Wednesday, September 21, 2011
HuffingtonPost.com
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 65-year-old man is hospitalized after
being mauled by a grizzly bear while hunting in Alaska.
The Anchorage Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/qPd4ze) that
65-year-old Donald "Skip" Sanford was attacked Monday near the
Maclaren River Lodge off the Denali Highway.
Rescuers say Sanford told them the bear charged at him, head
down.
Joe Snyder helped tend to Sanford's wounds. He says the hunter
has deep bites to the back of his skull, and one ear is torn. Alaska
State Troopers say the wounds don't appear to be life-threatening.
Sanford had to walk more than a mile back to camp, and friends
floated him partway to the lodge. A speed boat took him the rest of
the way.
Sanford was then flown to an Anchorage hospital by helicopter.
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