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Bear-Mauling Victim Survives Rare Second Attack
Reuters ^ | 4-21-2005

Posted on 04/24/2005 11:35:30 AM PDT by kingattax

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Scott MacInnes set an Alaskan record this week, although not one contenders would seek to break, by becoming the state's first person to survive two bear attacks, state officials said on Wednesday.

MacInnes, a 51-year-old biologist, was mauled during his early morning jog on Monday when he met up with a brown bear and one or two cubs near his home in the Kenai Peninsula town of Soldotna.

He had been mauled 38 years earlier on a well-used hiking trail in the Chugach National Forest, according to a government biologist.

"That's the only time in the history of the state that I have a record that anybody's been attacked twice," said Tom Smith, a bear biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey who keeps records of Alaska bear attacks dating to the late 1800s.

The presence of a dog and a food source, a freshly killed moose found nearby, made the bear more aggressive, said Bruce Bartley, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

"There's just hardly any other factors that could make it worse," Bartley said.

MacInnes was one of eight people in Alaska who had been attacked by bears while jogging, according to Smith's records. Including MacInnes' second attack, Smith's records recount 519 bear maulings in Alaska.

MacInnes' first bear attack in 1967 resulted in wounds on his legs and an injured arm, but he was able to walk a few days later.

Monday's attack, which took place about 60 miles southwest of Anchorage, appeared more serious, inflicting wounds on MacInnes' head, neck and abdomen. He is expected to make a full recovery.

Outside of Alaska, a Canadian man claims to have been attacked on two occasions by polar bears, Smith said


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; anchorage; attackedtwice; bear; bearattack; bearmauling; bearspray; darwinaward; maul; mauling; wildlife
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To: Rebelbase

But people say that about things all the time. We get desensitized to it. For something this gross, you gotta really WARN people.


41 posted on 04/24/2005 12:30:55 PM PDT by faithincowboys
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To: DuncanWaring

LOL.


42 posted on 04/24/2005 12:33:36 PM PDT by Bahbah (Something wicked this way comes)
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To: faithincowboys

everyone was warned...what can i say ?


43 posted on 04/24/2005 12:33:53 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax

I had heard that bears actually like the taste of pepperspray defenses. Perhaps this is yet another urban legend.


44 posted on 04/24/2005 12:34:35 PM PDT by StarfireIV (Cleverness is no substitue for true intelligence)
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To: kingattax
everyone was warned...what can i say ?

Your warning was just fine. I chose not to take a look, so clearly it worked. You indicated what it was and that it was gruesome. My imagination was adequate.

45 posted on 04/24/2005 12:36:33 PM PDT by Bahbah (Something wicked this way comes)
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To: kingattax
This would work better
46 posted on 04/24/2005 12:37:07 PM PDT by TheRedSoxWinThePennant
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To: kAcknor

I looked at one of these in a local shop. Looks like a recipe for carpal tunnel syndrome. Then again, I suppose it would be better to have carpal tunnel than to suffer a "Dooku happens" incident at the jaws of a large bruin.


47 posted on 04/24/2005 12:38:09 PM PDT by StarfireIV (Cleverness is no substitue for true intelligence)
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To: kingattax

LOL! Out walking around the neighborhood with my wife, I catch the scent of grilling in progress. I'm like Yogi Bear or maybe Fred Flintstone. I begin to levitate.


48 posted on 04/24/2005 12:38:12 PM PDT by Huck (One day the lion will lay down with the lamb; Until that day comes, I want America to be the lion.)
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To: TheRedSoxWinThePennant

sure would


49 posted on 04/24/2005 12:38:35 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: Huck

LOL..do your neighbors know this ?


50 posted on 04/24/2005 12:41:49 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: faithincowboys
Yeah, that sounds gross. Did you see the bear mauling pic?

Yes. Pretty ugly sight. The guy inside the shark was in the shark's digestion phase. Yuck!

51 posted on 04/24/2005 12:44:29 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: kingattax

Hey, do you think the dead guy really is Ted, the guy posing with the bear? Did you see the other 2 pics?


52 posted on 04/24/2005 12:45:14 PM PDT by Huck (One day the lion will lay down with the lamb; Until that day comes, I want America to be the lion.)
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To: Nick Danger
LOL - "A Buddhist monk walks up to a hot dog stand and ...
53 posted on 04/24/2005 12:46:00 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Cobra64

It's possible that the bear just wanted to protect her nearby freshly killed moose, as well as her cubs. Of course, she might've decided an appetizer was in order. More moose for the cubs that way.


54 posted on 04/24/2005 12:48:10 PM PDT by skr (May God bless those in harm's way and confound those who would do the harming)
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To: faithincowboys
" ... Your warning is hardly sufficient."


Yeah ... like "WARNING : GRUESOME PHOTO" is not like a traffic sign that says STOP?

55 posted on 04/24/2005 12:49:25 PM PDT by G.Mason ( Because Free Republic obviously needed another opinionated big mouth ... NRA member since 1964)
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To: kingattax; faithincowboys

"Yeah, but I figured it was semi-gruesome."

Ya gotta make those warnings more convincing, KA, or you'll destroy his faithinkings.


56 posted on 04/24/2005 12:50:24 PM PDT by Fam4Bush (Once upon a time, I was a spy...or maybe that's now...)
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To: Huck

No, that's not Ted. Go here and read the last paragraph.

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/photos/bigbear.html


57 posted on 04/24/2005 12:50:41 PM PDT by Ex-Dem (40 F in March? Where's global warming when you need it...)
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To: Huck

yeah..its ted ..and ted is dead


58 posted on 04/24/2005 12:51:18 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: Ex-Dem

Gracias.


59 posted on 04/24/2005 12:53:33 PM PDT by Huck (One day the lion will lay down with the lamb; Until that day comes, I want America to be the lion.)
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To: Fam4Bush

next time i'll use big red letters and flashing lights :)


60 posted on 04/24/2005 12:58:37 PM PDT by kingattax
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