[Pyramid_Head]

What is the point in killing the bear though?

[christmascandy1]

killing the bear was soo wrong,,guy was in his neck of the woods..

[WhiskeyOutpost]

Wow good find.

And all the puns... You savages

[Karma]

Great pics. Serves them right for invading bear territory. Poor bear. I’m with the animal every time some self entitled human invades animal territory. Yep including myself if I chose to do that.

[murofhsirgo]

Bears thinking- I didt order domino’s what’s he doing here?

[REVZZYBAN]

You went hunting for bear on your vacation, didn’t you Herman.

[butterbeanz]

And THAT is why this is one of my worst fears…

Excellent post as always.

[shelly80]

So fascinating....more of these stories would be SO welcomed! Thank you

[Baugustin12]

they really had to track the bear and kill it...its not natures fault the bear won. This is my first comment on this site but dogs biting people and putting down the dog is fine by me. When you step in a bears territory and lose don't kill the bear....

[pingumaria]

Originally Posted by hermantheshocker ↗

Case 1
On the 17th of October 2004, in a rural part of northern Sweden, a 40-year-old moose hunter left his car and entered the woods with his dog. He left his car around 7–8 a.m. and was in phone contact with his hunting companions at approximately 10 a.m. He was not heard from after that time, did not answer calls to his phone or radio, and thus was reported missing at 7 p.m. The police began a search of the area and the man’s body was found the next day at 2 p.m., within 20 m (65 ft) of a bear’s den.

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Fig.1 Case 1. Extensive damage to the facial area.

From the physical evidence, it was readily apparent that the man had been killed by a bear. The bear was tracked down and killed 2 days later. Both the bear and the man were, after external investigation, transferred for autopsy. An external investigation of the body revealed numerous excoriations, bruises, and oval, triangular or spindle-shaped wounds of various sizes, with even or ragged edges. These injuries were mostly centered on the torso and the upper extremities. There were fractures of the right radius as well as one of the left metacarpal bones.

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Fig.2 Case 1. Injuries on the torso with excoriations and penetrating wounds from canine teeth.

A large portion of the face was missing; only parts of the frontal bone, fragments of the upper jaw, a partially fragmented lower jaw, and a fragment of the left zygomatic bone remained intact. Only the skin around the back of the head, the left cheek, and the temple remained. The anterior third of the tongue was missing. Only the cerebellum and the posterior parts of the cerebrum remained of the brain. An opening with uneven borders and loose fragments bulging inwards was observed to the right of and inferior to the internal occipital protuberance. Apart from the traumatic injuries, there was mild coronary heart disease and aspiration of blood to the bronchial tree. Toxicological screening of urine and femoral vein blood was negative. The head trauma was determined to be the cause of death.


Case 2
On the morning of October 8, 2007, a 61-year-old male hunter did not show up for the gathering of a hunting party. Two hunting companions were sent to pick him up, but found him dead, 20 m (65 ft) in front of his cabin. His dog was also found dead, 10 m (32 ft) from the victim. It was apparent from their injuries and the circumstances that they both had been killed by a bear. The bear was tracked down and killed. Bear droppings found near the victim were collected and sent for examination.

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Fig.3 Case 2. Large lacerated wound in the abdominal wall.

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Fig.4 Case 2. Large lacerated defects and ablations in the right axillary region.

An external investigation of the victim revealed numerous excoriations, bruises, and oval or spindle-shaped, mostly ragged, wounds. The majority of the damage was centered around the head, neck, and upper left torso and extremity. On the right side of the chest, there were four transverse deep wounds. Subcutaneous fat and muscle were seen through the gaping wounds. On the left side of the chest, at the junction with the left axilla, there was a square, ragged, deep wound. Inferior to this wound, there was a lacerated wound. Muscle tissue was seen in both the gaping wounds. On the abdomen, there was a laceration. Muscle, gut, and mesentery were exposed in the wound. Four parallel excoriations stretched from the lower-left edge of the wound down toward the left thigh.

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Fig.5 Case 2. The skinned bear skull, showing the broken lower left canine tooth.

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Fig.6 Case 2. The lower jaw of the bear matching wounds on the left upper arm of the victim.

An internal investigation showed severe damage to the gastrointestinal tract with only the stomach, and fragments of the descending colon remaining. In addition, there was a fracture on the left side of the thyroid cartilage with an adjoining wound that had penetrated through the skin and the trachea. There was also mild sclerosis of the aorta and coronary arteries. The liver showed severe steatosis, confirmed also histologically. The internal organs were void of blood, indicating severe exsanguination. Toxicological analyses of femoral vein blood showed a blood ethanol concentration of 0.27%. The cause of death was determined to be exsanguination from the injuries inflicted.

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Bear killed it's hunter before hunter the the chance to kill him.