Polar bear that killed mother and son in Alaska was camouflaged by snowstorm, officials say
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:37 am
Polar bear that killed mother and son in Alaska was camouflaged by snowstorm, officials say
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A mother and son killed by a polar bear in a remote village in western Alaska were unable to see the attack coming due to low visibility in a snowstorm, officials have said.
Summer Myomick, 24, and her one-year-old son Clyde Ongtowasruk were attacked as they tried to walk from a school to a health clinic just 150 yards (137 metres) away.
The pair made it just beyond the front entrance of the school in Wales, Alaska, just below the Arctic Circle, when the polar bear, which was camouflaged by the blizzard, emerged and mauled them.
The fatal mauling, which was the first in Alaska for more than 30 years, prompted school officials to rush people into the building when the bear was spotted.
https://news.sky.com/story/polar-bear-t ... y-12790709
A mother and son killed by a polar bear in a remote village in western Alaska were unable to see the attack coming due to low visibility in a snowstorm, officials have said.
Summer Myomick, 24, and her one-year-old son Clyde Ongtowasruk were attacked as they tried to walk from a school to a health clinic just 150 yards (137 metres) away.
The pair made it just beyond the front entrance of the school in Wales, Alaska, just below the Arctic Circle, when the polar bear, which was camouflaged by the blizzard, emerged and mauled them.
The fatal mauling, which was the first in Alaska for more than 30 years, prompted school officials to rush people into the building when the bear was spotted.