Date:         Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:14:35 -0900
Reply-To:     Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
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From:         Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject:      Re: In Alaska,  Bear Attacks Camper NVC
Comments: To: Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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Sounds like The Russian Rver Campground on the Kenai Peninsula.  Those are the more dangerous bears as they are not afraid of humans.  Every summer people are charged by bears there and more than one bear has been put down for being too agressive.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Date: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:14 pm
Subject: In Alaska,  Bear Attacks Camper NVC
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> I was in Alaska with the wife and kids.  The camp was next to the placewhere the grizzly bears were eating the salmon all day.  They walked through the camp at night between the tents and motor homes and my van with the top up.  And I slept on the top ...  The wife was petrified of them.  The family slept on the bottom bed.  I was the bait.  And they were huge.  Once we had to stop the van because one of  them was crossing the road about two yards in front. That small river was littered with half eaten salmons.  They  walked between the salmon and picked one out with their eye and chased until caught.  This
> happened just before their hibernation.  Millions of huge salmons. The people were up on the river bank watching from a realtively safe distance of thirty yard.  A ranger was there to take care of trouble.
> Zoltan
>