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Grizzly attacks 7 teens in Talkeetna Mountains (Bear Spray Only, No Gun)
Anchorage Daily News ^ | July 24, 2011 | CASEY GROVE

Posted on 07/25/2011 8:28:15 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner

A grizzly bear sow with a cub attacked a group of teenagers on a month-long survival-skills course Saturday night in the Talkeetna Mountains, causing severe injuries to two of the hikers, according to Alaska State Troopers.

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The group was on the 24th day of a 30-day backpacking trip, school spokesman Bruce Palmer said by phone from Wyoming. It was the group's first day unaccompanied by adult instructors, Palmer said.

"For the last bit of the course, we would have them travel as a student group without the instructors, utilizing the skills that they've learned over time," Palmer said.

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The seven group members were in a line, calling out to make noise as they crossed the creek, Palmer said. The first hiker had apparently made it out of the water and was out of sight of the others when he began screaming, Palmer said.

The grizzly mauled the teen, attacked another group member, then returned to the first victim, Palmer said.

"It sounds like it was moving around within the group," Palmer said. The hikers carried three canisters of bear spray, but there was no initial indication that the hikers used the repellent, Palmer said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: attack; banglist; bear; grizzly; wilderness
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To: org.whodat; All

Does anyone else see this a grass above a person's head?

181 posted on 07/27/2011 7:49:02 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

And the moose was a midget, correct.


182 posted on 07/27/2011 7:59:30 AM PDT by org.whodat (What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
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To: org.whodat

There is not a moose in that picture, that is three bears.

Do you think bears are 6 feet tall at the shoulder standing on all four feet?


183 posted on 07/27/2011 8:11:58 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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