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    WILDLIFE officers have shot and killed a bear they believe snatched an 11-year-old boy from his family's tent and killed him.

    AP reported the boy, his mother, stepfather and six-year-old brother were camping in American Fork Canyon about 50km southeast of Salt Lake City for Father's Day when the bear approached the boy who was sleeping alone in a separate section of the tent.

    During the night, the boy's stepfather heard him scream "something's dragging me". He ran outside but there was no sign of the boy or his sleeping bag.

    US Forest Service officers told AP the cut in the nylon tent was so clean the boy's family believed he must have been abducted. They searched frantically without a flashlight for the boy before driving to another campground to call for help.

    "He was pounding on my trailer door. He said somebody cut his tent and took his son,'' John Sheely, host of the Timpooneke campground, who alerted authorities by driving down the canyon to a pay phone told AP. 

    Police blocked off all entrances to the canyon and began checking vehicles.

    The boy's body was found 350 meters from the tent, close to another campsite where a bear sighting had been reported earlier in the weekend, sheriff's Lt. Dennis Harris told AP.

    The bear, described as male, possibly 136 kilograms and "jet black" was pursued by hunters from the campsite using 26 tracking dogs and a helicopter.

    After being wounded early in the day, the bear was confirmed dead on Monday morning (local time) near the area where the boy was killed, Lt. Scott White of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said.

    An autopsy has confirmed the bear shot was the killer.

    It is not known what provoked the bear, though wildlife experts say they can smell food for miles.

    "When it's hot and dry like this, bears are short of food,'' Utah Division of Wildlife Resources director Jim Karpowitz told AP.

    http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21930078-2,00.html

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    Yeah that's why I don't go camping. Fuck bears. Fuck nature. I'll stay in the city and deal with the possibility of being shot or stabbed by a human. Poor bear. He was just hungry.
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    Re: 'Help, something's dragging me'

    why would anyone go camping without a gun?

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    [quote author=Hotsauce McGilacuty link=topic=8199.msg420167#msg420167 date=1182230168]
    why would anyone go camping without a gun?
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    If I ever decided to go camping I'd go buy a gun or make sure to borrow one. Fuck that. Remember that moron Grizzly man? He knew the bears on a personal level and he still got killed. In fact I think he thought that he was a bear.
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    [quote author=Wick link=topic=8199.msg420172#msg420172 date=1182230370]

    If I ever decided to go camping I'd go buy a gun or make sure to borrow one. Fuck that. Remember that moron Grizzly man? He knew the bears on a personal level and he still got killed. In fact I think he thought that he was a bear.
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    yeah that story was creepy.


    RIP poor boy, what a horrible way to go.
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    This is the reason why I don't go camping often.

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    [quote author=Hotsauce McGilacuty link=topic=8199.msg420167#msg420167 date=1182230168]
    why would anyone go camping without a gun?
    [/quote] like the 11 yr old would have access to it anyway.&nbsp; :-P
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    [quote author=Wick link=topic=8199.msg420172#msg420172 date=1182230370]

    If I ever decided to go camping I'd go buy a gun or make sure to borrow one. Fuck that. Remember that moron Grizzly man? He knew the bears on a personal level and he still got killed. In fact I think he thought that he was a bear.
    [/quote]

    This is why I would never, ever go camping.&nbsp; Well, beyond the whole 'just because a bear shits in the woods doesn't mean I should'.&nbsp;

    That Grizzly man thought he was a bear.&nbsp; Watching the doc I was impressed he wasn't killed earlier because he would handle their babies and stuff.&nbsp; Still if a bear attacked you in the middle of the night, even with a gun at reach I think it would be hard to react right.&nbsp; A bear can probably kill you pretty fast.

    It's sad but I also can't help but think &quot;A dingo ate my baby!&quot;

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    I've been camping a few times - not by choice.&nbsp; No bears here but we do have






    Stay inside kids.

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    [quote author=Hotsauce McGilacuty link=topic=8199.msg420167#msg420167 date=1182230168]
    why would anyone go camping without a gun?
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    exactly.&nbsp;

    the sauce knows her shit.&nbsp; she even carries the right gun!&nbsp;

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    Haha, I love camping!&nbsp; The only thing we ever had to watch for camping was someone eating all the marshmallows :lol:


    Gooooooooo Iowa!

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    [quote author=jesserz44 link=topic=8199.msg421392#msg421392 date=1182287335]
    Haha, I love camping!&nbsp; The only thing we ever had to watch for camping was someone eating all the marshmallows :lol:


    Gooooooooo Iowa!
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    hike-in camping spots at the ledges.&nbsp; fuck yeah!

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    [quote author=emmieslost link=topic=8199.msg421394#msg421394 date=1182287426]
    hike-in camping spots at the ledges.&nbsp; fuck yeah!
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    Doing a beer bong in one of the little rivers at ledges - fuck yeah!

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    [quote author=Hotsauce McGilacuty link=topic=8199.msg420167#msg420167 date=1182230168]
    why would anyone go camping without a gun?
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    And sleep with that mother fucker, and a flashlight.

    We are having bears coming into the city right now, when I go hiking I carry mine (even though its illegal).&nbsp; There was a guy that was stalked by a bear here a few months ago, luckily he got away.




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    [quote author=Wick link=topic=8199.msg420155#msg420155 date=1182229888]
    Yeah that's why I don't go camping. Fuck bears. Fuck nature. I'll stay in the city and deal with the possibility of being shot or stabbed by a human. Poor bear. He was just hungry.
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    I'm with Wick.

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    [quote author=Karalicious link=topic=8199.msg420884#msg420884 date=1182269014]
    like the 11 yr old would have access to it anyway.&nbsp; :-P
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    i knew how to lock and load when i was 5.
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    And sleep with that mother fucker, and a flashlight.

    We are having bears coming into the city right now, when I go hiking I carry mine (even though its illegal).&nbsp; There was a guy that was stalked by a bear here a few months ago, luckily he got away.




    [/quote]

    same here. and mountain lions. a couple weeks ago some kid was hiking with his dad and got snatched up by a mountain lion. the dad pretty much sat there and watched his kid get eaten.

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    [quote author=Hotsauce McGilacuty link=topic=8199.msg421460#msg421460 date=1182290438]
    i knew how to lock and load when i was 5.


    [/quote] well that's you. I highly doubt that a gun would have helped in this situation. I'm figuring that most people wouldn't let a child handle a gun.
    In a situation where it's adults, I agree that a gun could be mighty useful.
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    sad the boy died, but they shouldn't of killed the bear, they should of tranquilized it and moved it

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    [quote author=Olivia link=topic=8199.msg420002#msg420002 date=1182224173]
    The bear, described as male, possibly 136 kilograms and 'jet black' was pursued by hunters from the campsite using 26 tracking dogs and a helicopter.
    [/quote]Yea, of course it was a Black bear. I say the parents killed him, and there is no &quot;black bear&quot; :roll:
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    [quote author=Ron_NYC link=topic=8199.msg421493#msg421493 date=1182291586]
    Yea, of course it was a Black bear. I say the parents killed him, and there is no &quot;black bear&quot; :roll:
    [/quote]I bet if this were a polar bear, no one would be complaining.
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    [quote author=Karalicious link=topic=8199.msg421495#msg421495 date=1182291640]
    I bet if this were a polar bear, no one would be complaining.
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    Umm, poor kid.

    I don't like guns, and I definitely am not cool with bears.&nbsp; So I just kinda stay out of their stomping ground.&nbsp; No camping pour moi.

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    [quote author=andrea0121 link=topic=8199.msg421523#msg421523 date=1182292653]
    Umm, poor kid.

    I don't like guns, and I definitely am not cool with bears.&nbsp; So I just kinda stay out of their stomping ground.&nbsp; No camping pour moi.
    [/quote]Yea, really. I don't see any suburban families trying to spend a night in Compton.
    If it's the wild, why go there? Especially with your fuckin kid!
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    [quote author=Ron_NYC link=topic=8199.msg421529#msg421529 date=1182292856]
    Yea, really. I don't see any suburban families trying to spend a night in Compton.
    If it's the wild, why go there? Especially with your fuckin kid!

    [/quote]I just had the mental argument with myself of whether i'd rather wrestle with a dude with a gun or a bear. and I was holding a sleeping bag. It was weird.
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    [quote author=Ron_NYC link=topic=8199.msg421529#msg421529 date=1182292856]
    Yea, really. I don't see any suburban families trying to spend a night in Compton.
    If it's the wild, why go there? Especially with your fuckin kid!

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    Ummmm its fun.&nbsp; Besides its always nice to get shit faced around a camp fire.&nbsp;

    Being the city folk that you are Ron, you would probably never understand the greatness that is camping.

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