Posted on 06/27/2005 7:26:45 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two people camping along the Hulahula River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge were killed by a grizzly bear, officials said Sunday.
Officials discovered the bodies and an unused firearm in a tent Saturday at a campsite near the river. They also shot and killed the animal.
The couple, whose names were not released, was believed to be in their late 50s or early 60s, North Slope Borough police said. They were from Anchorage and had been on a recreational rafting trip down the river, Alaska State Troopers said.
The victims were in their tent when the attack occurred, according to Tim DeSpain, spokesman for Alaska State Troopers.
The campsite was clean, with food stored in bear-proof containers.
"The initial scene indicates that it was a predatory act by the bear," DeSpain said.
A rafter had seen the animal at the site and notified authorities.
The couple's injuries were consistent with a bear attack and there were no signs of foul play, said Kelly Alzaharna, a lieutenant with the North Slope Borough Police Department.
There were no other people at the campsite, which was about 12 miles up river from Kaktovik, a community of about 300 on Barter Island and the only village in the refuge.
Officials are not sure when the couple was killed.
What a grisly way to go!
Sometimes you get the bear.
Sometimes the bear gets you.
?????
If you stabbed a human..then left the corpse for a bear to find, and forage, there would be NMO forensic evidence..
Some of the food was not in bear-proof containers.
Officials discovered the bodies and an unused firearm in a tent Saturday at a campsite near the river
Are they sure it wasn't a pit bull, disguised as a bear?
The bear facts..
If you lie down with grizzlies, you won't get to flee.:)
Or Jerrold Nadler out for a late-night snack?
Hehehe...
Are you mostly being a wise-a$$?
I don't know Alaska gun law, but I'd think if anyone has reasonable self-defense and gun law in Wildlife Refuge areas, it should be Alaska.
Is this Alaska or Hawaii???
Does the bear s&*t you in the woods?
"The following pictures are of a guy who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy unloaded his 7mm Mag Semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds (1600#). It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world......."
I'd say getting chewed up by a grizzly bear is pretty foul!
Prayers for that poor couple.
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