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A 29-year-old Farisita man suffered bruises and possible nerve damage to his neck and shoulder this week when he tangled with a black bear on a private ranch near Stonewall about 25 miles west of Trinidad. Harold Cerda stopped to use an outhouse on the ranch. While he was away from his car, a bear climbed through an open window and started to eat Cerda's lunch that was on the front seat. As Cerda came out of the outhouse, the bear was walking in his direction and took a swing at Cerda, knocking him down. Michael Seraphin, spokesman for the...

Bear mauls 2 backpackers 1st attack on a person since 1971 in Rocky Mtn. Park Tuesday, July 15, 2003 By Coleman Cornelius, Denver Post Northern Colorado Bureau A ranger warned Patrick Finan and his friends about black bears when the group arrived at Rocky Mountain National Park for a two-day camping trip on Saturday. So, Finan and four fellow campers took precautions. They suspended their cooking utensils, food and trash between two trees 50 yards from their campsite at Fern Lake and kept no food in their tents pitched in the backcountry. But early Sunday morning, an aggressive black...