Taxman
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Mans remains found at camp 82 on Hazel Creek. Near found scavenging around his remains. Bear was “euthanized “.
Yeah, I doubt if it was "scavenging" his remains. I'd bet it pulled him out of his tent like that one did to that guy sleeping in the hammock at #84 a few years ago.Mans remains found at camp 82 on Hazel Creek. Near found scavenging around his remains. Bear was “euthanized “.
Mans remains found at camp 82 on Hazel Creek. Near found scavenging around his remains. Bear was “euthanized “.
I feel exactly the same. No way I would go to sleep without a pistol. And it's more because of the thought of the two-leggeds than the four-leggeds, but if it turns out this was a predatory attack, it would be the second fatal one and one of many, many non-fatal ones in the GSMNP in the last couple decades. I've had a few hairy campsite encounters with bears over the years in the GSMNP, but luckily, none so far that I couldn't get the bear run off eventually.Sad story for sure. It has been legal to carry with concealed carry permit in the park since 2010. I always carry when camping in the back country sites there. Hope to never have to use it but as the old saying goes, better to have it and not use it then to need it and not have it. One can usually just make some noise and the bears move off for a while anyway. Keeping the campsites clean of any food items not hung on the cables is extremely important. We always completely burn any food items not eaten such as fish bones after eating. As nchillbilly said you never know what the campers before you did. My brother had a park ranger tell him he would be in major trouble if he fired his pistol in the park. He told her that if he ever had to fire it in the park, that would be the least of his worries.