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  • Boy Killed by Bear in American Fork Canyon

    06/18/2007 8:29:23 AM PDT · by george76 · 177 replies · 5,217+ views
    The Associated Press ^ | June 18th, 2007 | Courtney Orton
    An 11-year-old boy is killed by a black bear overnight at a popular campsite in American Fork Canyon. This morning authorities are searching for the bear. The boy was asleep inside a tent he was sharing with his family at the Timpooneke Camp area, about 10 miles up the canyon. The family was camping about two miles up a dirt road from that campground. The boy, his mother, stepfather and a 6-year-old brother were sleeping in a large tent with several sections, and the 11-year-old was in a section of the tent by himself. Around 11 p.m. family members heard...
  • Encounter with a bear ends tenting at campsite ( Hungry bear attacks man asleep inside his tent )

    08/01/2006 3:11:49 PM PDT · by george76 · 16 replies · 490+ views
    Anchorage Daily News ^ | August 1, 2006 | ANNE AURAND
    Planning to overnight at the Kenai's most popular campground? Leave the tent at home. Tent camping is now banned in the Russian River campground. Campers there must sleep in a hard-shelled vehicle. This comes after a bear grabbed a man sleeping in his tent early Saturday morning and bit him. Other campers scared off the bear after the man started yelling. He suffered minor injuries.