An injured man was rescued after reportedly fending off a bear for a week at a remote mining camp in Alaska, officials say.
An injured man was rescued Friday after reportedly fending off a bear for a week at a remote mining camp in Alaska, officials said.
The man, who was not identified, was spotted waving his hands in distress as a helicopter crew from the Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak passed overhead, according to aA remote mining camp near Nome, Alaska, where a Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew rescued the survivor of a bear attack, on Friday.Crew members initially saw an SOS sign on top of a shack in the camp while on a trip from Kotzebue to Nome, only seeing the man after circling back.
He was taken to Nome for emergency medical care with an injured leg and bruised torso after a bear attack days prior. “The man reported that the bear had returned to his camp and harassed him every night for a week straight,” the Coast Guard said. It’s unclear what type of bear reportedly attacked the man, but both brown and black bears are common in the state. Alaska is home to 98 percent of the nation’s brown bear population, according to its
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