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Horror as hiker killed by grizzly bear after taking photos of animal for eight minutes in Ala
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 8/25/12 | daily mail reporter

Posted on 08/26/2012 11:15:29 AM PDT by ColdOne

Full Title..Horror as hiker killed by grizzly bear after taking photos of animal for eight minutes in Alaska's Denali National Park

A hiker in Alaska's Denali National Park photographed a grizzly bear for at least eight minutes before the bear mauled and killed him in the first fatal attack in the park's history, officials said Saturday.

Investigators have recovered the camera and looked at the photographs, which show the bear grazing and not acting aggressively before the attack, Denali Park Superintendent Paul Anderson said.

A state trooper shot and killed the bear on Saturday, and investigators will examine its stomach contents and use other tests to confirm it's the animal that killed the hiker.

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TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: bear; grizzly; maul; napl; nationalparks
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We have bears around here. No FN way I would stay 20 seconds around one!
1 posted on 08/26/2012 11:15:38 AM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Damn paparazzi!


2 posted on 08/26/2012 11:17:24 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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I’m glad that they’re checking the camera. Maybe he got the perfect photo.


3 posted on 08/26/2012 11:18:01 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: ColdOne

Timothy Snackwell’s.....err Treadwell’s kinfolk?


4 posted on 08/26/2012 11:18:36 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: ColdOne
which show the bear grazing and not acting aggressively before the attack

Seems bears may have learned a thing or two about baiting.

5 posted on 08/26/2012 11:23:42 AM PDT by Errant
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To: ColdOne

When are people going to realize that bears are basically big angry weasels that should be left the heck along in the wild.


6 posted on 08/26/2012 11:24:01 AM PDT by Trueblackman (I would rather lose on Conservative principles than vote for a RINO candidate.)
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To: ColdOne

Shame is Bear will now be labeled a killer or rogue.

Eight minutes should be warning enough - especially when you are there voluntarily. Different if Bear would have been ‘toying’ with dinner.

But if this dude were like most of his ilk, he holds no grudge against Bear.

“MEAT!! It’s whats for dinner”.


7 posted on 08/26/2012 11:25:01 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")
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To: ColdOne
he never heard of Pushing your luck??? guess he found out...
9 posted on 08/26/2012 11:26:58 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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Hold still - just one more - ok looking real good there - wait - what - sjkljdakl;sjlajjj jljljljjllkjjj j....sdjfj


10 posted on 08/26/2012 11:27:23 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: ColdOne

In Hollywood they say “the camera adds 10 pounds” but I think the bear got more than that out of it.


11 posted on 08/26/2012 11:34:05 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Roger Taney? Not a bad Chief Justice. John Roberts? A really awful Chief Justice.)
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To: ColdOne

Maybe from an armored up Humvee w/ a Marine idling the engine...and another manning the turret.


12 posted on 08/26/2012 11:34:18 AM PDT by citizen (America is at an awkward stage...Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards)
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To: ColdOne

A bear can only stand saying “cheese” just so many times before he gets hungry.


13 posted on 08/26/2012 11:35:55 AM PDT by bgill
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To: ColdOne
Men have feelings too, may I share mine with you?

14 posted on 08/26/2012 11:36:11 AM PDT by I see my hands (It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
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To: ColdOne

He probably tried to run, but alas too late. It wouldn’t have done him any good anyway; bears love “fast food.”


15 posted on 08/26/2012 11:40:39 AM PDT by Perseverando (Gun control? It's the OBOTS who are filling up prisons for violent crimes, not the Tea Party.)
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To: ColdOne

How did the camera taste?


16 posted on 08/26/2012 11:41:37 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: ColdOne
The culprit afterwards.


17 posted on 08/26/2012 11:42:27 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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See? It got its GRRR on...


18 posted on 08/26/2012 11:43:41 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (I will fear no muslim))
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"Shame is Bear will now be labeled a killer or rogue."

Actually Bear is now labeled Exhibit One as they check it's stomach contents. The shame is this "animal lover" didn't get his pic and get out of there before becoming the main course.

19 posted on 08/26/2012 11:44:00 AM PDT by 1riot1ranger (OMG!!! ObamaMustGo!)
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To: ColdOne

Sounds like one of those commercials where the genius decides to prank bigfoot.


20 posted on 08/26/2012 11:45:44 AM PDT by Rome2000 (WILLARD ROMNEY -- MORMON MELCHIDEZEK BISHOP -HIS FAMILY HAS AVOIDED MILITARY SERVICE FOR GENERATIONS)
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