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Bear mauling victim found on Alaskan island
ap ^ | October 16, 2012 | DAN JOLING

Posted on 10/16/2012 11:37:54 AM PDT by george76

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1 posted on 10/16/2012 11:37:59 AM PDT by george76
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I wouldn’t ride in a tank through Alaska without a weapon.


2 posted on 10/16/2012 11:39:23 AM PDT by dartuser ("If you are ... what you were ... then you're not.")
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To: george76

Sounds like he got “treadwelled.”


3 posted on 10/16/2012 11:45:45 AM PDT by IronJack (=)
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“Some people say there’s a bear in the woods...”


4 posted on 10/16/2012 11:48:34 AM PDT by Hugin ("Most times a man'll tell you his bad intentions, if you listen and let yourself hear."---Open Range)
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One can only hope he was a liberal, bear loving, tree hugger. If not, then RIP


5 posted on 10/16/2012 11:51:18 AM PDT by fish hawk
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I wonder if he was carrying a heater. Something in a .454 in a holster.


6 posted on 10/16/2012 11:52:40 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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Fishing alone in Alaska without a 454 Casull is a poor idea.


7 posted on 10/16/2012 11:53:42 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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8 posted on 10/16/2012 11:56:12 AM PDT by stormer
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> I wonder if he was carrying a heater. Something in a .454 in a holster.
Wouldn’t have done him any good in a holster.


9 posted on 10/16/2012 12:00:31 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Obama loved the poor so much, he created millions more.)
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To: stormer

and his dad said he wouldn’t amount to...


10 posted on 10/16/2012 12:00:47 PM PDT by Docbarleypop
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To: BuffaloJack

Some of the comments at the end of the article are really precious. They don’t have any idea just how voracious a brown bear is.


11 posted on 10/16/2012 12:05:47 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: george76

It’s a shame to hear of such a thing.. Sitka is a beautiful area, on our itinerary next spring and Haines too.. We never stray from the tourista zones tho.

This guy was just making a living, had to beach with engine troubles and unfortunately had a load of vittles onboard, the area is heavy with bear. damn.


12 posted on 10/16/2012 12:09:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: jazusamo; proud_yank; GladesGuru; girlangler; LucyT; Flycatcher

Forgot the little brass bells ?


13 posted on 10/16/2012 12:11:41 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: fish hawk
One can only hope he was a liberal, bear loving, tree hugger.

I suspect any tree hugging looked like this:

From the article:
Puerta was a tree-thinner, Allen said. He was employed in an area that had been logged to cut young trees so others would have less competition and would grow faster.

14 posted on 10/16/2012 12:11:41 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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Yes, this is really sad. You'd think a guy working there would be armed or at least have bear spray.
15 posted on 10/16/2012 12:16:18 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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Feeding the bears Americans won’t feed.

Sorry.

It’s just his name, and reading an article about an illegal alien crime right before this. Maybe he was new to the area, American or not.

Sad end.


16 posted on 10/16/2012 12:17:46 PM PDT by heartwood
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Thanks for the ping.

I find it hard to believe that this local man wasn't carrying a gun, yet there seems to be no mention of this in the article.

Terrible way to die.

17 posted on 10/16/2012 12:19:06 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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That’s a bad way to go.

Be careful out there. Nature isn’t nice. Those cute bears are bigger, stronger, and faster than you. They also will attack if you are either food, or bothering them. Citiots don’t understand that.


19 posted on 10/16/2012 12:29:18 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Holding my nose one more time to get rid of Eric Holder)
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That’s life, get used to it. Sorry your are shocked though. Hope you can get oh through his day now.


20 posted on 10/16/2012 12:38:43 PM PDT by fish hawk
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