[Lijahsbubbe]

Investigators then found human remains buried by a bear near the campsite.

The bears buried them?

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[Eaker]

Bears eating people in Alaska ping!!

[ought-six]

Pictures?

[Spruce]

I wonder if the victims were armed at all. I know I would have been packing if camping in Kodiak Country. And packing something heavy-duty, mind you.

[Argus]

The victims, believed to be in their late 30s to early 40s, were from Malibu, Calif.

No further comment.

[bedolido]

[MotleyGirl70]

KING SALMON, Alaska

Kodiak

The above would pretty much keep me as far away from that area as possible. It just screams: BIG BEAR COUNTRY!

[nuconvert]

Map of Alaska? Their bodies were taken to Kodiak. They were
near Kaflia Bay in Katmai National Park. Is that near enough to Kodiak for Kodiak bears? Them's giant bears.

[keithtoo]

This would never have happened if someone were drilling for oil there.

[apologia_pro_vita_sua]

Like I always tell my dog and cat obsessed friends, if your pet was bigger than you, he would eat you. Animals are incapable of Love, what they express to us is pure fear and submission. We misinterpret it as Love.


Just ask Roy Horn.

[Saundra Duffy]

How sad.

[BullDog108]

KG9's 'Bear-Aware' outdoorsman's tips:

1. If you intend to commune with nature by backpacking across the wilderness of the Western US,
Canada, and Alaska, make sure you're armed with a rifle or handgun -- preferably equal or greater
than .40 caliber for the rifle, or .44 in the case of the pistol. Don't pack it; shoulder it.

2. Don't sleep on a bear run. If you don't know what a bear run is, ask a ranger or the local sheriff
for a description.

3. Don't believe any advice about running downhill away from a pursuing bear. Bears can run in
circles up and down a 45-degree angle slope like an Olympic champion, and do it all afternoon.
They can also climb trees better than the best human tree-climber can -- outside of a teenager from
Guam who can shoot up a tree for a coconut in three seconds. There are no bears in Guam, by the
way, so this example is all academic.

4. Playing 'dead' doesn't fool the bears. Playing 'giant porcupine' works lots better, but the suit is a
real hassle to hump through the woods.

5. 'Gentle' black bears aren't. All bears, regardless of maturity or type, are equally dangerous. This
goes double for badgers, which are just little bears with a hostile 'short guy' attitude problem.

6. Never mind the nonsense about sleeping on the ground and hoisting your food above ground in a
tree. Better to sleep in the tree and leave your food on the ground far away for the bears.

7. Make an attempt to tell a local authority -- ranger or sheriff -- about your hiking plans so they
know where to find your remains if you choose to ignore item #1.

8. Pepper spray will just make a bear angrier -- just like it does to a typical Los Angeles County
resident. You'll never get to that damn pepper spray anyway. You *might* get to your rifle.

9. Bears are silent until you're within striking distance. They already smelled and heard you coming a
few hundred yards away. A typical bear's eyesight isn't so good, but they're not Mr. Magoo. They
have eyesight good enough to swat your head off your shoulders with deliberate aim.

10. Using an Elk or Deer call to attract game during hunting season has a really good chance to
attract a bear instead. In kind, salmon fishing in a 'really good spot' is also where the bears fish.

11. Don't wear fragrances as they attract bears, unless it's Brut, which repels bears as effectively as
it repels human females.

12. Don't wipe your hands on your pants. Forget the bears, you'll be in trouble with your mom when
you get home.

13. Use a bell or whistle to both alert bears and annoy everyone else within two miles of you.

14. Never travel alone. If you're with a group, you don't have to outrun the bear, you just have to
outrun someone else in your group.

[tang-soo]

STATE OF ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is advising bikers, hikers, hunters and fishermen to take extra precautions and keep alert for bears while in the field. It is advised that outdoorsmen wear small bells on their clothing and shoes to alert bears in the area who aren't expecting them. It is also advised that outdoorsmen carry Pepper Spray at all times in case of a bear encounter.

It is advised to watch out for fresh bear sign activity. You should be able to recognize the difference between Black Bear and Brown Bear sign. Black Bear sign is smaller and contains berries, Brown Bear sign is larger and contains many small bells and smells like pepper.

[wireman]

Perhaps these two were the Alaskan Sigfried and Roy?

[Dr.Deth]

Hold muh bear ping?

[OrioleFan]

John West commercial

[LibWhacker]

Here are some stuffed specimens:

IIRC, the guy is 5'9" tall.

[Myrddin]

One of my buddies recommended taking a .44 magnum along if your are traveling in grizzly country. It hurts less than being shredded by the bear.

[Tares]

If these folks from CA voted in the recall election by absentee ballot, do their ballots still count?