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Bear kills 16yo doing a trail run in Alaska

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The runner had apparently made it to the halfway point turnaround and was on his way down when he used his phone to text a family member at 12:37 p.m. that he was being chased by a bear

Sean98
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I can barely text and walk, much less text and run. ...then again he got caught so I'm guessing it was the same for him.
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Sean98 said:

I can barely text and walk, much less text and run. ...then again he got caught so I'm guessing it was the same for him.
I know this is a serious topic, but that was a good one....
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Voice to Text speech recognition really isn't too difficult
Ol Jock 99
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Buck Compton said:

Voice to Text speech recognition really isn't too difficult
Mine screws up frequently, even when I'm not running down a mountain being chased by a bear.
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Not that it would have necessarily worked, but I guess it would have been better to stop running and play dead.
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I guess running downhill when being chased by a bear is a myth.
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Damn I was NOT expecting it to be a black bear that killed him.
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aggiedent said:

Not that it would have necessarily worked, but I guess it would have been better to stop running and play dead.
Nope. Especially not with a predatory black bear. Should fight back and not play dead.
Ol Jock 99
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I wonder if the kid broke his leg or something. Or if the bear was bigger than the reported 250 pounds.
aggiedent
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I didn't read the article and ASSumed it was a brown bear. Bad me. No, from my time in Alaska the rule on black bears was to assume they were going to eat you, so fight back. I would have stopped running and picked up the closest thing that resembled a weapon.
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Very sorry for the kid and his family, that must have been terrifying way to go.
I just happened to hear the Smokey THE Bear Ad with the "bear hug", and I wonder if they are sending the wrong message?
Not that this kid's experience was at all similar.
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Not that I would experience many "bear events" in the Petroplex, but I appreciate people mentioning that not all bears should be treated the same. I guess I need to study bear types more if I head into the mountains.
My only assumption up until this thread would have been play possum.
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Yeah, you fight a black bear regardless of the circumstances. They are just likely to give up....that being said, the worst injuries ever inflicted by a bear at Philmont were either at 119 lbs or just over 200 lbs (really damn close to being a fatality). Even sickly they are a powerful animal.

Sucks royally that it happened. Running from it didn't help....I realize this may be more of a function of what he was doing at the time. Granted, if he was texting he was running from a bear...well
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- "Hey Siri"

"Yes Todd, I'm Listening."

- "I'm Being Chased By a Bear"

"I found the following results for forest fires."

Mathguy64
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- "Hey Siri"

"Yes Todd, I'm Listening."

- "I'm Being Chased By a Bear"

"I found the nearest location for Build-A-Bear in Outlands Mall 253 miles to the South in Fairbanks. Here are the directions."



Martin Q. Blank
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- "Hey Siri"

"Yes Todd, I'm Listening."

- "I'm Being Chased By a Bear"

wheelz
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Pull up female black bear mating call and drop the phone.
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Bear reference starts at 2:50 mark.
Lance in Round Mountain
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"Rangers don't know why it attacked the runner."

Food perhaps?
Presley OBannons Sword
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Man what a sad story.
Presley OBannons Sword
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Lose A Few said:

"Rangers don't know why it attacked the runner."

Food perhaps?

Possible, but really unusual for a black bear, especially this time of year.
Presley OBannons Sword
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There was just another black bear mauling in Alasa
ursusguy
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Regardless of what triggered it, heck it could simply be in the sh-- happens category, the fact it was still there and seemingly guarding puts this in the predatory category.

Keep in mind, a grizzly is more likely to intiate something defensively, a black bear is morely likely to decide "well, I beat the crap out if it, might as well eat it too" even if that wasn't the initial issue.
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Kid was probably trying to start a fire.
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Its been a sad few days with these black bear attacks. Every blackie I have ever encountered has hightailed it the other direction, but bears are like people, there are jerks in every bunch.
Sean98
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User name checks out.
mts6175
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One of my coworkers just got back from Alaska with his wife. Said they hiked that trail two days earlier.
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