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Steerpike

(2,692 posts) Tue Oct 2, 2018, 01:23 PM Oct 2018

1 dead in bear mauling near Southeast Alaska mine

[link:http://www.ktva.com/story/39207410/1-person-reported-dead-in-southeast-alaska-bear-mauling|

An Oklahoma man died in a Monday mauling by brown bears in Southeast Alaska, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Troopers named the deceased Monday afternoon as 18-year-old Anthony David Montoya of Hollis, Okla. His next of kin have been notified.

"Montoya was mauled by a sow and two cubs," troopers wrote. "All three bears were killed prior to troopers arriving on scene."

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1 dead in bear mauling near Southeast Alaska mine (Original Post) Steerpike Oct 2018 OP

I mourn the bears who didn't go looking for a human to maul. marble falls Oct 2018 #1

marble falls

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1. I mourn the bears who didn't go looking for a human to maul.

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Tue Oct 2, 2018, 02:57 PM

Oct 2018

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