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Ronald
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: Utah Boy Killed in Bear Attack |
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Camping can be dangerous...
Wow. I would never had thought you'd read about something like this in the news...
Utah Boy Killed in Bear Attack
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/18/ap3830675.html
Associated Press wrote: An 11-year-old boy was attacked and killed by a black bear as he slept in a tent with his family, police said.
The boy, sleeping alone in a section of the large tent, screamed before he was dragged away in his sleeping bag Sunday night in a canyon about 30 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, said sheriff's Lt. Dennis Harris (nyse: HRS - news - people ).
The boy's body was found about 400 yards from the tent in the direction of another campsite where a bear sighting had been reported earlier in the weekend, Harris said.
Authorities were searching for the bear Monday.
American Fork Canyon is a popular camping destination. Harris said the family was camping about two miles up a dirt road from a popular campground. |
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Xebulon
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, there go my plans for this weekend. |
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Ashton Gray
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Afraid of unfair prosecution, being a bear yourself, Xebulon? |
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Xebulon
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, that too I suppose. I was planning on taking a weekend off from suburban society and camping in the Shenandoah mountains. |
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Ashton Gray
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| So the only thing stopping you from going now is your fear, inspired by this sad article, correct? The odds of this happening are no greater or lesser now than they were before you read this, you know. Go ahead and go, go in a lockable R.V. if it makes you feel any safer but remember, the only thing making you think twice about this is your own fear, nothing more and nothing less. Have fun. |
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Xebulon
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| Not so much as fear as I don't want to be uncomfortable. By which I mean I don't want to spend the weekend with my best friend and his girlfriend, in the same tent. And yes, we only have the one tent. So... yeah. By not going, they still get to have fun and I don't have to feel awkward all the time. It's a win/win situation. :D |
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GoodBoy
Joined: 10 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:29 am Post subject: |
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Ashton Gray wrote: The odds of this happening are no greater or lesser now than they were before you read this, you know.
That's not really true. Odds are based on information. There isn't a bookmaker in the world who wouldn't change the odds based on new information.
Camping in general? Sure, no problem. But camping in that canyon 30 miles southeast of Salt Lake City wouldn't be a good idea right now. |
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