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To: yuta250

Predatory Black Bear Attack

She was a 5-foot-3, 105-pound hiker, out for a Sunday walk.

He was a 400-pound hulking young bruin officials described as "predatory," looking for a meal.

She said he came up behind her on a trail in Wawayanda State Park in Sussex County, chased her down and tackled her.

She said she did the only thing she could. She threw a hard elbow at his snout, and caught him flush, stunning the bear and giving her time to escape.

"This bear was in predatory mode," said Jack Kaskey, a state Department of Environmental Protection spokesman.

"This was classic predatory behavior. The bear was out to eat her. She had to fight for her life."

http://www.maineguides.org/referendum/bear_attacks13.shtml


21 posted on 04/16/2006 2:23:56 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Guess I was wrong. The only black bears I've come across in the wild were in resort areas around people where they appeared fairly docile. I had no idea they were this prone to attacking people.


24 posted on 04/16/2006 2:29:21 PM PDT by yuta250
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