Saturday, 7. August 2004
Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 7, 2004 at 10:50:00 AM CEST
Hiker says he stabbed bear in back with ax
Officials closed a backcountry area of Denali National Park after a hiker told rangers he had driven off an attacking grizzly bear by burying his ice ax in the animal's back.
Park Service spokeswoman Kris Fister said Roberto Cataldo, 29, of Modena, Italy, reported the encounter Monday. A roughly 50-square-mile tract that encompasses the area where Cataldo said he had hiked was closed indefinitely.
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