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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 08/11/2009 : 12:16:43
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I hate tthis species of animal lover!
OURAY, Colo. -- An autopsy showed a 74-year-old Ouray County woman whose body was found being eaten by a bear was attacked and killed by that same bear after she attempted to help a smaller bear that had been hurt in a fight.
The son-in-law of Donna Munson told 7NEWS that Munson was trying to help a smaller bear that had gotten into a fight with an older bear on Aug 7. The smaller bear suffered broken teeth in the brawl, Munson told her family.
Munson told her brother by telephone that she was putting out hard-boiled eggs and milk for the younger bear to eat, said the victim's son-in-law, Bruce Milnes aid.
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And what did this lamewit accomplish?
Later that day, a witness found a large bear feeding on Munson's body as it lay outside her home.
When deputies arrived to investigate the report of a mauling on Friday, they were approached by a 250-pound bear, which was actively sniffing the body. A deputy with the Ouray Sheriff's Office fired six rounds and killed the bear. A necropsy on that bear showed that it neither attacked nor fed on Munson.
On Saturday about 3 a.m., a second bear was acting aggressively towards investigators who were still at the house. A DOW investigator shot and killed that bear -- a 400-pound male bear.
A necropsy on that second bear revealed human tissue as well as remnants of a shirt that Munson was wearing, according to the Ouray Sherrif's Office.
Officials said the DOW had known for years that Munson routinely fed bears and would not stop, even after repeated requests from the DOW. |
She accomplished getting herself killed as well as two bears. Idiot!
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2009 : 12:45:29 [Permalink]
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Reminds me of that guy who loved and wrote about grizzly bears and got himself killed in Alaska, along with his girlfriend, because he had this idea that the bears were okay enough with him that he could camp near them... I don't have time to look up the case history now.
No shortage of people worthy of Darwin Awards.
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2009 : 14:23:39 [Permalink]
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Stephen Colbert would never have done such a thing.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
 Posted - 08/11/2009 : 17:05:43 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Reminds me of that guy who loved and wrote about grizzly bears and got himself killed in Alaska, along with his girlfriend, because he had this idea that the bears were okay enough with him that he could camp near them... I don't have time to look up the case history now.
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Timothy Treadwell, whose story was featured in the documentary (mockumentary?) Grizzly Man.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2009 : 08:07:01 [Permalink]
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| I like seeing bears just as much as the next guy, but as any bear-aware folder will tell you (and most zoos will, albeit for a different reason): DON'T FEED THE BEARS. |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2009 : 09:36:47 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
Originally posted by Kil
Reminds me of that guy who loved and wrote about grizzly bears and got himself killed in Alaska, along with his girlfriend, because he had this idea that the bears were okay enough with him that he could camp near them... I don't have time to look up the case history now.
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Timothy Treadwell, whose story was featured in the documentary (mockumentary?) Grizzly Man.
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Treadwell was a criminally insane fool who got the natural selection that he had coming to him. I'm provisionally sorry about his girlfriend, though. Maybe she didn't have it coming.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2009 : 11:54:12 [Permalink]
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As I mentioned in Shallow End One, you do not fuck with bears. They are extraordinarily dangerous animals, and I know from extraordinarily dangerous. The lovely bear, and they are certainly lovely, that you think is so cute, might take you apart for trying to get friendly.
It is said that they are unpredictable but this is not entirely true. If the animal is feeding or on either gender side of in heat, or might feel that it's territory is threatened, or, hell, might be just having a bad hair day today, it could well attack. That's any bear.
I like bears. They are clowns with dignity; beasts with beauty. I plan a trip to the Smokey's this fall, arthritis, cash and pickup truck willing, and hope to see one or two as well as Timber Rattlers. But, call me stingy if you will, there is no way I will get close enough to share my lunch with any.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2009 : 10:06:53 [Permalink]
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There is absolutely no animal that scares me more than a grizzly.
You can not outrun it and you can not out climb it. If it wants you, it has you (unless your armed to the teeth....most handguns need not apply).
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I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2009 : 11:30:29 [Permalink]
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Nothing short of a hot-loaded .44 Maggie, is even worthy of consideration. Alas, it seems unlikely that I'll ever get to a place where I'd feel called upon to be packing such a hand-cannon. Would that it could be. 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Saga
New Member
13 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 09:53:43 [Permalink]
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What amazes me is that people that OBVIOUSLY live in bear country are doing something so infantile and stupid.
Bears are personally my favorite animal. But I'm also very aware they have enough strength to part my head from my body in one half-attempted swoop.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 10:24:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Saga
What amazes me is that people that OBVIOUSLY live in bear country are doing something so infantile and stupid.
Bears are personally my favorite animal. But I'm also very aware they have enough strength to part my head from my body in one half-attempted swoop.
Nice going lady.
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Bears can be delightful and entertaining, especally a sow with a cub or two in tow. But they are best observed from a respectful distance.
Welcome to SFN Saga!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Trish
SFN Addict
USA
2102 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 14:23:46 [Permalink]
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| Which is why I like viewing my bears through a long lens rather than up close and personal. Did go bear hunting with a bow once. Um, closer to them than I like. Also didn't shoot any not enough poundage on my bow to do much more than piss them off. |
...no one has ever found a 4.5 billion year old stone artifact (at the right geological stratum) with the words "Made by God."
No Sense of Obligation by Matt Young
"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and vile!"
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.
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Shallow end of the gene pool redux
