Grizzly Crawls In Bed With Montana Camper

National Forest Officials Close Two Campgrounds After Bear Attacks Sleeping Park Visitor

(AP)  A bear entered a tent and bit a camper in the Gallatin National Forest early Thursday, leading the U.S. Forest Service to evacuate and close two campgrounds.

Forest officials say the bear entered a tent at the Soda Butte campground, near Cooke City, at about 3 a.m. and bit a camper on his hand and arms.

The camper was asleep when the bear entered, forest spokeswoman Marna Daley said.

"The only specifics I know is that he was injured while protecting himself, and I believe he has bite and claw injuries to his arms," she said, adding authorities believed the bear was a grizzly, rather than black bear.

The camper received emergency care at the scene and was taken to a Cody, Wyo., hospital. A spokeswoman at West Park Hospital declined to release any information about his condition.

The camper's name was not released, and Daley said she did not know his age, whether he was camping alone or what attracted the bear to his tent. She said it appeared the camper had properly stored his food.

As a precaution, the Forest Service closed the Chief Joseph campground as well as Soda Butte. The sites are along U.S. 212 east of Cooke City, about five miles from the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park.

Daley did not know how many people were evacuated from the campgrounds.

In a news release, the Forest Service said there was evidence the bear visited the Soda Butte campground at least once after the Thursday morning attack. The campgrounds will remain closed "until the bear is located or the immediate concern subsides," the agency said.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is investigating the attack and will decide how to deal with the bear, forest officials said.

Daley said campers are being reminded to follow the forest's food-storage order, which includes storing food, drinks and personal hygiene products in bear-resistant containers, or suspending them at least 10 feet off the ground and 4 feet from any trees or poles.

[tootall10142]

DONT SHOOT ITS JUST MY EXMOTHER IN LAW LOOKING FOR FRIENDS.

[texanforlogi]

Send more tourists -- the last ones were delicious!

[cfin5]

Should have just laid still and krapped his jammies like everybody else does. Bears don''t like eating things contaminated with brown organic bear repellent. At least you could throw a few of those organic grenades at it for crying out loud :)

[gunshack1]

If I was thinking about sleeping with bears, I would suspend myself about 10 feet off the ground.

[caldwellptr]

Let''s go find some picnic baskets Boo-Boo!

[babooph]

Male or female grizzly?

[mydiatribe]

Whatever a camper does on his holiday should be between between him and the adult consenting bear.

[rushlimpdrug]

I thought this was a story about bears.

It is apparently about the bare naked ladies
of Montana.

[drinuk]

OK tootall10142, we won''t shoot but give us a real laugh and name the B--ch, how do we know we''re not shooting the real thing.

[nssherlock1]

''Smarter than the average bear''.

[dedad1]

When I go camping in the wild I expect a bear or two might show up. It is their natural habitat. If a bear comes to my house, he''s gonna find people livin'' there, ya know?

[missingamerica]

ahhhh...these comments...they so funny I can''t hardly bear it...

[beehive21-2009]

You don''t what Bears sleeping in your yard, so why are you in the Bears yard ? A Bear ate a 11 yo boy in the Rockies last year,during the night when everyone slept. Be prepared to die if your around Smokey,it''s all instinct.

[deacon20081]

Only a Gizzly Bear with a taste for humans will bother you. Brown and Black Bears have never bothered me or the men I have taken on hunting trips to the high country over the years as a hunting guide.
The problem in Yellowstone is that dumb people feed the *** animals from their car windows.
Better to pay a small fine for having a gun in the National Forests than being lunch for a bear I always say.

[kathycalm]

Now I get it, put all the food out of reach and line the campers up close to the bear trail, so the animal won''t ever get close to the rangers, who are federally insured employees!

[keith.butler]

Bet that bear''s name was Rodney.
Why can''t we all just get along????????????????

[keith.butler]

Bet that bear''s name was Rodney.
Why can''t we all just get along????????????????

[rushlimpdrug]

Camping in Montana with bear in a tent $1,200.


Camper explaining to his wife why
the bear was wearing her lingere - priceless.

[maypo]

I find nothing funny about this. My youngest brother was killed by a Grizzly bear in Gallatin many years ago. I think they should all be shot. Save a lot of people from injury and death.

[shanev137]

Should have been sleeping with a .44 magnum.

[rushlimpdrug]

I find nothing funny about this. My youngest brother was killed by a Grizzly bear in Gallatin many years ago. I think they should all be shot. Save a lot of people from injury and death.
Posted by maypo402t at 02:29 PM


If you can teach a Grizzly bear to shoot they
will shoot the rest of them.

How many brothers are there left to shoot?

[montanaman9]

This stuff happens all the time here. I wonder why it made national news this time...must be a slow murder and mayhem news day....

[montanaman9]

and a .44 magnum will just p*ss the bear off....

[cfin5]

Only a Gizzly Bear with a taste for humans will bother you. Brown and Black Bears have never bothered me or the men I have taken on hunting trips to the high country over the years as a hunting guide.
The problem in Yellowstone is that dumb people feed the *** animals from their car windows.
Better to pay a small fine for having a gun in the National Forests than being lunch for a bear I always say.

Posted by deacon20081 at 12:17 PM : Jul 18, 2008---- Maybe they''ve learned the smell of Hoppes#9 gun solvent means there are "thundersticks" around. Folks should maybe take some as cologne to the mountains. Just don''t do that around some good ''ole country girls,.....might turn them on and you''ll get attacked by them she-devils. Then go explain that to the other she-devil waiting at home,.....I''ll take the Grizzly thank you very much. They don''t know how to shoot back like mine does. Me good boy :)

[morganbarber]

Its OK for the bear to kill the camper, but if the camper shoots the bear, he goes to jail. By the way, a .44 magnum can kill a bear. So can a .357 if you hit it in the right place.

[closethippy1]

This is just too much!
Be it Wall Street or in the middle of nowhere bears are having it their way!
I can''t stand it any longer!

[montanaman9]

Morganbarber - I was saying that that tongue in cheek, get it?

I grew up knowing that the old timers believed in the "shoot, shovel, and shut up" rule for taking care of dangerous and nuisance bears. Killing a grizzly is still permissable as long as you can prove it was in self-defense...so you better be bleeding!

[missybelle-2009]

I find nothing funny about this. My youngest brother was killed by a Grizzly bear in Gallatin many years ago. I think they should all be shot. Save a lot of people from injury and death.

Posted by maypo402t at 02:29 PM : Jul 18, 2008

Maybe he was in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or was he just minding his own business, have some rotgut whiskey, and a bear walked into the bar... ? Otherwise, if he was in a bear''s habitat, then nature took it''s course and killing the rest of the bears makes no sense.

[sociald63]

the grizzly was saying "i just gave him a bear hug" when the camper got a bit romantic :)

[talkingham]

Well Morgan the idiot, tell me one or more people that have gone to jail when killing a bear in self defense. U are an idiot for saying stuff so stupid. I wager a 1000 times more bears have been killed by people than people have been killed by bears, and I would win the wager hands down. And bears don''t go to jail, they just get shot down. U people know you are in bear country but prefer to act like you''re at your favorite mall or fast food restaurant wherever U go. Go move your trailer park closer to town or something.

[mydiatribe]

Question:
If this was a dancing bear, and the camper took her home to his tent, does that constitute consent?

[mydiatribe]

Answer: Bearly!

[nssherlock1]

the grizzly was saying "i just gave him a bear hug" when the camper got a bit romantic :) Posted by sociald63


It was an ''I Don''t Care Bear''.

[olebd]

What happens in the tent, stays in the tent.

[whiskyrocker]

It''s a bears world int the woods.

[latrocinor-2009]

(AP) A bear entered a tent and bit a camper in the Gallatin...

.. .. ..

Is the Gallatin going to be OK??

[runningralph]

FOR the lady whose brother was killed by a grizzly, I extend my condolences. But the number of people who are injured or killed by bears is miniscule. Bear numbers are declining, human numbers are climbing. Look at the big picture.

[sfden]

Grin and Bear It?

[olebd]

Somebody needs to stage an intervention. It''s obvious that Yogi is addicted to crack and was high and disoriented.

[Meg003]

Maybe he was in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or was he just minding his own business, have some rotgut whiskey, and a bear walked into the bar... ? Otherwise, if he was in a bear''''s habitat, then nature took it''''s course and killing the rest of the bears makes no sense.

Posted by missybelle

You sound like a fool. I just do not understand why some people believe that it is more "the bears'' habitat" than it it "the humans'' habitat". Humans are on the earth competing for food and space just like the bears.

It is totally idiotic to suggest that a bar or other building in a populated area is all that human can inhabit. Where do you think our ancestors lived? There were no condos for early man. If the bears could kill us all and take our habitat they would not have any problem with that. I have no problem with killing them.

[rushlimpdrug]

Posted by MorganBarber at 03:33 PM


You aren''t very bright.

It is best for you to stay indoors and
play with your dolls.

[nssherlock1]

Meg001



Do you know what bears do in the woods? Stay out of their bathroom!

[toolmangler-2009]

Remember! Forest fires prevent Bears.

[needed2bsaid]

Support the right to arm bears!

[needed2bsaid]

Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear, fuzzy wuzzy had no hair, fuzzy wuzzy wasn''t very fuzzy wuz-he?

[Meg003]

Do you know what bears do in the woods? Stay out of their bathroom!

Posted by nsSherlock1

Well, Sherlock, I guess they do what people do in the woods. Are you posting a warning on the bears'' board, too?

[loneeagle57]

CAMPER:
holy sht what did I drink last night?

[shanev137]

and a .44 magnum will just p*ss the bear off....

Posted by montanaman9 at 03:21 PM : Jul 18, 2008

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Sorry, you''re wrong. A hollow-point .44 mag at point blank range would take the things head off.

[mahana40]

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