11 Year Old Killed by Bear

[zippy-kat]

I wish I could post the article that appeared in my paper. I could retype it but I've already lined the bunny's litterbox with it.

At any rate, it talked about how the kid was screaming, "Something's dragging me!" And the Dad thought the kid had been abducted (due to the slit in the tent); he drove (ran?) to the campground manager person (sorry, I have no idea what the correct term is) and that guy called the cops.

They later found the body.


That article mentioned nothing about the "dirty campers." So that information puts a new spin on it for me. (I don't like bears AT ALL --little bit of a phobia-- so my thoughts were/are somewhat prejuidice.)


You know, some people never think of how their actions impact those in their wake. That poor family.

[wolf_Q]

I like bears...they are beautiful animals...to see from a distance in the safety of my car. I've seen several in Yellowstone/Tetons, even a couple of grizzlies. But I have a bear phobia too, I'm really paranoid when tent camping, I don't let any food in the tent, period, everything has to be stored in the car, etc. and my friend thinks I'm nuts. I told her about this and she still says I have an irrational fear of bears. It's sad because people feeding wild animals (intentionally or not) leads to problems for both the animals and the people.

[wombat2u2004]

OMG........the stomach contents of the bear confirmed it ???? The bear ate the kid ????? Your kidding !!!!!! Bears eat people ????????????????
Wom

[elizabethann]

That poor kid. I feel so sorry for his family.

[Kfamr]

How heartbreaking. And scary it was so close to where we were!

[angelbow20]

That is so sad, We have bears around here and since everybody keeps building houses where all the woods and land is the bears, wild cats and deer are appearing much more. I live in town and a few weeks ago somebody hit a coyote not even a block away from my house and a couple days before that it tried to eat some ladies dog. We also had deer in our yard like a yr ago! I couldnt imagine a bear though they are so pretty but so scary!

[ramanth]

So tragic.

Even when we tent camped in Kentucky, we took measures to keep wild animals out of the tent. Locking food in the trunk and taking all garbage to the dumpsters.

[RICHARD]

That is one of the most effing scariest Close Encounters with wild animals..


I had one once, I didn;t get eaten, but it took me three days to get over it.

[steel]

OMG........the stomach contents of the bear confirmed it ???? The bear ate the kid ????? Your kidding !!!!!! Bears eat people ????????????????
Wom

yep....they sure do.utah has had a dry spell this year so food is low.the bears get quite hungry & will eat just about anything edible & that includes human flesh.i sure hope the boy died quickly but i doubt it.

[wombat2u2004]

yep....they sure do.utah has had a dry spell this year so food is low.the bears get quite hungry & will eat just about anything edible & that includes human flesh.i sure hope the boy died quickly but i doubt it.

Yeah, but it was a black bear. I've heard of grizzlies eating people.....but I thought black bears werre much smaller and sort of harmless.
Wom

[steel]

when a wild animal is hungry they will pretty much eat anything.may the boy RIP.

[mugsy]

I feel sorry for the boy and his family, but, it's a tragedy that humans encroach on wildlife's habitat and don't have enough respect for it to clean up after themselves which allows things like this to happen. It's not the bear's fault. He/she was working instinctively. He/she was protected his/her food source.

When I was in high school we went camping in MT and found out that we were staying in a motel for the night before we took off hiking the next day. At camp the following day they told us that 2 people had been killed in that campsite 2 nights before. They were told exactly where they shouldn't camp, and that's where they plopped their tent. Hmmmm...and they say animals are brainless.

I truly feel for the boy and the suffering that I'm sure he endured...how horribly frightening and painful. RIP