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Teen sleeping in hammock at 12:30 a.m attacked by large bear in Great Smoky Mountains
Kansas City Star via Yahoo ^
| June 19th, 2021
| Mark Price
Posted on 06/19/2021 6:45:43 AM PDT by Mariner
A 16-year-old girl was attacked by a bear in the Great Smoky Mountains early Friday, prompting the National Park Service to close a back country section to visitors.
The attack happened at 12:30 a.m., as the teen was sleeping in a hammock in the the Crosby section of the park, officials said. Her family was “sleeping in close proximity” at the time, according to a news release.
Investigators have not released the identity of the teen, but said she is from Middle Tennessee.
“The family was able to drive the bear off from the area immediately after the attack and quickly notified the park’s emergency communications center,” the National Park Service said.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: attack; bear; menstruating
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A USFS biologist once told me that 90% of all bear attacks are against menstruating women, and at night.
Spread the word and save the life of a bear.
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posted on
06/19/2021 6:45:43 AM PDT
by
Mariner
To: Mariner
I was wondering if that was an unwritten part of the story.
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posted on
06/19/2021 6:49:14 AM PDT
by
babble-on
To: babble-on
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posted on
06/19/2021 6:50:26 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Mariner
“While serious incidents with bears are rare, we remind visitors to remain vigilant while in the backcountry and to follow all precautions while hiking in bear country,” Superintendent Cassius Cash said in a news release. Filing this under "mostly peaceful".
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posted on
06/19/2021 6:52:36 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
To: babble-on
The USFS guy told me that in all reports media is TOLD of this statistic, and universally media does not report it.
WTF?
Why not?
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posted on
06/19/2021 6:54:53 AM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Mariner
When we were kids, my folks kept track of my older sisters when they rode the horses up the mountain trails for that very reason. And that was more than 50 years ago. Everybody was aware back then.
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posted on
06/19/2021 6:58:34 AM PDT
by
Montana_Sam
(Truth lives.)
To: Mariner
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:00:20 AM PDT
by
UB355
(Slow Traffic keep right)
To: Montana_Sam
Pioneers knew that in 1700’s.
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:05:39 AM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: All
I believe that is the “Cosby” section, not “Crosby”...
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:10:50 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: Mariner
The bear was wearing a hoodie, and could not be identified.
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:11:47 AM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: Mariner
Because these days all the geniuses in gubbermint think men get periods too.
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:13:03 AM PDT
by
ameribbean expat
(Attention! All persons having the corona virus...please report to the nearest IRS office. Thank you.)
To: Mariner
Only MORONS sleep in hammocks in the mountains at night without a big bonfire and a 44 Ruger mag.
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:14:46 AM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect?? It was NYC.)
To: Mariner
How many times does it have to be said?
Nothing good happens after midnight.
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:15:24 AM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:16:04 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(blow in a dog’s face he gets mad, on a car ride he sticks his head out the window)
To: Mariner
No Hammock Gun.
Big mistake.
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:34:14 AM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(“Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” )
To: Mariner
The bear was killed because the girl and her family were beyond stupid.
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:36:21 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: JBW1949
NOT
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:36:59 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
To: SJackson
Add me to your Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list.
To: UB355
Right-the bear thought he was a rotisserie chicken
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:41:50 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
(In most places in the country, voting is...a right and a duty...in Chicago it's a sport. D. Gregory)
To: SgtHooper
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posted on
06/19/2021 7:43:03 AM PDT
by
jdsteel
("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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