I Was 20 Yards Away from a Big Boar Grizzly When My Rifle Misfired — and Blinded Me

I Was 20 Yards Away from a Big Boar Grizzly When My Rifle Misfired — and Blinded Me

This story, “Doctor’s Orders,” appeared in the September 1954 issue of Outdoor Life. You can read more stories about Frank Glaser, Alaska’s Wolf Man, from our archives here. Billy Fraim had just started haul­ing passengers — or trying to­ — from Valdez to Fairbanks over the Richardson Highway. The road was a veritable quagmire — really suitable only for horses. The Black Rapids Roadhouse, which I owned and oper­ated, was on this road. One spring…