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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on October 27, 2011, 08:53:42 AM
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This just in from the "Oh for Pete's sake" department:
Widow sues over grizzly mauling that killed her husband
The widow of a man killed by a grizzly bear last year near Yellowstone National Park has sued the federal government, saying researchers were negligent in warning residents about trapping activities in the area.
Botanist Erwin Frank Evert, 70, of Illinois, was hiking a trail about 7 miles east of Yellowstone in June 2010 when he was attacked by an adult grizzly that had been snared, tranquilized, collared and released hours earlier by government scientists.
His wife, Yolanda Evert, claimed in a suit filed Tuesday that the researchers had failed to warn cabin owners in the Shoshone National Forest outside Cody of nearby bear-trapping activity, and that they did not follow established protocols for posting warning signs.
She is seeking $5 million in damages.
http://news.yahoo.com/widow-sues-over-grizzly-mauling-killed-her-husband-233047201.html
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Good luck getting that bear to testify. Talk about a hostile witness!
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Is this another Right to Arm Bears threads?
In the bear's defense, botanists are reputed to taste like pork with spice and floral overtones.
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Well, if it has been established that this kind of trapping does raise the probability that a bear will attack, and if there was a sign posting and warning procedure in place due to that increased risk, and if that procedure was not followed then there might be a chance for the case.
Of course, there is the phone call, which might or might not be able to be authenticated.
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I can certainly see the widow's argument, but I would also argue that is contributory negligence on the part of her husband to stomp around in grizzly woods without carrying a firearm suitable for killing said grizzlies.
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I can certainly see the widow's argument, but I would also argue that is contributory negligence on the part of her husband to stomp around in grizzly woods without carrying a firearm suitable for killing said grizzlies.
In a way, that is kinda my thoughts also.....
In a sense, he chose to be there in known bear territory. Like down here in the south, if you knowingly squat in a fireant bed, don't holler when you get bitten.
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There is only "One" set of true Grizzley Diaries....
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/bearyG/Beards/Dan_Haggerty_3_op_394x600.jpg)
;D
Uh, your in bear country,....unless you carry the "PETA" approved super bear spray,....carry a big freakin' sidearm, 12g slug gun, or rifle.
or,....your part of the food chain....
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/Xxuchiha192xX/KillerFerret.jpg)
Be fair to ferrets.... ;)
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I think this guy is the one that ruined FQs' vacation last year.
Don't forget the pepper spray and little bells!
;)
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There is only "One" set of true Grizzley Diaries....
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/bearyG/Beards/Dan_Haggerty_3_op_394x600.jpg)
;D
Uh, your in bear country,....unless you carry the "PETA" approved super bear spray,....carry a big freakin' sidearm, 12g slug gun, or rifle.
or,....your part of the food chain....
Isn't that the one that ended with a bunch of screaming and bones crunching ?
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That's Grizzly Adams.
I figured maybe you had a TV 25 years ago. Guess not. ;D
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In a way, that is kinda my thoughts also.....
In a sense, he chose to be there in known bear territory. Like down here in the south, if you knowingly squat in a fireant bed, don't holler when you get bitten.
Yep. It'd be like going swimming at Reed Bingham and complaining because you got bit by a gator or a moccasin.
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That's Grizzly Adams.
I figured maybe you had a TV 25 years ago. Guess not. ;D
Dan something was the actors name, he wound up going to jail for coke.
That was my first thought but I thought it might have been that "expert" that got himself and his girlfriend et a few years ago in Alaska.
After all, Grizzly Adams was 25 freaking years ago ;D
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Dan something was the actors name, he wound up going to jail for coke.
That was my first thought but I thought it might have been that "expert" that got himself and his girlfriend et a few years ago in Alaska.
After all, Grizzly Adams was 25 freaking years ago ;D
Dan Haggerty I think I rememder a drug bust, but don't remember the outcome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Haggerty
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Did a climb last year with a couple of friends in the Wind River mountains. Black, and Grizzlies are quite abundant in the area. Everyone was SOOOO concerned because we weren't taking deterrents against these threats. My response was always the same. "If a bear can get to where we are camped, he deserves the meal."
Nice early winter storm moved in on us the second day. Here is a picture of my friend on the morning of day 3.
Wyoming weather at it's best. This picture was taken on the 24th of August! Global warming my frozen ass!
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Ha ha! A man-sack!
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Ha ha! A man-sack!
Aren't you supposed to hang your food in bear country? ;D
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Aren't you supposed to hang your food in bear country? ;D
I always thought "Bear country" was a little more, ummm, horizontal.
Besides, it's your food you're supposed to hang, not theirs. ;D
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Dang ya would have to hope one of ya companions didnt have to take a dump. I mean who holds the poop bag and where does that person look during "the business" end of the operation?
No these are rhetorical questions because I really do not want to have to think about it.
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The cure for sleep walking right there! ;D
I've seen people on TV camping like that on long climbs and don't think I could ever get comfortable enough to sleep. But then again I've slept in the back of a Armored Personnel carrier (and ITV-113 to be exact) tearing across the Mohave desert for two weeks, so maybe I could.