[pct-l] Bear Killed in Section D

[chwillet at indiana.edu (Christopher Willett)]

When I went through Little Jimmy in late May, I ran into three groups
(Team France, Sue and Gay, and some dude) of 
thru hikers who had a bear encounter that night.  The bear apparently 
entered the camp ground and rummaged about for food.  The bear got at the 
random dude's food, but he drove it off.  He chewed on Sue and Gay's
Ursack, but didn't get all the food in it.  The random dude put his food
in the trash can, but the bear promptly retrieved it and kept it.  Team 
France put their food in the rafters of the outhouse and had no problem.

Chris

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, judson wrote:

> I remember Donna Saufley saying something about a problem bear at Little
> Jimmy back in May or June. Same one, perhaps?
> 
> Judson
> Ashland, OR
> 
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> 
> 
> I have been meaning to post this to the list for a few weeks, but I've been
> too busy. Here it is anyway;
> 
> Posted in the Inland Valley Bulletin about 4 weeks ago;
> 
> <<<
> Bear Suspected in Attacks Killed
> By Diana L. Roemer
> STAFF WRITER
> 
> A bear that attacked a hiker and a Girl Scout troop to get their food was
> trapped and killed by officers at a mountain campsite, California Fish and
> Game
> officials said Monday.
> 
> Spokeswoman Lorna Bernard said a trap was set for the animal July 30 after
> receiving two July reports about a "vicious" California Black Bear knocking
> down
> campers to get their food at Little Jimmy Campground, off Angeles Crest
> Highway north of Azusa.
> 
> A reportedly healthy bear - believed to be the culprit because of a
> description given by campers - was killed July 31 by Fish and Game officers
> after he
> was trapped, Bernard said.  No one was seriously injured in the July 3 and
> July
> 23 attacks, which Bernard said are the first reported attacks in California
> since 2001.
> 
> But the July 23 attack was called "vicious" and "disturbing" by campers who
> witnessed it.
> 
> A group of Girl Scouts, and an off-duty U.S. Forest Service employee and his
> wife, were preparing to camp at the remote site, said Martin Wall, a Fish
> and
> Game patrol officer.
> 
> Campers reported a bear came crashing into their site.
> 
> "A small brown (colored) bear  . . .  entered the camp and proceeded to
> "attack" anything and everything man-made," Wall said the campers told him.
> The
> bear approached with its head down while making a low pitched moaning sound,
> Wall wrote in his report.
> 
> In the earlier reported attack, Pasadena backpacker Shane Henry, 31, settle
> at the campground at about 8 p.m.
> 
> Three minutes after he set his backpack on a picnic table he heard movement
> behind him.
> 
> "I was knocked down.  The bear was standing over me, he ambled over to my
> pack and started to drag it away," Henry said. "I think that campground was
> his
> haunt."
> 
> Henry, who said he received bruises from the attack, got to this feet,
> yelled, shouted and threw rocks at the 6-foot-tall bear he estimated at 300
> pounds,
> in an attempt to make him drop the backpack.
> 
> Eventually the bear let go of the pack, which contained peanut butter and
> honey sandwiches packed in plastic bags, Henry said.
> 
> Henry retrieved it, saying he wasn't scared, just mad.  But he went home
> that
> night, he said.
> 
> Henry said he talked to Wall about the incident.
> 
> "In talking to Fish and Game, apparently that's happened before at that
> campground.  There's been bears there rooting through people's stuff," he
> said.
> 
> U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Gail Wright said throwing rocks at bears is
> not behavior officials recommend.
> >>>>
> 
> 
> " Hey Yogi, how about some peanut butter and honey sandwiches?"
> 
> Be careful out there,
> 
> Greg Hummel
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