A driller working alone in a remote mining exploration camp was killed when a black bear attacked him. The driller and his crew had been in the area for several weeks and had not seen any bears. Their camp was clean and well-maintained. On the night of the attack, a helicopter pilot had flown the victim to a mountain area in an unsuccessful attempt to establish radio contact with home. On their way back to the main camp, the victim asked the pilot to drop him off at a drilling platform so he could run a water line down to another drill […]
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