Posted on 07/19/2022 11:55:22 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
Bears have mauled and eaten a wealthy couple and a pilot after their helicopter crashed in the Russian wilderness.
The helicopter was flown by well-known Russian biathlete Igor Malinovsky, with business people Zoya Kaygorodova and Sergey Kolesnyak on board.
On July 16, the helicopter lost communication due to bad weather, Euro Weekly News reported. The next day, the helicopter wreckage was discovered by rescuers in Kamchatka. Three hours later, remains of the trio were found near the Semyachkov Pass, just 13 kilometers from the Uzon volcano.
It is believed the corpses were dragged away, mauled and eaten by wild bears that populate the region.
Kamchatka has one of the highest densities of brown bears on the earth. An estimated 10,000 to 14,000 bears live in the Peninsula, which is about the size of California.
Bears do not usually seek out humans to eat. They usually eat plants, insects, fish, and other smaller animals. Kamchatka brown bears have access to richer food sources such as salmon, pine nuts and berries. However, bears are opportunistic hunters, meaning they take advantage of food that is readily available to them. Grizzly bears in particular, will often scavenge the remains of prey that is already dead.
Kamchatka brown bears are one of the largest bears in the world. Males can reach a weight of 1,500 pounds.
The bears may have sifted through the helicopter remains to get to the passengers, the Daily Star reported.
The couple were reportedly tourists to the area, and had been exploring the peninsula. It is unclear whether the passengers were dead before being dragged off by the predators. Bears rarely attack humans unless provoked or threatened in some way.
A criminal investigation has been launched into the crash and the deaths of the passengers, NTV reported.
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With the exception of yesterday and today, we’ve been visited by a cinnamon black bear yearling every day for the past 60 days or so. Always love seeing him on our deck and in our backyard state park, but I’m weary of eventually becoming a future Timothy Treadwell.
Uber Eats for bears.
I’ll call it! Clearly Ukrainian propaganda!
Bears will be bears... Apparently, they also poop in the woods.
I’ve been there, on the Zhupanova river, within sight of the volcano. Those bears are gigantic and all over the place. Our guides carried rifles with birdshot for scaring and slugs in case of what they referred to as a “big problem”.
Hopefully they were dead beforehand and weren’t trapped inside the wreckage.
“Hey Ivan! Did you hear a noise out there! Yes!! There it is again! HELP - we’re over here!!! Ivan, stay with me comrade, they’re here - we’re rescued!!! Hey - we’re over here!!!!”
Done in my morbid Gary Larson “Far Side” voice.
to bad it wasn’t bidin and putin
Bears don't kill you.
Russian bears have Uber-Eats?!?!
What a pick-a-nick basket that was
Terrible way to go. Prayers for the families of those killed.
Story also said they flew in bad weather?
Strange.
More to this? 🤔
Them bears only kilt ‘em because they were Vaxxed I’ll bet.
Or Qtards. Bears know these things.
Bears are smart.
Axe Goldilocks.
watch your shampoo
sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug
Bitches should have known not to be so delicious in bear country.
“Mmmmm...tastes like socialist oligarchs.”
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