[george76]

Wakened from sleep in a tent at the Russian River Campground early Saturday, Chicago tourist Daniel Kuczero didn't consider the possibility that a grizzly bear tugging at the nylon woke him.

He figured it had to be a dog he heard outside in the 4:30 a.m. stillness, witnesses say.

Then the animal collapsed the tent on him.

That, according to Russian River campground manager Butch Bishop and others, was the first indication Kuczero had that the animal probably wasn't a dog. Kuczero apparently decided the best thing to do was play dead.

He changed his mind when the bear grabbed his body -- still wrapped up in a sleeping bag inside the tent --

That was enough to start Kuczero screaming.

"When it bit him in the shoulder," Dunn said, "he yelled."

by CRAIG MEDRED
Anchorage Daily News

[muawiyah]

Bears are smart. They know what people keep wrapped up on those blankets ~ meat!

[ahayes]

That, according to Russian River campground manager Butch Bishop and others, was the first indication Kuczero had that the animal probably wasn't a dog.

I don't know about that. My parents' lab knocked the tent down on my mom when they went camping a few weeks ago!