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HALF ACRE CASTLE
Haines Hunter
Severely Mauled
By Grizzly Bear
JUNEAU, MP)—A Haines hunter
who was mauled severely by a
savage grizzly bear was recuper
ating in a Juneau hospital today
from tooth punctures and gashes
suffered in five different attacks
by the huge animal.
Forest Young, 50, was flown to
Juneau Monday by a Coast Guard
plane. He told rescuers the big
grizzly “threw me around like a
rag doll,” mauling him several
minutes at a time.
Young, who spent a night
marish 24 hours alone in the
woods as the bear luked nearby,
was attacked by the marauding
grizzly Sunday morning as he was
making his way alone to a point
where he had stored a moose bag
ged several days earlier.
The bear attacked him sudden
ly, without provocation. The ani
mal knocked Young to the ground
and inflicted deep gashes on
Young’s side and back.
The bear attacked Young five
times before leaving him helpless
and unable to move from the
scene.
Young was found by Martin
Cordes, also of Haines, who had
been hunting with Young. Cordes
made Young as comfortable as
possible and then went to Haines,
some two miles down the Chilkat
river for help.
Young remained alone until
shortly after midnight Sunday
when a rescue party summoned
by Cordes reached him.
Young had severe lacerations
from his shoulders to his feet.
Carl Heinmiller of Port Chilkoot,
one of the rescuers who adminis
. tered first aid to Young, said he
counted nearly 100 tooth marks
on Young’s body. In addition, sev
eral of Young’s ribs were broken
in the wilderness encounter with
the bear.
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healer in your house, is it kept
level and clean, and does a regu
lar stove man check it at least
once every year?
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