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Utah Fatal Bear Attack Update

Jun 18, 2007 @ 12:00 pm by Moose

This is an update on a story I posted earlier this morning.

According to Salt Lake Tribune Utah trackers have caught up with the suspected bear in the fatal attack last night of an 11 year old boy camping with his family.

AMERICAN FORK CANYON - A suspected killer bear has been shot today, and rifle-toting wildlife officers and a pack of specially trained hounds are following the beast’s blood trail.
The black bear is believed to have ripped open a tent and carried off an 11-year-old boy in his sleeping bag at a campsite late last night in the Timpooneeke trail area of American Fork Canyon. About 7 a.m., a volunteer hunter with the search team shot what was believed to be the renegade bear in a tree; the animal ran off, leaving a blood trail behind near the northeast tip of Mount Timpanogos.

This paper is also reporting that there was an incident the night before where a bear took a swipe at a camper in a tent in the early hours of Sunday morning. Authorities dispatched to the area could not locate the bear. The camper did not suffer any injuries in that attack.

Updates as they become available