In unusual attack, bear fatally mauls Alaska man

ANCHORAGE — A 64-year-old Fairbanks man was mauled to death Thursday by a bear at a remote lake in Alaska’s interior, authorities said Friday. The man and a family member were at a cabin at George Lake, about 110 miles southeast of Fairbanks, when the attack occurred Thursday evening.

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Responders found the man’s body outside the cabin, and the traumatized family member inside. The victim was identified as Robert Weaver, Peters said. “Troopers did search the area when they first got there, but no bear was located,” Peters said. That soon changed, however, as responders investigating the death encountered a black bear. “The black bear was stalking up on the trooper and the civilian who was assisting him, when they noticed it and killed it,” Peters said. It wasn’t immediately known if this was the bear involved in the mauling.

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