A day after an extremely rarein the Northwest Alaska village of Wales on Tuesday, authorities identified the victims as a mother and her young son.
Killed in the mauling were 24-year-old St. Michael resident Summer Myomick and her 1-year-old son, Clyde Ongtowasruk, an Alaska State Troopers spokesman said Wednesday. The attack happened near the school in the middle of the day Tuesday, according to an update from Department of Public Safety spokesman Austin McDaniel.Tuesday. According to initial accounts, a bear came to the village and chased several residents.Because of poor weather conditions and “the lack of runway lights in Wales,” troopers and state Department of Fish and Game personnel had not been able to fly to the village for their investigation, troopers said Wednesday morning.
Fatal polar bear attacks are rare in Alaska. In 1990, a polar bear killed a man in the North Slope village of Point Lay. Biologists later said the animal
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Apparently, the Polar bear's unusual behavior was due to starvation linked to loss of habitat.
According to initial accounts, the polar bear in Wales chased several people, and as it attacked the woman and her year-old son, a resident shot and killed the animal. Officials say the attack happened near the entrance to the Wales school building.
Let me guess! Climate change made the bear attack.