Man hospitalized after grizzly bear encounter north of Columbia Falls
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Published 2024-07-19
The man encountered an adult female grizzly bear while out picking huckleberries alone on Flathead National Forest lands off North Fork Road.
The bear charged and attacked the man, who was able to shoot and kill the bear with a handgun.
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All Comments (21)
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" ..hey Jamie pull up that video of that old man who got attacked by a bear while out picking huckleberries"
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I just want to know what caliber and round 😂
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72-year old man : 'I'll be your huckleberry...' Bear: Okally dokally!
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Well, he saved his own life with a gun, so we know we won't be seeing this on CNN
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Huckleberry covered human my favorite
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"Why do you need to carry a gun with you all the time" Because i dont want to die while picking huckleberries...
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🐻Those are the Bears 🫐huckleberries😨
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Don't ever eat their bears food
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Wait till Joe Rogan finds out
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Those were the bears huckleberries
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If a bear attacks you try the Nimzo-Indian defence
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Picking huckleberries? I guess we know why this happened.
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Let the bears have their berries
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Yeah picking huckleberries when you were a kid watching out for bears to attack was so much fun! Kinda reminds of of walking around eastern Oregon with the rattlesnakes.
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Bear didn’t want to be in the woods with the man either. It lost it’s life😢
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He killed a Grizzly with a pistol? Must have been a S&W model 500 - fired once killed the bear and broke his wrist.
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Attention Outdoors Folk! Mother Natures Turn
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The hippopotamus is more dangerous and is coming next week.
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He was stealing the grizzly bears berries these reporters need to start telling the truth.
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OH MY WOW 😧😳
