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Scene five hours after Leah Lokan was Killed by Grizzly Bear in Ovando, MTIn the early morning hours of July 6, 2021, in the village of Ovando, Montana, mere feet from several buildings, Leah Lokan was attacked by a 417 pound grizzly bear. She valiantly used bear spray in an attempt to stop the attack. The bear spray failed. Ms Lokan was a small but strong woman. She was killed in the unprovoked predatory attack. Leah Lokan as remembered by a friend.Leah Lokan facebook image link While not the first bear spray fatality in 2021, the attack and defensive failure...

Bears have mauled and eaten a wealthy couple and a pilot after their helicopter crashed in the Russian wilderness. The helicopter was flown by well-known Russian biathlete Igor Malinovsky, with business people Zoya Kaygorodova and Sergey Kolesnyak on board. On July 16, the helicopter lost communication due to bad weather, Euro Weekly News reported. The next day, the helicopter wreckage was discovered by rescuers in Kamchatka. Three hours later, remains of the trio were found near the Semyachkov Pass, just 13 kilometers from the Uzon volcano. It is believed the corpses were dragged away, mauled and eaten by wild bears...

THIS is the moment a komodo dragon guzzles down a monkey’s whole body in gruesome footage circulating online.In the clip, the enormous lizard can be seen swallowing a large monkey as it takes shelter from the sun’s rays. The monkey’s legs dangle helplessly from the dragon’s mouth as it slowly takes increasingly large gulps of the hapless primate. With the dragon’s head swaying from side to side, the monkey’s body descends further into the creature’s mouth. Finally, the clip ends with little more than the monkey’s feet visible as the triumphant dragon looks directly at the camera. It is not...