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Two killed in Alaska bear attack
KTVB ^ | 10/07/03 | Staff Writer

Posted on 10/07/2003 11:06:38 AM PDT by bedolido

KING SALMON, Alaska - Two people were killed in an apparent bear attack near Kaflia Bay in Katmai National Park on the Alaska Peninsula, Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday.

The bodies were found Monday when a pilot with Andrew Airways arrived to pick up the man and woman and take them to Kodiak, troopers said.

The pilot saw a bear, possibly on top of a body, in the camp and contacted the National Park Service in King Salmon and state troopers in Kodiak.

Park rangers encountered an aggressive bear when they arrived at the campsite and killed it. Investigators then found human remains buried by a bear near the campsite.

The victims, believed to be in their late 30s to early 40s, were from Malibu, Calif. Their identities are being withheld pending notification of relatives.

The remains and the entire campsite were packed out and transported to Kodiak on the Andrew Airways flight.

As the plane was being loaded, another aggressive bear approached and was killed by park rangers and troopers.

The bodies were flown to the state medical examiner’s office for autopsy.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; attack; banglist; bear; californios; holdmybear; killed; sometimesabeargetsu; sometimesyougetabear; timothytreadwell; wildlife
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To: CheneyChick
"Does a bear do that in the woods?"

ROTFLMAO

If a bear does that in the woods and nobody hears it, does it matter?

Mo4Bush(who already voted for Arnold!)
21 posted on 10/07/2003 11:18:03 AM PDT by mo4bush
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To: Skylight
Map of Alaska? Their bodies were taken to Kodiak. They were
near Kaflia Bay in Katmai National Park. Is that near enough to Kodiak for Kodiak bears? Them's giant bears.
22 posted on 10/07/2003 11:18:04 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Stop thinking about it and do it.)
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To: Squantos
Fishin' in Alaska ping!
23 posted on 10/07/2003 11:18:07 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (There's two kinds of people in the world. Those with loaded guns and those that dig.)
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To: nuconvert
Aren't Kodiak bears grizzlies? Just named Kodiak for the area they inhabit.
24 posted on 10/07/2003 11:19:34 AM PDT by mo4bush
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To: CheneyChick
Yes. Bears do that.
Does a bear do that in the woods?

if a bear eats in the wood... does this mean those eaten will help the environment by fertilizing the forest? (I know morbid...)

25 posted on 10/07/2003 11:19:58 AM PDT by bedolido (Chaos, panic and disorder - my work here is done.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
No, they probably weren't armed. Just another couple of democrat-votin', granola-eatin', tree-huggin', I'm-okay, you're-okay, nitwits.

All one can do is simply shake their head. ...and the sad part is...there's an abundance of these idiots.

26 posted on 10/07/2003 11:21:41 AM PDT by Ranger Drew
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To: mo4bush
Check this out. Sounds like you're pretty close
27 posted on 10/07/2003 11:22:32 AM PDT by bedolido (Chaos, panic and disorder - my work here is done.)
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To: Argus
The victims, believed to be in their late 30s to early 40s, were from Malibu, Calif.

Like, cool man. See the groovey looking bear. Let's feed it some tofu and bean sprouts. Then we'll do a couple of doobies and chill out.

28 posted on 10/07/2003 11:22:34 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Skylight
This would never have happened if someone were drilling for oil there.
29 posted on 10/07/2003 11:22:49 AM PDT by keithtoo (Tax Cuts - A robber who doesn't steal from you isn't GIVING you a VCR!!)
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To: Bernard Marx
Bears will eat anything. It is important to never smell like food, Look like food, or be food. Being armed with a very powerful firearm is the only way to prevent becoming food if the bear decides you smell like or appear to be food.
Not to mention bears can get aggressive for no apparent reason(to humans at least). Being armed with a very powerful firearm is the only way to stop an aggresssive bear.
I'm guessing these victims were not armed.
30 posted on 10/07/2003 11:23:09 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: Bernard Marx
>>>PBS is in the bear hors d'ouevre business. <<<

Yep...and being from Malibu I'll bet they were Yugo drivers.

31 posted on 10/07/2003 11:23:21 AM PDT by HardStarboard (Dump Wesley Clark.....he worries me as much as Hillary!)
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To: Spruce
I wonder if the victims were armed at all. I know I would have been packing if camping in Kodiak Country.

They were from California. Guns bad, doncha know?

32 posted on 10/07/2003 11:24:05 AM PDT by KevinB
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To: mo4bush
I don't know. Do grizzlies get to be 10 feet tall and weigh 1500 pounds?
33 posted on 10/07/2003 11:24:09 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Stop thinking about it and do it.)
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To: Skylight
Like I always tell my dog and cat obsessed friends, if your pet was bigger than you, he would eat you. Animals are incapable of Love, what they express to us is pure fear and submission. We misinterpret it as Love.


Just ask Roy Horn.
34 posted on 10/07/2003 11:24:40 AM PDT by apologia_pro_vita_sua
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To: Skylight
How sad.
35 posted on 10/07/2003 11:25:06 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy (For victory & freedom!!!)
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To: Spruce
I wonder if the victims were armed at all. I know I would have been packing if camping in Kodiak Country. And packing something heavy-duty, mind you.

It would be worthwhile to know whether these people were at all prepared to deal with bears. My guess is they were not armed. If not, they never had a chance, as it's clear the bear was not afraid of people and apparently saw these campers as a food source.

Minimum weapon for this situation would be a .44 Magnum, this combined with some training to hit critical points should the bear become threatening.

36 posted on 10/07/2003 11:25:24 AM PDT by toddst
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To: mo4bush
Here's more on the brown bear/kodiak/grizzle
37 posted on 10/07/2003 11:25:54 AM PDT by bedolido (Chaos, panic and disorder - my work here is done.)
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To: CheneyChick
Only if no one is there to hear it.
38 posted on 10/07/2003 11:25:57 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: Ranger Drew
there's an abundance of these idiots.

Abundance-2=?

39 posted on 10/07/2003 11:26:40 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (There's two kinds of people in the world. Those with loaded guns and those that dig.)
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To: Ranger Drew
"...and the sad part is...there's an abundance of these idiots.

Sadly, there aren't enough of them in King Salmon.

40 posted on 10/07/2003 11:27:02 AM PDT by There's millions of'em (Bill Clinton was a great Democrat President)
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