Hello:
A bit off topic, but a warning to be careful out there.
Mick Meyer
Cheapeake, Virginia
Monday, June 27, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
Couple killed by bear at campsite on Alaska's Hulahula River
By JEANNETTE J. LEE
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska 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 Saturday at a campsite near the river. They also shot and killed the animal.
The couple, whose names were not released, was 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.
The victims were in their tent when the attack occurred, according to Tim DeSpain, spokesman for Alaska State Troopers.
The campsite was clean, with food stored in bear-proof containers.
"The initial scene indicates that it was a predatory act by the bear," DeSpain said.
A rafter had seen the animal at the site and notified authorities.
The couple's injuries were consistent with a bear attack and there were no signs of foul play, said Kelly Alzaharna, a lieutenant with the North Slope Borough Police Department.
There were no other people at the campsite, which was about 12 miles up river from Kaktovik, a community of about 300 on Barter Island and the only village in the refuge.
Officials are not sure when the couple was killed.
Copyright ) 2005 The Seattle Times Company
-------------------------------------------------------
Scouting E-mail Discussion Lists @ usscouts.org
Subscribe/Unsubscribe at http://usscouts.org/lists/
Listserv Commands at http://usscouts.org/lists/lc.asp
-------------------------------------------------------
Send listserv commands to: listserv@troop47.com
Send postings to: philmont@troop47.com
List FAQ found at: http://usscouts.org/lists/faq.asp
List Administrator: philmont_owner@troop47.com
-------------------------------------------------------
As you gather around this virtual campfire with fellow
Scouts and Scouters, do your best to be trustworthy,
loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
-------------------------------------------------------
Received on Mon Jun 27 08:01:26 2005
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Wed Jul 26 2006 - 11:59:57 CDT