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When Bears Come Close

A lodge guard in Russia’s Far East kept a diary. In the days before he disappeared, he wrote about a bear moving nearby.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 13
A brown bear near the edge of a forest

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A 50-year-old guard at the Salmonica Travel lodge on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia’s Far East, stopped checking in on November 7. A helicopter search spotted his snowmobile. Investigators found his remains and said on November 12 that a forensic examination would establish the exact cause of death.

At the lodge, inves…

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