gun or food

pansTX420 · Post by **pansTX420** » Mon 18th Jun 2007 09:41 pm

Young Boy Killed By Bear In American Fork Canyon
SLIDESHOW: Utah Is Black Bear Country
SLIDESHOW: Wildlife Officials Kill Black Bear
(KUTV) PROVO Wildlife officers fatally shot a black bear Monday, hours after an 11-year-old boy was snatched from his family's tent and killed, a rare attack in Utah's Wasatch Mountains.

With 26 dogs assisting them in the search, authorities were confident that the bear was the same one that ripped through the tent shortly before midnight Sunday.

The bear was killed about 11:30 a.m. MDT near the area where the victim was mauled, said Lt. Scott White of the Utah Divison of Wildlife Resources.

``Truly a tragic event. ... Events of this type are extremely rare in Utah,'' Jim Karpowitz, director of the wildlife agency, said at a news conference before the bear's death was reported.

``I know of no other fatalities by a black bear in Utah,'' he said.

The boy, his mother, stepfather and a 6-year-old brother were sleeping in a large tent in a primitive camping area, about 30 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.

The stepfather heard a scream, and the boy and his sleeping bag were gone. A host from a nearby campground contacted police.

``When we got up there we realized, hey, this looks like a bear. The sleeping bag was pulled out of the tent,'' said Lt. Dennis Harris of the Utah County sheriff's office.

He said the boy's body was found about 400 yards away, in the direction of another campsite where a bear was seen earlier in the weekend and pursued by dogs without success. Authorities believe it was the same bear that killed the boy.

``When it's hot and dry like this, bears are short of food,'' Karpowitz said.

The Utah wildlife agency and the U.S. Forest Service pursued the wounded bear with the help of a helicopter. It was described as a male, possibly 300 pounds and ``jet black.''

American Fork Canyon is a popular camping destination and home to Timpanogos Cave National Monument. Harris said the family was camping about two miles up a dirt road.

``It's shaken everybody up. We're all distraught,'' said Scott Root, conservation outreach manager at the Utah wildlife agency. ``It could put a lot of fear in the public.''

It was not known what provoked the bear, though a bear can smell food for miles.

``They stick their nose in the air. It's like radar,'' said Hal Black, a biologist at Brigham Young University in Provo.

In July 2006, a black bear bit the arm of a 14-year-old Boy Scout while he slept in a tent, also in Utah County. The female bear returned to the campground and was killed. The boy was not seriously injured.

bluelaru · Post by **bluelaru** » Mon 18th Jun 2007 10:01 pm

hey.....

whats the point....didnt you post the same in weapoms

not a critazation.....just wondering.....

pansTX420 · Post by **pansTX420** » Mon 18th Jun 2007 10:04 pm

I wanted it in the personal weapons topic and only posted it here when I couod not find personal weapons then I found it and since that is where I wanted it anyway I reposted it.

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Mon 18th Jun 2007 11:53 pm

Car's (people driving cars) kill lots of people. I think I'm gonna make my car into a Madmax mobile...that'll shown 'em. I've heard there are burgulars on the prowl. Maybe I'll dig a moat.

If your'e playing in the bear's backyard, you got's to play by their rules maybe, maybe not. Who's to say.

bluelaru · Post by **bluelaru** » Tue 19th Jun 2007 11:46 am

oh brother......

here we go again

USbongLord · Post by **USbongLord** » Tue 19th Jun 2007 02:22 pm

cattales1960 · Post by **cattales1960** » Tue 19th Jun 2007 02:29 pm

ROFL bong! I can not beleive there is another thread popping up on a stoners web site about GUNS.

Nugs · Post by **Nugs** » Wed 20th Jun 2007 03:49 am

Speakers of Stoners and Weapons...

How come headshops always seem to sell pepper spray and knives? And not just any old knives... some have swords and crazy ass shit.

I never understood that.

DC · Post by DC » Wed 20th Jun 2007 09:22 pm

...cos who's gonna go into a 'knives, swords and crazy ass hit shop', Ninjas, chefs, the psychotically challenged.....and stoners.

Prestoned · Post by **Prestoned** » Wed 20th Jun 2007 10:33 pm

2 of 4

*Must buy funky knives*

milehigh · Post by **milehigh** » Thu 21st Jun 2007 06:12 am

Today is the longest day of the year in Holland. The sun came up before 5:00AM and does not go back down until 11:00PM at night. So yesterday I decided to go to the closest beach to just hang out with my gf for the day. We got on my bike in the Oude Zuide and rode all the way to Ijburg. They have moved the Blijburg Beach up and around the corner from where it used to be. It is all new construction out there and a real different view of Holland. All modern and very American looking with wide streets, etc. They did build in some canals, but they have these ugly metal bridges that just don't say "Holland" to me. The beach is very nice though and it can also be reached on tram 26. Order a pitcher of San Gria while there.

mh

DC · Post by DC » Thu 21st Jun 2007 09:37 am

Sweet, the longest day of the year and I fall out of bed at 9am. Mh, what are you doin up at 6!?!.

Hmmmm...Rembrant, Vondel, Blijburg or Zanvoort, decisions decisions.

DC · Post by DC » Thu 21st Jun 2007 02:09 pm

....roof, as it's turned into the longest cloudy day of the year.

For anybody in town tomorrow. My shift starts at 1 and ends at 7...be sure to be at the park or beach between those times as the sun will be out and blazing. However be warned...at 7pm....it's gonna rain.

cattales1960 · Post by **cattales1960** » Thu 21st Jun 2007 02:37 pm

awww the summer equinox.....

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Thu 21st Jun 2007 02:55 pm

I think it's a solstice.

Equinox's happen in the quarters between the longest and shortest days.

March 20/21 and Sept 23rd.

From the latin for "Equal Night"... as you get 12 hours of sunshine and 12 hours of night.