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So you stumble accross this hiking(update)
m88.358win
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Got this story from a guy on an elk hunting forum. He found this carnage while elk hunting in Montana back in 2009.
Reported his findings to the local pd and found out that a ranch hand while out checking on range cattle and mending fencing surprised a sow grizzly with cubs and was attacked and mauled.
Wasn't hurt that bad, he had to walk back to his truck because his horse and pack horse ran off and were never found until this elk hunter found some of the gear pictured below.
After the guy on GB had a sad good by about his eminent death then riding his horse one last time, sheesh.... this story and pics could be fake/staged for all I know.
And it's almost dark. Now what?
Reported his findings to the local pd and found out that a ranch hand while out checking on range cattle and mending fencing surprised a sow grizzly with cubs and was attacked and mauled.
Wasn't hurt that bad, he had to walk back to his truck because his horse and pack horse ran off and were never found until this elk hunter found some of the gear pictured below.
After the guy on GB had a sad good by about his eminent death then riding his horse one last time, sheesh.... this story and pics could be fake/staged for all I know.
And it's almost dark. Now what?
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It looks like there was a horse or horses, what happened to them. did they get away or were they killed and eaten while tied up.
Is there a story to this?
Back in my SAR years I would radio it in and photograph the scene and look for tracks or other sign. While I never found a gun, I have encountered such scenes before.
If that's a cell phone in the picture it could hold vital clues. Even if the battery is dead and the phone soaked by rain, data may be recoverable. It has been done before.
Otherwise careful examination of items found would reveal much and help determine 8f further action is needed. Beyond bagging the trash, cleaning the gun and replacing the stock.
Bears are suspect.
come back the next day. get a better idea if it's old or new.
if it's new, the dude may be around. may come back later or on a few days. come back next week and check again.
if it's old, see if it looks like it was an abandoned campsite or a pile of junk. did something happen to the owner? find out who it was and either they get their stuff back, or they were missing and the sheriff knows about it.
Either that or the pack horse theory, but that doesn't explain the pant leg.
I would agree that if it were a bear attack,that gear would surely have evidences of blood spatter or be actually soaked in blood.
Seen these guys around???
A friend of mine back in the 70's came across something like that up in Glacier Park, in Montana. Some torn clothing and a wallet. He walked a bit further upstream and found what the griz had left of a young man and woman. He beat feet out of there and found the nearest ranger station. He told me that was the spookiest situation he had ever been in. While trekking out, he was watching every bush and tree expecting to meet the bar. [:)]
I have found scenes of expensive backpacking or car camping gear abandoned. Looking as if someone stood up out of a sleeping bag and walked away. At times these scenes lead to the discovery of a suicide.
There was the case of a lady poet who went to sit nude in the moonlight seeking inspiration. She lost her way trying to return to her campsite. We found her several days later, alive but in poor shape.
And it's almost dark. Now what?
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Do please fill us in on whatever you learn about these photos.
Interesting situation. Can you fill us in on the full story now? [:)]
I don't see a rifle ,pant leg or fence tool.
I just see a pan,backpack ,what appears to be
a horse blanket or pad ,rope and plastic sheathing
and litter.
Rifle - 5th pic
I can't find the fencing tool either.
Pants Leg - 2nd Pic
Rifle - 5th pic
I can't find the fencing tool either.
6th picture, lower left in the water next to the pan.
I only could see three of them.