh Glass would have his infamous run-in with a grizzly.
During the attack, the bear repeatedly picked him up and dropped him, scratching and biting every bit of him. Eventually, and miraculously, Glass managed to kill the bear using the tools he had on him, and later with some help from his trapping party.
Though he had triumphed, Glass was in terrible condition after the attack. In the few minutes that the bear had had the upper hand, she had severely mauled Glass, leaving him bloody and bruised. Nobody in his trapping party anticipated his survival, yet they strapped him to a makeshift gurney and carried him anyway.
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... keep reading on reddit ➡Hey, so I watched The Revenant for the first time since 2015 last week and one thing lingers in my mind. The bear attack happens in two phases. First, the bear charges Glass and mauls him pretty badly (mostly throws him around a bit and tears his back a bit, bitting him few times). The bear then moves away to tend her cubs and this is when Glass gets his flintlock and shoots the bear, sending it into amok. The bear rips his throat, mauls and tears the sh*t out of his back, and generally nearly kills him.
Now my question is, if he stayed put, would the bear leave him be? Glass shot the bear as it was approaching him again though. Or was Glass already hurt so much that he just thought he would take the bear with him? Why did he shoot? The bear seemed to go for the kill only after the shot.
I know some podcasts have done singular episodes on those subjects but they all left a lot of meat on the bone. TIA
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The letter reads:
Dr Sir: My painfull duty it is to tell you of the deth of yr son wh befell at the hands of the Indians 2d June in the early morning. He died a little while after he was shot and asked me to inform you of his sad fate.
We brought him to the ship when he soon died. Mr. Smith a young man of our company made a powerful prayr wh moved us all greatly and I am persuaded John died in peace. His body we buried with others near this camp and marked the grave with a log. His things we will send to you. The savages are greatly treacherous.
We traded with them as friends but after a great storm of rain and thunder they came at us before light and many were hurt. I myself was shot in the leg. Master Ashley is bound to stay in these parts till the traitors are rightly punished. Yr Obt Svt Hugh Glass
John Marston and Hugh glass are trying to kill each other for some unknown reason. Battle takes place in a snowy forest (it’s snowing hard). Both have to find each other and are against the elements such as wheather, animals, and nightfall while having to also survive while trying to kill each other. They have 3 days to kill one another.
Hugh has access to his Flintlock Rifle and a knife.
John has a Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine and a knife. (John cannot use deadeye).
However Both only have 5 rounds to shoot.
Winner by death.
No prep time
Bloodlusted
This a fight of intelligence, survival, and skill!!
I just finished watching The Revenant. It would have been very nice if they had stayed more true to the story. Now I have to relisten to the Hugh Glass episode, well that is cool atleast. Peace.
Edit: Really amazing episode
