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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on July 07, 2011, 06:07:34 PM
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Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
CODY, Wyo (Reuters) - A female grizzly bear attacked and killed a man who encountered the bruin and her cubs while he was hiking with his wife on Wednesday in Yellowstone National Park, park officials said.
The fatal mauling occurred about a mile and a half from the start of the Wapiti Lake trail, and another group of hikers nearby heard the victim's wife crying out for help and used a cell phone to call park rangers for assistance.
A National Park Service statement said the couple had inadvertently surprised the mother grizzly and her cubs, and in "an attempt to defend a perceived threat to her cubs, the bear attacked and fatally wounded the man."
The victim's identity and hometown have been withheld pending notification of other family members.
The bears involved in Wednesday's encounter remained at large for the time being.
Authorities are still investigating the circumstances of the attack, but initial information indicated the mother bear behaved normally in defending her cubs and would not be killed as a result of her actions, park spokeswoman Linda Miller said.
http://news.yahoo.com/grizzly-bear-kills-yellowstone-hiker-223309866.html
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I'll bet he doesn't do THAT again.
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You don't want to mess with a mama grizzly.
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I'll bet he doesn't do THAT again.
What part of FATALLY mauled disn't you get TT? I think it would make the news if he did anything again. ;D Seriously, its probably the same damn bear that screwed me out of my campground host job last year at Jellystone. Two people got eaten and they wouldn't hire me since I didn't have a hard sided camper (the three inch 12 gauge mag with an 8 shot tube was left unsaid). ;D
FQ13
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What part of FATALLY mauled disn't you get TT? I think it would make the news if he did anything again. ;D Seriously, its probably the same damn bear that screwed me out of my campground host job last year at Jellystone. Two people got eaten and they wouldn't hire me since I didn't have a hard sided camper (the three inch 12 gauge mag with an 8 shot tube was left unsaid). ;D
FQ13
That bear was hunted down and killed. This momma bear will live another day.
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What part of FATALLY mauled disn't you get TT? I think it would make the news if he did anything again. ;D Seriously, its probably the same damn bear that screwed me out of my campground host job last year at Jellystone. Two people got eaten and they wouldn't hire me since I didn't have a hard sided camper (the three inch 12 gauge mag with an 8 shot tube was left unsaid). ;D
FQ13
Was that Yogi, FQ?
Pecos
Sorry guys, I couldn't resist. This guy had the awful luck of surprising a sow with cubs, that's lethal every time.
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Was that Yogi, FQ?
Pecos
I named my bear Cheney as it was a mean SOB that left a mess I had to pay for. As far as the sow, I'm thinking Sarah. (If you insist on the fairness doctrine, substitute Rahm and Hillary, the same principal applies, assholes are assholes regardless of party. ). ;D
FQ13
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Sorry guys, I couldn't resist. This guy had the awful luck of surprising a sow with cubs, that's lethal every time.
And, it sounds like he did all the wrong things. Running away from a bear capable of 35 MPH is not a race you're gonna win. His wife, after he was mauled, laid down behind a bush, played dead and the sow picked her up a spit her out. She'll be fine, widowed, but alive.
Arm yourselves, it's legal these days...6 rounds from a .44 would have done some serious deterrence. Shit, I carry a sidearm to take out the trash here in the northeast. We have bear, coyote, dogs and neighbors...
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If not a very LARGE caliber backcountry pistol, at least that whoop ass bear spray.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-n51xxF8K8&feature=related[/youtube
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Hey Fat Fingers, I thought you had spell Check on your new puter ?
What part of FATALLY mauled disn't you get TT? I think it would make the news if he did anything again. ;D Seriously, its probably the same damn bear that screwed me out of my campground host job last year at Jellystone. Two people got eaten and they wouldn't hire me since I didn't have a hard sided camper (the three inch 12 gauge mag with an 8 shot tube was left unsaid). ;D
FQ13
Had to point that out ;D
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If not a very LARGE caliber backcountry pistol, at least that whoop ass bear spray.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-n51xxF8K8&feature=related[/youtube
Hey, the PARK SERVICE is selling the stuff, endorsed by no less a figure than Norman Schwarzkopf. I wonder how this stuff does against people? Gotta say, if stormin' Norman says it'll take out a grizz, I'll take that over your basic pepper spray every day. ;)
FQ13
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Hey Fat Fingers, I thought you had spell Check on your new puter ?
Had to point that out ;D
The mistake in spelling resulted from hitting the S key rather than the D key. You will note that the difference in spacing is about the same as that between the index finger and another finger............Just saying.
FQ13 8)
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Still makes me laugh. :)
(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww40/BigCheeseStick/securedownload.jpg)
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The mistake in spelling resulted from hitting the S key rather than the D key. You will note that the difference in spacing is about the same as that between the index finger and another finger............Just saying.
FQ13 8)
It's why I called you "Fat Fingers" ;D
I have a couple professional suggestions, use one finger, and look at the keyboard. ;D
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If not a very LARGE caliber backcountry pistol, at least that whoop ass bear spray.
Hell... down on Southside, the ho's use that sh!t to make they ledy partz smell gooder.
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Hell... down on Southside, the ho's use that sh!t to make they ledy partz smell gooder.
Kinda gives "steak au-poivre" a new twist...
;D
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Same, Badger. A Classic.