ORIGINAL STORY:
A parent's worst nightmare came to life this Father's Day when a teen running an annual trail race was fatally mauled by a bear near Bird Creek.
Law enforcement officials and fellow competitors said a 16-year-old boy was participating in the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb at Bird Ridge, which was being run for the 29th year straight.
Dozens of runners, including the teen, toed the starting line that morning for the mountain race that begins at the start of Bird Ridge Trail, and meanders through heavily wooded terrain. As for the ascent, that's a 3,400-foot vertical climb that spans three miles for adult racers and half that for juniors, those who are 17 and younger taking on the mountain.
Challenging terrain, but in those three decades, many said the territory had never proven to be a big problem.
That all changed shortly after noon Sunday.
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4 comments:
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did you see a investigative reporter on benghazi was just MURDERED ?
Such a shame. Bears are nothing to mess with. Sadly they have to make sure they kill any that have attacked humans, can't have that behavior in the population if we've moved into their territory
Are they going to rename the race?
Just like the folks that swim in the ocean and get bit by sharks. It's where they live, just like bears in the woods.
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