New Mexico man killed in rare fatal bear attack, only second in state in a century
Police department for Navajo Nation neither identified the victim nor said what type of bear had killed him In a rare kind of attack, a bear killed a man in Crystal, New Mexico, on Thursday, local police said. The police department for the Navajo Nation said officers within its Window Rock district received a call at about 1pm that a bear had attacked a man. Continue reading...
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Police department for Navajo Nation neither identified the victim nor said what type of bear had killed him In a rare kind of attack, a bear killed a man in Crystal, New Mexico, on Thursday, local police said. The police department for the Navajo Nation said officers within its Window Rock district received a call at about 1pm that a bear had attacked a man. Continue reading...
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New Mexico man killed in rare fatal bear attack, only second in state in a century
Police department for Navajo Nation neither identified the victim nor said what type of bear had killed him In a rare kind of attack, a bear killed a man in Crystal, New Mexico, on Thursday, local police said. The police department for the Navajo Nation said officers within its Window Rock district received a call at about 1pm that a bear had attacked a man. Continue reading...
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