Date:         Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:16:27 -0600
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
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---- mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> Those are not the facts as I read them a few months ago. 3 tents with
> people in them were attacked late at night. All of the victims had their
> food properly stored in bear boxes in the camp. The tents were not
> adjacent but quite spread apart at different locations. The bears
> attacked for reasons not understood.

This AP story seems to confirm your recollections, not mine.  I heard the reports on two different NPR stations very near to the time the incident happened, actually hearing of the incident one day, and of its resolution a day or so later.  I also seem to recall the fate of the younger bears incorrectly, as this AP story states that the two young bears were sent to a zoo.

Memory is a funny thing.  Mine seems to be wrong in this case, at least based on this AP report and your recollections.

mcneely