Posted on 07/19/2022 11:55:22 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
Bears have mauled and eaten a wealthy couple and a pilot after their helicopter crashed in the Russian wilderness.
The helicopter was flown by well-known Russian biathlete Igor Malinovsky, with business people Zoya Kaygorodova and Sergey Kolesnyak on board.
On July 16, the helicopter lost communication due to bad weather, Euro Weekly News reported. The next day, the helicopter wreckage was discovered by rescuers in Kamchatka. Three hours later, remains of the trio were found near the Semyachkov Pass, just 13 kilometers from the Uzon volcano.
It is believed the corpses were dragged away, mauled and eaten by wild bears that populate the region.
Kamchatka has one of the highest densities of brown bears on the earth. An estimated 10,000 to 14,000 bears live in the Peninsula, which is about the size of California.
Bears do not usually seek out humans to eat. They usually eat plants, insects, fish, and other smaller animals. Kamchatka brown bears have access to richer food sources such as salmon, pine nuts and berries. However, bears are opportunistic hunters, meaning they take advantage of food that is readily available to them. Grizzly bears in particular, will often scavenge the remains of prey that is already dead.
Kamchatka brown bears are one of the largest bears in the world. Males can reach a weight of 1,500 pounds.
The bears may have sifted through the helicopter remains to get to the passengers, the Daily Star reported.
The couple were reportedly tourists to the area, and had been exploring the peninsula. It is unclear whether the passengers were dead before being dragged off by the predators. Bears rarely attack humans unless provoked or threatened in some way.
A criminal investigation has been launched into the crash and the deaths of the passengers, NTV reported.
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“We’re bears and this is our world.” To borrow from Jesse.
Now that’s what I call a grizzly story.
Too bad it wasn’t Putin.
How might one have guessed which FR colleague posted this story...?
Bears do not usually seek out humans to eat.”
That is because there are few humans in Kamchatka.
Bears are Marxist?
“Eat the rich!”
At least they had passed before being eaten.
Well, at least they were dead before the bears got them. There was a story a couple of years ago about a father & daughter out walking in Russia when they were attacked. The daughter was on the phone to her mother as she was getting ripped apart. Awful!
“...eaten by *****wild***** bears...”
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Seems as if the modifier “wild” is superfluous in this case, but who knows what is going on in the heads of young editors these days.
Well, three fewer if you take this story as true...
Their families should freeze the credit card accounts of the deceased - bears really are opportunistic.
I saw this movie:
The Edge
Anthony Hopkins & Alec Baldwin
It has a happy ending. Baldwin dies.
So, Putin lives in your head rent free. Obviously, he is effective.
Who knew bears could order DoorDash?
Don’t pet the bison.
Life can be summed up as follows...
Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you.
5.56mm
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