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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (7141)	7/29/2000 3:16:19 PM
From: sidney-8	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

If this sounds like a bear attack, just wait til the dow cracks... cut from a paddlewise post: Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:15:29 -0800 From: Subject: [Paddlewise] bear attack-for real All jokes aside this bear attack was for real! I just visited at the hospital a kayaker from Juneau, who was atttacked and bitten by a brown bear near Angoon on Admirality Island here in Southeast Alaska. Admirality has the highest concentration of brown bear in the world and the Tlingit call it Kootznnwoo meaning "the fortress of the bear" His story is that he was solo kayaking camping near Angoon. On sunday morning after packing up most of his gear he was in the process of putting on his dry suit when "a sixth sense told him something was near". He turned to see a bear "10 to 15 feet from him". He told me he felt if he could get to the water he could get away from the bear but as he ran to the water the bear grabbed him on the back of the upper portion of his leg, bit him once then let him go and ran into the woods. At this point he had to retreve his paddle , spray skirt and pfd which were still "up at the campsite" He said though scared he had to go up and get them even though it meant exposing himself to another attack. The bear never appeared. He paddled back to Angoon but had to wait for the tide to change at a tidal rapids. while waiting he called into a local lodge (I forgot to ask what type of radio or cell phone he had) when the local lodge owner heard his story he sent a power boat to get him and had the emt's ready. he was medivacked to Sitka and he was released from the hospital this afternoon and flew back home to Juneau. The main concern is infection from the bite. COMMENTS: This has been a bad summer in Southeast Alaska for human / bear encounters. A camper was killed near Hyder by a brown bear. Appearently he was camped in an area heavily traveled by brown bears and the state biologists described it as a rare predatory attack by a brown bear. Last week two brown bear were shot in Sitka (both within a quarter mile of my house). the salmon run is late this year so the bears are wandering around town for food. both bears were going after people's pet goats and chickens. also last saturday a fun alpine race turned frightening as the lead runner ran between a bear and her cub. the bear charged but a race offical shot over it's head and the bear ran away. Where the kayaker was attacked is an area where sockeye salmon are currently spawning (although he was not at the creek itself.) so my guess is there were many bears in the area and the aggression may have been a by product of the heavily concerntration of bears in each others territory. Also I would guess that the bear was startled by the man's presence, sometimes bears blunder or graze their way into camp without realizing humans are near by. Running from the bear may have triggered the attack but that may have happened anyway due to the closeness of the bear. It is easy to say "don't run from a bear" but in real life we all might find ourselves saying "feet don't fail me know" the best lesson to gather from this is to always be on alert when in bear country and keep a communication devise handy in case of the worse. Also the kayaker said "next time I will keep my gun or bear spray on me" so what ever deterent you carry keep it handy.