Grizzly bear kills couple at ANWR campsite

[cleofus1]

what can i say except please be careful...this is not disneyland...

"Two people camping along the Hulahula River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge were killed by a grizzly bear, officials said Sunday.

Officials discovered the bodies and an unused firearm in a tent at a campsite near the river.

The couple, whose names were not released, were believed to be in their late 50s or early 60s, North Slope Borough police said. They were from Anchorage and had been on a recreational rafting trip down the river, Alaska State Troopers said."

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6652474p-6539228c.html

[liberal N proud]

1. Will the Grizzlies revolt when the oil companies show up and

start destroying their habitat?
Most likely not.
The oil companies will probably hire sharp shooters to kill all the wild life.

[cleofus1]

2. too bad about this old couple...

right now my sympathies are with them...

[LaurenG]

3. Um "old" couple?

I thought old was 80-100.

[cleofus1]

4. sorry didn't get the memo on that

as a 47 year old man i would say a couple in their 50's can be considered old...or late middle age if you prefer...:hippie:

[LaurenG]

5. Being your age

I really do prefer to be in denial. ;) lol

[cleofus1]

7. heh...

i guess i really do feel you are as old as you feel...

[Blue_In_AK]

13. Cleofus, wash your mouth out with soap...

...you bad boy!

[Spinzonner]

6. They'll be labelled Ursinsurgents

and hunted down

[cleofus1]

8. you mean the bear?

they already killed it...they had pictures of it on KTUU...

[Spinzonner]

9. I'm sure it has coconspirators

[cleofus1]

10. nope

grizzly bear is all by hisself...full grown adult male,

[htuttle]

11. This aggression shall not stand!

[cleofus1]

12. well...

i am glad everyone here is getting a hoot out of this story,

i guess it's funny cause you don't know the victims...

[DenaliDemocrat]

14. Getting up close and personal

with a grizzly is no fun. People talk of things they know nothing about. Poor people, it sounds like they did everything right too. Good point, Alaska is NOT disneyland and remember, once you are out in the bush, you ARE NOT the top predator in the food chain.

[Nat-X]

15. Not the top predator...

Unless you actually use the firearm!

[cleofus1]

16. you have a point

but to be fair...most of the time a bear can close the gap on most people before they have a chance to get off an accurate shot....

[DenaliDemocrat]

17. Getting off a shot

is not too hard. It is making sure that the shot will break something important enough to put that bugger down. THAT is the hard part because those bears move FAST and you are going to get one crack at the bugger.

The same guys who tout their prowess with a weapon and have no "fear" of bears cause they have thier .375 H and H with them are the same guys who tell you to just climb a tree if all else fails..


(For those of you who don't know, finding a tree in most of Alaska large enough to climb out of harm's way in the form of a grizzly is probably NOT going to happen )