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Bear kills 6-year-old girl in Tennessee
msnbc.com ^ | 4-14-06 | msnbc

Posted on 04/14/2006 4:28:47 AM PDT by Liberty Valance

BENTON, Tenn. - A bear attacked a family at a camp site in the Cherokee National Forest on Thursday, killing a 6-year-old girl and injuring her 2-year-old brother and mother, authorities said.

The attack took place near a pool of water on Chilhowee Mountain, said Dan Hicks, spokesman for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Witnesses described the bear picking up the boy in its mouth while the mother and other visitors tried to fend it off with sticks and rocks, Hicks said. The mother was injured before the bear was chased away.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: bears; blackbearattack; maul; wildlife
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To: grannyheart2000

LOL Good for you but I doubt if the dog will be welcome. I am a granny too and I have seen bears in the wild. They are almost the only thing that I am afraid of. I would never walk in bear country, unless I was hunting bears.


61 posted on 04/14/2006 6:53:28 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: ConsentofGoverned

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...........
Our forefathers would never understand what restrictions the Government has placed on our "FREE" citizens..."

Yes they would. Their understanding of human nature had the greatest influence in their crafting of our Constitution.

They did such a good job that they hamstrung Human Nature for the better part of two centuries, alas...


62 posted on 04/14/2006 6:57:53 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: HairOfTheDog
Tennesse is open OR concealed carry with a license. Any type of carry without a license is prohibited.

http://www.opencarry.org/

63 posted on 04/14/2006 6:58:39 AM PDT by Mini-14
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To: TennesseeGirl

"These ARE NOT tame, trained bears!"

I've had em' try to get into the trail shelter at night. When I used to hike up in Cherokee Natnl' Forest I just carried a gun for the dopers and the bears.


64 posted on 04/14/2006 7:01:41 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: HairOfTheDog

No, you have to have a permit to carry opening or concealed in TN unless you are on your own property. We can carry openly with a permit though. The ranger just chose to ignore the obvious gun for reasons known only to him. The drunks didn't care if I had a permit or not but the ranger ignored it.


65 posted on 04/14/2006 7:01:50 AM PDT by Melinda in TN
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To: Melinda in TN
opening Sorry, meant openly.
66 posted on 04/14/2006 7:03:15 AM PDT by Melinda in TN
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To: catpuppy

ping


67 posted on 04/14/2006 7:05:19 AM PDT by null and void (<----nasty, brutish, and short...)
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To: Puppage
Per 36CFR2.4, you must have the firearm unloaded, cased and inaccessible while on NPS property.

A lot of good it would have done in this case.

I think a lot of people get confused about the difference between a National Forest and National Park. The incident in this story took place in a National Forest where it is perfectly legal to carry a loaded handgun. In a National Park however, you weapon must be unloaded and disassembled.

68 posted on 04/14/2006 7:05:52 AM PDT by Inyo-Mono (Life is like a cow pasture, it's hard to get through without stepping in some mess. NRA.)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Perhaps a pet pit bull would have fended off the bear...;-)

I once read an account from colonial India (possibly by Kipling, as I recall) where the family residence of a British administrator was entered by a tiger in the middle of the night, and found itself in the bedroom of the children. The family dog, a progenitor of today's 'pit bull' breeds, gave it's life in defense of the children, but held the tiger at bay long enough that the father had time to respond to the commotion and to properly dispatch the cat.

69 posted on 04/14/2006 7:06:12 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Good dog ;~D

My dogs are afraid of small cats, let alone 800 pound ones.


70 posted on 04/14/2006 7:08:00 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Londo Molari

'They are both magnificent and clumsy creatures'

I agree on the magnificent but clumsy? Compared to us they are a ballerina when hunting, or killing.


71 posted on 04/14/2006 7:08:24 AM PDT by xone
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To: TennesseeGirl

"a friggin' Disney movie"

...Which is where most of these idiots learned what they know about bears.

I always pack a .44 when I'm in bear country. I would never want to use it.


72 posted on 04/14/2006 7:08:35 AM PDT by Constitutional Patriot (Socialism is the cancer of humanity.)
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To: randita

73 posted on 04/14/2006 7:08:45 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: mtbopfuyn; riverrunner

They aren't legal in National Forests.

One of the very stupid laws.


74 posted on 04/14/2006 7:11:11 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Tolerating evil IS evil.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Are dogs allowed in thes parks? It occurs to me that if the family had had a dog or two it could have distracted the bear (not to mention detecting it's presence faster).


75 posted on 04/14/2006 7:11:25 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: Inyo-Mono
I think a lot of people get confused about the difference between a National Forest and National Park.

That's been my frustration on this thread too. Not only can you be armed in national forest, but they have (usually) open hunting seasons on these kinds of lands, and while carrying of rifles is restricted to hunting seasons, carrying a pistol for protection is not, any more than it is anywhere else, according to state law.

76 posted on 04/14/2006 7:12:42 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: little jeremiah

Wrong. KEEP READING


77 posted on 04/14/2006 7:13:11 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Liberty Valance

The only good bear is a dead bear.


78 posted on 04/14/2006 7:13:42 AM PDT by SolidRedState (I Love TEXAS!)
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To: TalBlack

Yes, dogs are allowed. And ~most~ black bears are in fact timid and would avoid a barking dog. This bear didn't act normal.


79 posted on 04/14/2006 7:14:16 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: kx9088

I know that you can hunt in alot of National Forests so I assume that you can carry a gun. National Parks are different from Forests.


80 posted on 04/14/2006 7:15:10 AM PDT by CollegeRepublican
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