They Left a Wildlife Officer Tied to a Pine-But the Grizzly Reached for the Rope Instead of His Throat

beneath it. One end had snapped from its anchor, but the locking piece still held, tightening each time the bear stepped.

The blood on the trail had been his. Dean and Luke had not merely been moving contraband through the closure. They had set a cable for a protected grizzly, and the animal had torn himself loose before they could return.

The bear followed continue reading …