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Boy Killed by Bear in American Fork Canyon
The Associated Press ^ | June 18th, 2007 | Courtney Orton

Posted on 06/18/2007 8:29:23 AM PDT by george76

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To: george76

Prayers for that poor family. I can’t imagine just enjoying a family outing and it turning into this.

There was a fatal bear attack not too far from here last year. A poor little six year old girl was killed and her mother and little brother injured.


21 posted on 06/18/2007 8:51:03 AM PDT by kenth (I got tired of my last tagline...)
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To: tcostell

You can finish the joke :

if there are no trees and lots of snow...


22 posted on 06/18/2007 8:51:54 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: ANGGAPO

I get all that.

I’m just saying it’s UNusual, that’s all.

Besides.....I’d rather NOT be camping next to the family which allows their kids to sleep with loaded hand guns.....eh...???


23 posted on 06/18/2007 8:52:51 AM PDT by JB in Whitefish
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To: george76

"See...What have I been telling you people about bears, they are 'Godless killing machines'..."
24 posted on 06/18/2007 8:52:57 AM PDT by SubGeniusX ($29.95 Guarantees Your Salvation!!! Or TRIPLE Your Money Back!!!)
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To: george76

...then it’s a polar bear.


25 posted on 06/18/2007 8:53:55 AM PDT by tcostell (MOLON LABE)
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Bear Kills 93 Year-Old New Mexico Woman

The 100-pound elderly woman didn’t have a chance against a 275-pound bear in the kitchen of her home, wildlife officials point to bears desperate for food as the continuing cause of people-bear incidents

A 93-year-old New Mexico woman was mauled to death by a black bear that broke into her home over the weekend, stunned wildlife officials have confirmed. Adelia Maestas Trujillo of Cleveland, in north-central New Mexico, was killed “by multiple bite injuries,” said Scott Wilson, associate director of the Office of Medical Investigator

Scripps Howard News Service
August 21, 2001


26 posted on 06/18/2007 8:54:03 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: SZonian

This part of Utah sees a high concentration of hikers, bikers and basically humans of all stripes including boy scouts. I prefer much more remote areas, and don’t frequent the American Fork or Mt. Timpanogos areas.

Part of the problem in these bear attacks is that they’ve become accustomed to humans. I’m sure this bear has taken up the nasty habit of scavaging on the remains of campsite garbage. It’s easy food.

This time, the bears instincts for fresh kill associated with campgrounds and food probably got the best of him. What a tragedy.


27 posted on 06/18/2007 8:55:02 AM PDT by colorcountry (To pursue union at the expense of truth is treason to the Lord Jesus. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon -)
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To: SZonian

Bingo..the poor kid might have snuck a few cookies...peanut butter or somesuch..a bear’s sense of smell is unreal....


28 posted on 06/18/2007 8:55:10 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: Wings-n-Wind
I simply do NOT understand these camping activities in primitive areas

Uh... 'cuz it's more fun than camping in the city? I hate to break it to you, but people have been doing it for a really long time. Sometimes life isn't about perfect safety.

29 posted on 06/18/2007 8:56:09 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: george76

or the other old line...”I don’t have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun you...”


30 posted on 06/18/2007 8:56:23 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: george76

Bears are just sweet little cuddly fuzzballs that only want a few snacks. Didn’t you see the movie Open Season??? Its the hunters that are bad not the cute fuzzy bears.


31 posted on 06/18/2007 8:56:53 AM PDT by BobinIL
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To: VeritatisSplendor

Tennessee too.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614994/posts


32 posted on 06/18/2007 8:57:18 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: ANGGAPO

http://www.cimarron-firearms.com/ModelP/MP668-ModelPStdFin.htm


33 posted on 06/18/2007 8:57:36 AM PDT by GodfearingTexan
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To: 2banana

“In 28 years of law enforcement this is the first bear attack that I know of in Utah County,” Harris said.

As the number of bears increases and the number of campers and hikers in bear country increases, incidents like this will grow in numbers.

People camping or hiking in bear country should include at least one person familiar with firarms who is capable of taking down a bear and is armed. People camping in bear country should also be required to have a dog of an appropriate kind with them - Plott Hound, etc.


34 posted on 06/18/2007 8:58:19 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: Ramius

i agree with u totally


35 posted on 06/18/2007 8:58:33 AM PDT by GodfearingTexan
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To: 2banana

First thought I had was to wonder how much food he had in the tent with him.


36 posted on 06/18/2007 8:58:36 AM PDT by Busywhiskers (Strength and honor.)
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To: JB in Whitefish

Bears are intelligent animals. The more intellignet an animal, the more unpredictable the behavior and the more hikers and campers in bear country, the greater likelihood of this being repeated.


37 posted on 06/18/2007 8:59:45 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: ken5050

I get hit if I tell that joke.


38 posted on 06/18/2007 9:01:40 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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39 posted on 06/18/2007 9:03:24 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: VeritatisSplendor

I see you are from New Jersey.

New Jersey is a ticking time bomb waiting to go off.

There have been numerous attacks by black bear in New Jersey on livestock and threats on persons and entry into homes there. Their population is growing and the number of bear-human encounters there is growing.

Bear rightfully recognize humans as a harmless food source in Jersey as they are no longer hunted there - there WAS a bear season years ago which kept the population reduced to a very small number in a restricted part of the state - the Delaware Water Gap. The recent increases in bear human encounters there have everything to do with the elimination of that hunting season and nothing at all to do with incerased construction in wooded areas.


40 posted on 06/18/2007 9:03:52 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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