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The Heysham hogback is, like other hogbacks, a grave-marker, monument or perhaps cenotaph, dating from the 10th century and probably from the period 920–950. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] The man it commemorates is thought to have been a high-status individual connected with the Hiberno-Norse communities of Cumbria or Yorkshire , and its position on the coast ...
Canada, near Atikokan, Ontario — Ottertail was killed while on a walk. A bear found near the body was shot and killed. [242] August 8, 1967: Susan Duckitt, 11, female: Wild: Canada, near Okanagan Landing, British Columbia — Duckitt and a friend were picnicking by Okanagan Lake. They went on a walk up a hill and encountered the bear standing ...
The hogback. In the south chancel aisle is an excellent 10th century Viking hogback stone which is covered in carvings of wolves, deer, and men on one side, and, on the other side, of a man next to a large tree with animals. It appears to be red sandstone and measures over six feet long, around a foot wide, and in the middle about 2 ft tall.
A 71-year-old woman found dead in her small mountain community in the Sierra Nevada was the victim of California’s first-ever known fatal black bear attack, wildlife officials said this week.
They reached the site at 1 a.m. and found two dead bodies, according to officials. While searching the area, the team ran into a grizzly bear that “displayed aggressive behaviour.”
A ferocious brown bear went on a two-day killing spree that left two people and 35 dogs brutally murdered. Father, 87, son, 56, mauled to death by ‘rabid’ bear that broke into their home after ...
[22] [23] Nine people were killed by black bears in Japan between 1979 and 1989, [24] and more recently, in September 2009, it was reported that a black bear attacked a group of tourists, seriously injuring four, while they were waiting at a bus station in the built-up area of Takayama, Gifu in central Japan. [25]
Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images. A pair of polar bears attacked and killed a worker at a remote government radar site in the Canadian Arctic, the facility's operator said, marking at least ...