Hunter Attacked by Kodiak Bear

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A Kodiak bear knocked a man down a hill and bit him on the head after he shot a different bear. The man stopped to skin the first bear before he left.


Kodiak bear attack may have been defense of cubs: AP Alaska | Alaska news at adn.com: 


"Moretz, accompanied by his 13-year-old son, had shot a 9-foot male brown bear in tundra and alder.


They were approaching the dead animal when they walked past a bear den about 100 yards from the kill. A second brown bear emerged suddenly from the den and charged the elder hunter."