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Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
« 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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Re: Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2011, 06:10:29 PM »
I'll bet he doesn't do THAT again.
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Re: Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2011, 06:47:08 PM »
You don't want to mess with a mama grizzly.

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Re: Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2011, 07:37:40 PM »
Quote from: tt11758 on July 07, 2011, 06:10:29 PM
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
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Re: Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2011, 07:39:28 PM »
Quote from: fightingquaker13 on July 07, 2011, 07:37:40 PM
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
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That bear was hunted down and killed.  This momma bear will live another day.
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Re: Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
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Re: Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2011, 08:18:31 PM »
Quote from: fightingquaker13 on July 07, 2011, 07:37:40 PM
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
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Was that Yogi, FQ?

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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.
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Re: Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2011, 08:30:11 PM »
Quote from: Pecos Bill on July 07, 2011, 08:18:31 PM
Was that Yogi, FQ?

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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
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Re: Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2011, 08:36:34 PM »
Quote from: Pecos Bill on July 07, 2011, 08:18:31 PM
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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Re: Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2011, 08:46:10 PM »
If not a very LARGE caliber backcountry pistol, at least that whoop ass bear spray.

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Re: Grizzly bear kills Yellowstone hiker
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2011, 08:51:00 PM »
Hey Fat Fingers, I thought you had spell Check on your new puter ?

Quote from: fightingquaker13 on July 07, 2011, 07:37:40 PM
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
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Had to point that out  ;D
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