that is the incident I mentioned in an earlier post, Scott.  Two people were killed, attacked in their tents.  Mama and two cubs, cubs were older cubs.  They were relocated.  Mama was euthanized.  Mama had been guilty of camp raiding before.   Too bad about the two people, but too bad about the bears, too.  They were punished for trying to make a living.  At least the guys had committed a crime (they had food in their tent, a regular old on the ground tent.  In grizzly country.

mcneely

---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
> exactly.
> last summer, near Kalispell MT I think..
> a tent-sleeping camper or two were attacked right in their tents at night..
> one person killed for sure.
> I think it was a mama bear and two cubs ..
> but right smack in a normally-feels-safe national forest campground I
> believe.
>
> that would be an interesting way to go ..
> attacked and killed right in your tent by a bear.  Probably chewed on , if
> not drug off  and partially eaten too.
>
> 'mostly' bears don't attack humans unprovoked...
> but there are exceptions.
> I think they were grizzlies.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@ocotillofield.net>
> To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:17 AM
> Subject: Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
>
>
> > And try to forget that your sleeping body is, under the right  conditions,
> > food.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> >
> >> Keep everything
> >> associated with food completely separate from your sleeping body.
> >

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David McNeely