Friday, August 02, 2013

Woman Survives In Wilderness For 12 Days After Sex Attack

Stephanie Beaverbones was found by an oilfield worker this week after surviving for 12 days in the wilderness of Alberta. She survived by eating berries and drinking river water. Her ordeal began when her car broke down. Two of her friends went for help while Stephanie and a man she barely knew stayed with the car. That is when he made his move. She ran for it and during her escape broke her jaw and suffered a mild concussion, but kept right on going. She ran and ran and then realized she was lost and had no idea how to get back to the road or anywhere else. Police have charged her attacker with aggravated assault and sexual assault.

61 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is fucked and her parents really should've changed their surname before having kids

Tru Leigh said...

Her real name is Beaverbones?

Angie said...

Holy bad name, Batman.

Unknown said...
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Snapdragon said...

Her name is irrelevant unless you're 6 years old.

Good for her.

Unknown said...

I'm from Edmonton, Alberta and this is a fairly typical Aboriginal surname. They often involve animals or aspects of nature. I think it's cool.

Anonymous said...

Snap: snap!

Anonymous said...

P.S Snap: I'll have you know I'm 6 and 3/4's.

Tammy said...

Good for her. I hope she's able to see her attacker go to prison for a good long time.

I assume she's First Nation. I have cousins whose last name is Horsebackrider.

Unknown said...

What do you think will happen to the guy? Will he serve jail time? (I don't know anything about laws in Alberta)

parissucksliterally said...

OMG, I hate stories like this....

Snapdragon said...

@Aliciabutterfly: I'm with you.

I have had my last name made fun of my entire life. It's just not fucking funny.

Bacon Ranch said...

I can't imagine the whole 'wandering around with a broken jaw for 12 days' thing. She must have had to swallow those berries whole. That's a strong person.

I'm interested to see what happens to him as well, Ruby.

Anonymous said...

By the way, I hope the perpetrators get fisted in jail without spit. I do abhor this and hope they experience karma. But her last name is still dreadful to subject anyone to.

Kelly said...

I thought her name sounds like an aboriginal name. Poor thing, I hope she's on the mend.

Anon said...

Two of her friends went for help while Stephanie and a man she barely knew stayed with the car.
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Sounds fishy, maybe a trade off that ol' girl was aware of.

Some friends.

Angie said...

I had a horrible surname and suffered a LOT of teasing about it. Good thing I didn't have a stick in my ass about it. I'm sure this chick doesn't, because she seems pretty damn awesome. I couldn't survive 12 hours in the wilderness.

Anonymous said...

Beaverbonesssssss

Count Jerkula said...

I'm too busy smiling at the name to think up anything witty to write.

Poor broad.

Anon said...

Beaverbones?
Sounds like a future in porn.

H888FUL said...

She must've had lots of fire water lol. Good for her for surviving though.

Ann Nah Nah Mess said...

@Snap: It's irrelevant unless you're Rach. Or The Count. Or me. And all three of us 6-year-olds STILL write better than Enty.

Ann Nah Nah Mess said...

Hola, Count. Miss me? Just a little? Just a teeny, tiny bit?

Ann R. Key said...

I'm glad she's okay. The name, meh, I've heard worse. Once had a friend arrested by Officer Beatenhead and he went before Judge Snodgrass in court. Also know of a woman named "Minnie Cox". *true stories*

Snapdragon said...

@Angie, I'm not sure if you're implying I do, and I'm not assuming you do (benefit of doubt), but to make it clear: I don't have a stick up my ass about my name. I just think focusing on her name when she's been through this kind of hell is pretty disrespectful and immature, as well as disrespectful of her heritage. (And she does sound super badass & is deserving of respect.)

I know, I know, "it's just a gossip site"... :-/

MissMatador said...

This happens way too often to Aboriginal women, it breaks my heart.

lazyday603 said...

Open casting call this afternoon for the Lifetime Movie about this. Production starts Monday morning.

Talking about unfortunate last names, Olivia Wilde took Oscar Wilde's last name as a stage name because her family name is Cockburn. They pronounce it Coburn, but it still reads like a painful episode of sex.

Northern Grrl said...

Traditionally, First Nations peoples did not have surnames; we had clan names.

When the Colonialists arrived, they couldn't work with that system. So they asked some people what they would like to be called, or just made up surnames to give to some people.

Today, some of those names 'sound cool'. Other of those names show the racial divide.

Other First Nation Last names:
Canada
Flatfish
Donkey
Deerchild
Greyeyes
Longclaws

Just a small sampling.

Count Jerkula said...

@Miss Mess: Of course I've missed you, Beautiful. You are my 3rd favorite crazy broad, just behind Rhianna and Miss Bynes.

My loins have been aching to read the wonderful prose you gift upon this site.

Jason Blue Eyes said...

This girl seems like she's a lot stronger than she initially appears. I wouldn't make fun of her name. She'd kick my ass.

msgirl said...

Jeez, I knew right away from her name that she was native and even if I hadn't, it didn't even make a blip because of her survival and courage. What an awesome woman, that's the real story, I wish her well.

Ann Nah Nah Mess said...

Count: I'm working my way up. Maybe I'll get to Second Pole Position by the end of the day? xoxo

Pip said...

She got extremely lucky to pick berries that weren't poisonous. She had to of passed out from the pain a few times. What a horrible ordeal. This woman kicks major ass!

@NorthernGirl, I admit to giggling a bit when I first saw the last name. I never even thought about the history of it. That was a very interesting bit of info you provided!

Pip said...

I had jokes made about my maiden name here and there. I never found it offensive. Basically I would hear the same repeated jokes from different people. More than anything, I would get a bit annoyed that no one could could come up with something else to say.

Northern Grrl said...

Well @Pip, I won't ask you what your maiden name is, but I get it. It's just that sometimes I run across some very bizarre surnames, and you can tell that they were not bequeathed with kindness in mind. I'm sure they might laugh at their own surnames, too. I had an ex-boyfriend in highschool whose surname was one letter off from meaning sh*t in Italian. He liked to make jokes, but HATED it if anyone else ever did.
:)

Unknown said...

Smart young lady. Then again, the Native or Aboriginal people are extremely clever. If it were anyone else, they would have perished out there.

Ann Nah Nah Mess said...

Jeez, Dingle.

WAY TO STEREOTYPE.

Soooooooooo......

Hispanics love beans.
Girls like Barbies.
Boys like toy guns.
Lesbians have short hair and secretly want to be men.
All Arabs and Muslims are terrorists.
All Jews are greedy.

AND.....
MEN WHO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THE COMPUTER AND NERDS AND GEEKS.

I've got your number!!!

Ann Nah Nah Mess said...

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8====D KermitGossnellKnobjob said...

Canadian politeness didn't let the rapist make puns on her name.

CeCe said...

I thought it was the beginning to a bad joke.....Beaverbones??

DewieTheBear said...

How terrible. I agree with @snapdragon. If this wasn't about sexual assault, say it was a surname in relation to Anthony Weiner, I'd see the humor, but a woman was assaulted and I can't find a way to laugh about that.

PJJ said...

Really @MissMatador? I had no idea, will definitely check it out and make myself more aware. Poor chick

sarah.estell said...

Beaverbones? Seriously?

Anonymous said...

I've now got short hair, but I liked barbies and played with boys and like greedy hebrews( it's cool, my mum's got Jewish heritage : yeah amongst everything else, including German, which totally fucks me up when playing Nazis and Indians . So conflicted.

Ann Nah Nah Mess said...

Short hair, Rach? I didn't know you were a...

LESBIAN!!!

It's okay, I live in New Mexico.


I'M NOT EVEN LEGALLY ALLOWED TO BE IN THIS CUNTRY!!!

Anonymous said...

I'm not a real lesbo- I haven't got my own moving truck with my furniture ready to set up house with every vajay I snog. Plus I loathe Ellen, KD Lang, Melissa Erheridge and I shave my armpits in summer. I also do not wear crocs, Birkenstocks or unflattering camel toe cargo pants w a wife beater singlet.

SingBlue said...

I wonder what her porn name is?

Anon said...

White Swallow.

Anon said...

Is this chick a certified ethnic minority? Can we get a confirmation? I wanna be sure before I drop a " Remember Trayvon" post.

THE FANTASTIC SPAZZOMATIC said...

I'm sorry, Beaverbones? Wow. Terrible incident, good they got the guy and he didn't skip town or something.

Sherry said...

I find the name cool. It's not unusual for indigenous Americans to have names like this. Or like Windfeather or something equally interesting.

Jenn said...

If I laughed at her name, it wouldn't be to her face, she looks like she can kick ass, going 12 days in the woods by herself.

I hope the guy gets the maximum sentence.

MadLyb said...

Jesus, have the comments been taken over by 10-year olds?

Poor girl. I'm glad they found her, and hope her attacker is put away for a long time.

Nellie said...

I like it too. Very cool.

csproat said...

Wow good on her! beat Grylls should give her a contract for surviving so long on her own

csproat said...

Bear. Bear Grylls.

sonicmonkey1984 said...

The would be rapist broke her jaw. She did not know him well, but offering rides in such circumstances is not unusual in Northern Alberta.

Sexual assault laws are contained within the federal Criminal Code, and prosecuted provincially. Yes, he will do some jail time, but nothing close to what most US sentences seem to be.

Unknown said...

I agree with you. A time and place, people. This young woman is a hero to women everywhere. Fight, run, be brave, survive, keep calm, and look for help. She knew how to do all of these things, and she trusted in that knowledge to save her. She is a very intelligent young woman to rely on these skills.
I like her name. It's strong and proud. Just like her heritage and of course her family. Those qualities don't just leave a person, they're always within The People's souls, hearts, and minds. It's who they are.

Unknown said...

Miss Mess, you ignorant slut. (SNL 70s reference)

Am I to think that you are an expert on Northern Indigenous People? Because everything I wrote is basic, but true, and there was no discrimination or stereotyping, no offense made, nor intended. So, if you know more about: Athabascan (Dena), Athabascan (Yup'ik & Cup'ik), Inupiaq & Yupik, Aleut & Alutiiq, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida & Tsimshian, cultures than I do, and you very well may, or, if you are a member of one of these many proud tribes (which I highly doubt). That is the only excuse you have for that absurd comment regarding, stereotyping.
Just tone it down a lot and keep the offenses to a minimum.
Have a nice weekend.


Unknown said...

She is a gorgeous young lady. I'm glad she got away and survived. Bravery.

Unknown said...

Exactly. It's just not funny. 1st, it's her proud name passed down, the meaning is as important to them as it once was to James Mason (the town stone mason and his family of masons).
2nd, and most importantly, she was attacked, fought him off, ran, survived, and found help. All of this takes knowledge that she was taught and she used. I know for fact, that staying calm is the most important key to survival. She was taught that as well, from her family. When you live a subsistence lifestyle, all of these skills are taught and taught, until it is second nature. One has to if they expect to survive on that land of extremes.

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