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  • Camping mistakes led to Hickory Run bear incident (encounter with bear not "vicious")

    05/08/2005 6:45:28 PM PDT · by Born Conservative · 25 replies · 890+ views
    Citizen's Voice ^ | 5/8/2005 | Tom Venesky
    There's something lurking in the woods around Mud Run. The four-legged creature, the one that "growled in defiance" according to one newspaper account, is stalking the domain of Hickory Run State Park. Three campers from the concrete jungle of Philadelphia had a rude introduction to the animal last weekend, but despite the scary details, there is nothing to fear. After all, black bears have been roaming beneath the forest canopy for centuries before the area was dubbed a state park. When word got out that a bear attacked three campers last weekend, the incident spawned a rash of detail-laden news...