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.
This is fucked and her parents really should've changed their surname before having kids
ReplyDeleteHer real name is Beaverbones?
ReplyDeleteHoly bad name, Batman.
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ReplyDeleteHer name is irrelevant unless you're 6 years old.
ReplyDeleteGood for her.
Snap: snap!
DeleteP.S Snap: I'll have you know I'm 6 and 3/4's.
DeleteI'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.
ReplyDeleteGood for her. I hope she's able to see her attacker go to prison for a good long time.
ReplyDeleteI assume she's First Nation. I have cousins whose last name is Horsebackrider.
What do you think will happen to the guy? Will he serve jail time? (I don't know anything about laws in Alberta)
ReplyDeleteOMG, I hate stories like this....
ReplyDelete@Aliciabutterfly: I'm with you.
ReplyDeleteI have had my last name made fun of my entire life. It's just not fucking funny.
I find the name cool. It's not unusual for indigenous Americans to have names like this. Or like Windfeather or something equally interesting.
DeleteI like it too. Very cool.
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested to see what happens to him as well, Ruby.
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.
ReplyDeleteI thought her name sounds like an aboriginal name. Poor thing, I hope she's on the mend.
ReplyDeleteTwo 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.
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.
ReplyDeleteBeaverbonesssssss
ReplyDeleteI'm too busy smiling at the name to think up anything witty to write.
ReplyDeletePoor broad.
She is a gorgeous young lady. I'm glad she got away and survived. Bravery.
DeleteBeaverbones?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a future in porn.
She must've had lots of fire water lol. Good for her for surviving though.
ReplyDelete@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.
ReplyDeleteHola, Count. Miss me? Just a little? Just a teeny, tiny bit?
ReplyDeleteI'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*
ReplyDelete@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.)
ReplyDeleteI know, I know, "it's just a gossip site"... :-/
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.
DeleteI 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.
This happens way too often to Aboriginal women, it breaks my heart.
ReplyDeleteReally @MissMatador? I had no idea, will definitely check it out and make myself more aware. Poor chick
DeleteOpen casting call this afternoon for the Lifetime Movie about this. Production starts Monday morning.
ReplyDeleteTalking 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.
Traditionally, First Nations peoples did not have surnames; we had clan names.
ReplyDeleteWhen 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.
@Miss Mess: Of course I've missed you, Beautiful. You are my 3rd favorite crazy broad, just behind Rhianna and Miss Bynes.
ReplyDeleteMy loins have been aching to read the wonderful prose you gift upon this site.
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.
ReplyDeleteJeez, 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.
ReplyDeleteCount: I'm working my way up. Maybe I'll get to Second Pole Position by the end of the day? xoxo
ReplyDeleteShe 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!
ReplyDelete@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!
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.
ReplyDeleteWell @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.
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Smart young lady. Then again, the Native or Aboriginal people are extremely clever. If it were anyone else, they would have perished out there.
ReplyDeleteJeez, Dingle.
ReplyDeleteWAY 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!!!
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.
DeleteMiss Mess, you ignorant slut. (SNL 70s reference)
DeleteAm 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.
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Canadian politeness didn't let the rapist make puns on her name.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was the beginning to a bad joke.....Beaverbones??
ReplyDeleteHow 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.
ReplyDeleteExactly. 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).
Delete2nd, 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.
Beaverbones? Seriously?
ReplyDeleteShort hair, Rach? I didn't know you were a...
ReplyDeleteLESBIAN!!!
It's okay, I live in New Mexico.
I'M NOT EVEN LEGALLY ALLOWED TO BE IN THIS CUNTRY!!!
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.
DeleteI wonder what her porn name is?
ReplyDeleteWhite Swallow.
ReplyDeleteIs this chick a certified ethnic minority? Can we get a confirmation? I wanna be sure before I drop a " Remember Trayvon" post.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, Beaverbones? Wow. Terrible incident, good they got the guy and he didn't skip town or something.
ReplyDeleteIf 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.
ReplyDeleteI hope the guy gets the maximum sentence.
Jesus, have the comments been taken over by 10-year olds?
ReplyDeletePoor girl. I'm glad they found her, and hope her attacker is put away for a long time.
Wow good on her! beat Grylls should give her a contract for surviving so long on her own
ReplyDeleteBear. Bear Grylls.
ReplyDeleteThe would be rapist broke her jaw. She did not know him well, but offering rides in such circumstances is not unusual in Northern Alberta.
ReplyDeleteSexual 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.