{"id":32629,"date":"2017-06-20T05:32:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T05:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=32629"},"modified":"2017-06-20T05:32:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T05:32:02","slug":"black-bear-kills-alaska-teen-during-mountain-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/black-bear-kills-alaska-teen-during-mountain-race.html","title":{"rendered":"Black bear kills Alaska teen during mountain race"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Black bear kills Alaska teen during mountain race<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">A teen competing in a mountain race in Alaska was mauled and killed by a black bear on Sunday, authorities and park officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Alaska State Troopers have identified 16-year-old Patrick Cooper as the victim who was running at Bird Ridge Trail as part of the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb, The Alaska Dispatch reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8220;This is the worst thing that could happen,&#8221; race director Brad Precosky told the newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Adults running in the race \u2013 which was in its 29th year \u2013 embarked on a 3,400-foot climb while junior racers were to get to the halfway point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">A search was underway for the bear, which was shot in the face by a park ranger before the animal ran away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Chugach State Park ranger Tom Crockett told the Alaska Dispatch that the black bear was estimated to be 250 pounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Precosky said the teen was on his way down from the trail when he started texting a family member at 12:37 p.m. that he was being chased by a bear, according to the newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Alaska State Troopers responded to the scene, and other racers offered to help search for the teen, KTUU-TV reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Authorities eventually found Cooper&#8217;s body in a wooded area where he was pronounced dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Runners reported seeing many bears, besides the one that allegedly attacked the teen, in the area during the race, according to the TV station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Crockett said the Bird Ridge Trail and the parking lot would be closed until the wounded bear is found and killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/black-bear-kills-alaska-teen-mountain-race-article-1.3260245<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/black-bear-kills-alaska-teen-during-mountain-race.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black bear kills Alaska teen during mountain race A teen competing in a mountain race in Alaska was mauled and killed by a black bear on Sunday, authorities and park officials said. 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