Posted on 10/02/2018 2:49:15 PM PDT by sodpoodle
A teenage mine worker has been mauled to death by a female grizzly bear and her two cubs on an Alaskan island.
Anthony David Montoya, 18, a contract worker from Hollis, Oklahoma, died at a remote drill site accessible only by helicopter on Monday, authorities said.
State Troopers said Montoya, who worked for Idaho-based Timberline Drilling, had been working at a drill site on the edge of the Hecla Greens Creek Mine property in southeastern Alaska when he was attacked.
He was mauled by the three bears, all of which were killed before they arrived.
(?????? who are they???) sod
The Hecla Greens Creek Mine, one of the world's largest silver producers, is located about 18 miles south of Juneau on Admiralty Island.
The island is famous for its coastal grizzlies, also known locally as brown bears, and has the densest population, or most bears per square mile, in North America.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Poor kid. RIP.
Valley of 10000 smokes is in SW AK, about 20 air miles from where I am posting. This attack was in SE Alaska.
I would like to hear, as Paul Harvey used to say” The rest of the story”. I did not see any human parts in the picture. I hope it was a stationary camera.
I do not own a gold mine, but I carry when I fish or hunt. I used to carry a 454 Casull, but i realized the recoil took too much time to recover. Now I use a 44 mag. Time is NOT your friend when a bear charges.
I think it was stationary, but don’t know any of the particulars. I noticed in one of the final frames, we got a shot of the tripod tumbling around upside down. Which means grizz hit the gear with so much force it broke the camera clean off the tripod. Glad it wasn’t me! It’d really suck if the last thing you ever saw on this earth was your body tumbling around headless after getting smacked by a grizzly.
I really hope it was. Did you notice the speed of the bear? No time to recognize the attack and draw a gun, either a handgun or rifle.
Yep, years ago I spent an afternoon watching bear charges on YouTube and three things really stuck out for me: They’re fast, they can bounce toward you in great exaggerated leaps like a bouncing ball, and they rarely charge in on a straight line toward you, but kind of hook their way in like a curve ball.
Those things can make a target very hard to hit, especially when you’re under so much pressure, knowing that you only have a few seconds to get it right or suffer some horrible or fatal injury.
Oh, and their skulls are thick and their skins real loose and floppy, which can do a real good job concealing exactly where the heart is if the bear is charging your friend, say, and you’re taking a side shot. Me thinks if you’re going to hunt grizz, you better take it seriously!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.