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| Last Bear Attack Story For 2003 |
| 2003-12-31 |
| RIA Novosti was told in the Kamchtka search-rescue detachment that a bear tore a man to pieces in the Kronotsky wildlife refuge. One of the oldest workers of the Kronotsky wildlife refuge and well-known Kamchatka photographer and hunting specialist Vitaly Nikolayenko fell victim to a big bear 1.5 kilometres from the station on the territory of the wildlife refuge. Another bear "expert", seems to be a trend. Nikolayenko was taking a photograph of the beast and failed to use the weapon he was carrying when the bear attacked him. "Damm, I can’t seem to keep him in focus, it’s almost like he’s coming closer.........Shit!" The rescue workers brought the body to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. "Ivan, what’s in the baggie?" "Vitaly, what’s left of him, anyway." A total of about 600 Kamchatka bears live on the territory of the Kronotsky wildlife refuge but cases of attacks on man by beasts of prey are extremely rare. And extremely fatal. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 There are few mushroom experts that live to old age, heh heh. The more you learn about about lightning, the worse off you are...knowledge is fear. LOL! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-31 4:55:05 PM |
| #5 lightning? Oh I get it, bears never strike twice. First time is generally fatal. but mushrooms? |
| Posted by: john 2003-12-31 4:30:07 PM |
| #4 I had a good friend of mine, Michio Hoshino, of Fairbanks killed at his camp in Kamchatka some years ago. Michio knew bears as well as any expert. He kept his distance (unlike our recently departed Malibu friend) and did some amazing photography. If I am camping in the wilds up here, I carry a shotgun and have a good bear dog around. Bear attacks do not happen real often, but when they do, they are serious. They are like lightning or mushrooms, even the experts get done in if they let their guard down. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-31 2:40:21 PM |
| #3 but cases of attacks on man by beasts of prey are extremely rare. Probably because most humans are smart enough to stay away. |
| Posted by: OminousWhatever 2003-12-31 2:27:22 PM |
| #2 Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes you drink too much bØdka and the bear eats you. |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2003-12-31 12:10:42 PM |
| #1 And for my Piled Higher and Deeper I'm going to write my thesis on the workings of the digestive system of Bears from the inside. |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2003-12-31 9:43:15 AM |