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Steerpike

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Mon Oct 1, 2018, 01:36 PM Oct 2018

Soldier badly hurt after shot bear falls on him

[link:http://www.ktva.com/story/39201787/hunter-wounded-after-shot-bear-falls-on-him|

An Anchorage-based Army soldier was severely injured Saturday when he was struck by a falling bear he and a hunting partner had shot, Alaska State Troopers said.

William McCormick, 28, and Zachary Tennyson, 19, were hunting in the area above Carter Lake near Moose Pass at the time of the incident, according to a trooper dispatch. Dispatchers in Soldotna first learned of it at about noon Saturday through a signal from an InReach satellite beacon.

“The pair were hunting in the area and shot a bear above them on a ridge,” troopers wrote. “The bear rolled down the slope dislodging rocks in the process. [McCormick] was injured when he was struck by both a rock and the bear.”


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Soldier badly hurt after shot bear falls on him (Original Post) Steerpike Oct 2018 OP
Oh wow that's a real shame Fullduplexxx Oct 2018 #1
thoughts and prayers. n/t dixiegrrrrl Oct 2018 #2
Is this when we're supposed to give thoughts and prayers to the human? in2herbs Oct 2018 #3
All natural justice. democratisphere Oct 2018 #4
Poor bear janterry Oct 2018 #5
Oh no! Thoughts and prayers to the soldier. Much love and respect for the bear. Autumn Oct 2018 #6
I'm more about the bear, myself. I just don't feel the hunter at all. Just saying. marble falls Oct 2018 #7
You realize these assholes are never going to live this down jmowreader Oct 2018 #8
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