Hiker photographs bear just before fatal grizzly attack

[Doomsday101]

(CNN) -- A southern California man killed by a grizzly bear in Alaska's backcountry was shooting photos of the animal that killed him just moments before the attack, a National Park Service official said Sunday.

The bear that killed Richard White, 49, was still with his body when rangers found him in Denali National Park on Saturday, the official said.

The San Diego resident had been backpacking alone for three nights when he was mauled to death by the bear, according to a park service statement.

Photographs found in his camera revealed that White was watching the bear for at least eight minutes near a river before the attack.

"The bear was generally unaware that he was there until the last couple of shots, then his attention turned," park spokeswoman Maureen McLaughlin said.

The photographs "are not that demonstrative" and show "nothing graphic, or any showing major signs of aggression," McLaughlin said. "We're not sure what happened after the camera was put down."

State troopers, park rangers and wildlife biologists, using the photos to identify the "large male bear," shot and killed the animal as it was still "defending the kill site along the Toklat River as the recovery team attempted to reach White's remains," the park service said.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/26/us/alaska-bear-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1

[Doomsday101]

Stupid, can't believe anyone would stand there taking photos that close to a Grizzly. That Bear sees you as food nothing more.

[Hostile]

A kid I used to play with as a kid was killed and eaten by a bear. His Dad found his body. Just his head and left shoulder.

I have never understood why people get so close to a wild animal that can kill you.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Stupid, can't believe anyone would stand there taking photos that close to a Grizzly. That Bear sees you as food nothing more.

Sounds like the guy is responsible for his own death.

Someone on the radio was talking about it this morning and said they had not had a person killed by a bear in that area for around a 100 years.

Also said something along the lines that people have to take some kind of class or read something that outlined the do's and don'ts and that this type of thing was covered in them.

Don't know if the radio guys were just hearing stuff or what but I would imagine that there is some truth to what they were saying.

[Sam I Am]

I would not go into the woods alone where bears or any other aggressive / protective animals live. If I were going into a place like that, there would be at least two of us and both would have shotguns and I would shoot any animal that came within 50 feet of me or shows aggression toward me within 100 feet.

[Doomsday101]

Sounds like the guy is responsible for his own death.

Someone on the radio was talking about it this morning and said they had not had a person killed by a bear in that area for around a 100 years.

Also said something along the lines that people have to take some kind of class or read something that outlined the do's and don'ts and that this type of thing was covered in them.

Don't know if the radio guys were just hearing stuff or what but I would imagine that there is some truth to what they were saying.

I read the same thing. In order to go hiking into the back country you are suppose to attend a class and get a permit. It is truely some wild country in Alaska. Evidently he was pretty close to the Bear he was taking photo of, hard to believe since these animals can get up to 35 mph so the notion you can out run them is far fetched, he will catch you and he will kill you with ease. He is a Bear he does not know any better we are just food in his eyes

[wittenacious]

Stupid, can't believe anyone would stand there taking photos that close to a Grizzly.

That Bear sees you as food nothing more.
Totally stupid!!!

I mean, if you're gonna hike in the wild, armed with only a camera, at least take a hiking buddy along with you who can put a trained weapon (of appropriate caliber to do the job) on the carnivore-of-opportunity you want to photograph. SMH.

Another example of thinning the dumbest of the herd. Nature's way.

[Doomsday101]

Totally stupid!!!

I mean, if you're gonna hike in the wild, armed with only a camera, at least take a hiking buddy along with you who can put a trained weapon (of appropriate caliber to do the job) on the carnivore of choice you want to photograph. SMH.

Another example of thinning the dumbest of the herd. Nature's way.

Or at least a hiking buddy you know you can out run. :laugh2:

It is hard to know what is going on in the minds of some people.

[Phoenix]

In related news, something to watch for next :popcorn: :D


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[ConcordCowboy]

The worst part is the Grizzly gets killed because of this guys stupidity.

[BrAinPaiNt]

In related news, something to watch for next :popcorn: :D


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I thought Snoop Lion was back in the states now...Did not know he went to London after he left Jamaica. :p:

[BrAinPaiNt]

The worst part is the Grizzly gets killed because of this guys stupidity.

Agree.

[Rynie]

What's crazy is a bear can climb a tree faster than any human, so there's really no escape. I don't think I respect any wild animal any more than a bear. Maybe a lion. haha.

[a_minimalist]

What's crazy is a bear can climb a tree faster than any human, so there's really no escape. I don't think I respect any wild animal any more than a bear. Maybe a lion. haha.

You almost touched on what I preach about bears all of the time. You can't escape a bear. They swim, they run fast, and they climb trees like champs. In other words, you're screwed.

[Hostile]

The worst part is the Grizzly gets killed because of this guys stupidity.True, but it is mostly because once they know you are a food, they will kill more humans.

I hate that the animal is punished for his ignorance.

[Rynie]

You almost touched on what I preach about bears all of the time. You can't escape a bear. They swim, they run fast, and they climb trees like champs. In other words, you're screwed.
Exactly. They really are awesome specimens.

[arglebargle]

Grizzlies are very territorial, and see people as threats when surprised or protecting cubs. The only bets you have on getting away from one are by running down a sharp slope or swimming downstream. Lewis and Clark Expedition members (the first Americans to meet Grizzly Bears) generally used swimming tactics to escape.

One Grizzly expert strongly favored just standing still, calmly as possible. He'd used it successfully three times, with bears stopping their charges within five feet of him. He also freely acknowledged that if those tactics didn't work, you weren't go to be complaining to him about it.

[Dallas]

Pshh.... bears.... All I need is a good one of these....

http://broomss.com/images/broom/4_broom.jpg

This man took the class and had the bear knowledge given to every hikers going into the park. You have to take it before you are given a permit. The permit states you have to move from bears as soon as they are encountered and keep at least .5 miles between you and them.

This man sat within 50 yrds of this bear and basically pressed the situation. There was also another bear involved. When our troopers showed up, there was this bear being aggressive and another sitting on the food.

One bear was destroyed and it was the bear on the pics and after loosening it's innards, they confirmed it was the mans killer bear.

Sad

[wittenacious]

Or at least a hiking buddy you know you can out run. :laugh2:
Even better. :lmao:

It is hard to know what is going on in the minds of some people.I think they must think they're lookin' at friendly ole Smokey Bear. And "Smokey" is lookin' at them like they're a fire that needs to be extinguished... immediately!

[a_minimalist]

Exactly. They really are awesome specimens.

Totally agree. Bears, Great Whites, and Lions/Tigers.

[Sam I Am]

Totally agree. Bears, Great Whites, and Lions/Tigers.

You forgot one.

http://thebeersessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sam_i_am.jpg

[Yakuza Rich]

On the show 'I'm Shouldn't Be Alive' they went over a story about a teenager who got mauled by a grizzly bear. They had to show an animation of what the bear did to the guy. Essentially, one swipe by the bear and it practically took a chunk of about 1/2 of his leg off and he could see his own femural artery.

Just devastating to watch the animation.





YR

[DallasCowpoke]

Stupid, can't believe anyone would stand there taking photos that close to a Grizzly. That Bear sees you as food nothing more.

Timothy Treadwell helps an aspiring Food Blogger take photos of his yummy evening meal.

"Treadwells are especially delicious when enjoyed al fresco", notes aspiring food blogger.
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[vta]

Timothy Treadwell helps an aspiring Food Blogger take photos of his yummy evening meal.

"Treadwells are especially delicious when enjoyed al fresco", notes aspiring food blogger.
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I watched that awful movie. That poor guy should have been locked up for his own good (and the woman he brought out there with him). He just was not at all right in the head and made it as long as he did on luck.

[Doomsday101]

I watched that awful movie. That poor guy should have been locked up for his own good (and the woman he brought out there with him). He just was not at all right in the head and made it as long as he did on luck.

seems like shooting yourself would be the easier way to go. To be attacked and eaten I can think of many other ways I would rather go.

[dez_for_prez]

Almost as dumb as this guy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Treadwell)

[dez_for_prez]

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Beat me to it.

[DallasCowpoke]

I watched that awful movie. That poor guy should have been locked up for his own good (and the woman he brought out there with him). He just was not at all right in the head and made it as long as he did on luck.

I've watched the whole thing once and parts of it 2-3 other times. But every time I've run across it, I can't turn it off. It's like watching a car wreak. Talk about a case study in bi-polar disease!

[Howardlittleton64]

What's crazy is a bear can climb a tree faster than any human, so there's really no escape. I don't think I respect any wild animal any more than a bear. Maybe a lion. haha.

Adult Grizzlies don't climb trees that well FWIW. They can but not as well.

[zrinkill]

Natural selection.

The reason there are so many stupid people is that we do not allow them to do things like this.

[Doomsday101]

Natural selection.

The reason there are so many stupid people is that we do not allow them to do things like this.

True, the one thing humans are suppose to be superior at. We clearly are not stronger, faster in terms of ability but what puts us ahead of animals is we are supposedly more intelligent. :laugh2:

[tupperware]

CVMBdi4dgME

[Howardlittleton64]

Honestly the bear was just playing

http://www.gunslot.com/files/gunslot/imagecache/page/images/69394.jpg

[Future]

CVMBdi4dgME
How does a guy like that get a wife...let alone a hot one?

Also, I don't know if domesticated bears are different, but I wouldn't be shocked if somewhere down the line he looked at Brutus crooked, and that's that.

[tupperware]

How does a guy like that get a wife...let alone a hot one?

Also, I don't know if domesticated bears are different, but I wouldn't be shocked if somewhere down the line he looked at Brutus crooked, and that's that.

I'm expecting that that will happen sooner or later.

[vta]

How does a guy like that get a wife...let alone a hot one?

Also, I don't know if domesticated bears are different, but I wouldn't be shocked if somewhere down the line he looked at Brutus crooked, and that's that.

Generally I'd say as much too. Bart the Bear, of The Edge and Legends of the fall seems to have broken that stereotype though. He died without ever mauling his trainer or any actors on set.

[casmith07]

What's crazy is a bear can climb a tree faster than any human, so there's really no escape. I don't think I respect any wild animal any more than a bear. Maybe a lion. haha.

I have a ton of respect for Wolves.

[Hoofbite]

OT but I worked in a mountain resort town once and my manager at the time told me a story about a time he had to kill a bear.

He said he was in Alaska and was carrying what amounts to a hand cannon. Something like The Joker shoots down the Batwing with in the original Batman.

Anyway, he said the Bear stalked him for a bit and then finally came after him. He unloaded all he had and the Bear dropped.

Then the guy lowers his voice and explains to me that he kept "the pecker-bone".

At this point I became very disinterested and barely recall him explaining they have some sort of value or something like that.

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

Well that was not very smart at all.

[tupperware]

uMbnmLLnsfw

[Rynie]

uMbnmLLnsfw
I would crap my pants. WOW.

[Dallas]

http://m.adn.com/adn/db_90848/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=q49ZPPWU


More story with no pecker information, sorry Hoof.

[Seven]

The worst part is the Grizzly gets killed because of this guys stupidity.


Yep. And the immediate family is probably gonna sue the forest.



Apples don't fall far from the tree.............

[Bungarian]

I think the best way to defend yourself would be first cover yourself with mustard. Bears hate mustard but love peanut butter. After covering yourself in mustard shoot yourself in the arm and start spinning in circles. The bear will leave you alone.

[OklahomaCowboy88]

A kid I used to play with as a kid was killed and eaten by a bear. His Dad found his body. Just his head and left shoulder.

I have never understood why people get so close to a wild animal that can kill you.

Small world. We might no some of the same people. My uncle and dad used to tell a very similar story. Where u from and when did that happen?

[OklahomaCowboy88]

The video about the guy with the bear is cute adn all, but I really doubt it's going to end well.

[Hoofbite]

uMbnmLLnsfw

The scariest part is probably the fact that the bear was there the whole time but almost entirely invisible.