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Backpackper Shoots, Kills Grizzly in Alaska Park
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say a backpacker shot and killed a grizzly bear with his handgun in Alaska's Denali National Park.
Park spokeswoman Kris Fister says a man and woman reported that they were hiking Friday evening when the bear emerged from trailside brush and charged the woman.
Fister says the man fired nine rounds from his .45 caliber, semiautomatic pistol at the animal, which then stopped and walked into the brush.
On Saturday, rangers found the dead bear about 100 feet from the shooting site.
Rangers say it was the first known instance of a grizzly bear being shot by a visitor in the wilderness portion of Denali.
This post is for informational purposes only.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say a backpacker shot and killed a grizzly bear with his handgun in Alaska's Denali National Park.
Park spokeswoman Kris Fister says a man and woman reported that they were hiking Friday evening when the bear emerged from trailside brush and charged the woman.
Fister says the man fired nine rounds from his .45 caliber, semiautomatic pistol at the animal, which then stopped and walked into the brush.
On Saturday, rangers found the dead bear about 100 feet from the shooting site.
Rangers say it was the first known instance of a grizzly bear being shot by a visitor in the wilderness portion of Denali.
This post is for informational purposes only.
