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Monday, June 04, 2001

We’re dealing with the bear consuming part of the flesh. It’s pretty brutal

"They put everything they had into the tent, and when they came back out of the tent the bear was right there at the campsite, just a few meters away, and that prompted them both to run off into the wooded area behind, and the bear took chase after Mr. Harry and the girl managed to survive."

Globe and Mail. A highly rare bear attack in the Northwest Terroritories. "Through the wooded area it's kind of hard to judge the distance, but it was no more than 30 to 50 yards, maybe, from where they were camping if you drew a straight line into the woods. The bear managed to catch up to Mr. Harry and maul him and kill him. Now the girl did look back. She went up a little rise here and looked back and did see the bear on Mr. Harry, and he was screaming for her to go get help, which she did. She kept running and eventually got back to the highway area and some people there took her into town."'

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