Post by Bobcat on Jan 9, 2004 10:13:00 GMT -5
Russian bear expert found dead in woods
Evidence suggests apparent mauling
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 1/1/2004
MOSCOW -- Vitaly Nikolayenko, one of Russia's best-known bear researchers and a man who spent 25 years living with the enormous brown bears of the wild Kamchatka peninsula, has been found dead in an apparent bear mauling, authorities said Tuesday.
The body of Nikolayenko, 66, whose lonely journeys allowed him to compile one of the most exhaustive documentaries on the giant, 9-foot cousins of the North American grizzly, was found at a lake near his remote one-room hut on the Tikhaya River. The 6 1/2-inch pawprint of a medium-sized male bear was found next to his body, along with an empty can of pepper spray with which Nikolayenko had apparently tried to defend himself.
Evidence suggests apparent mauling
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 1/1/2004
MOSCOW -- Vitaly Nikolayenko, one of Russia's best-known bear researchers and a man who spent 25 years living with the enormous brown bears of the wild Kamchatka peninsula, has been found dead in an apparent bear mauling, authorities said Tuesday.
The body of Nikolayenko, 66, whose lonely journeys allowed him to compile one of the most exhaustive documentaries on the giant, 9-foot cousins of the North American grizzly, was found at a lake near his remote one-room hut on the Tikhaya River. The 6 1/2-inch pawprint of a medium-sized male bear was found next to his body, along with an empty can of pepper spray with which Nikolayenko had apparently tried to defend himself.
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