Bear dragged Massachusetts car crash victim’s body from vehicle and into woods:
A driver likely killed in a horror car crash in Massachusetts was found next to a bear that appeared to have then dragged his body into woods, according to cops.
Daniel Ducharme, 31, lost control of his car on Route 91 in Hatfield Sunday morning, striking the guardrail multiple times before hurtling off the road and down an embankment, Boston25 News reported.
Ducharme is thought to have been killed in the accident — and was “either fully ejected or partially ejected” from his 2016 Honda Civic, CBS News added, citing Massachusetts State Police.
“When first responders reached the scene, the deceased male occupant of the vehicle was outside the car and a bear was observed in the woods in the vicinity of the scene,” State Police said, suggesting that the animal had dragged the driver’s body there.
“Evidence suggests the bear at some point had made contact with the victim’s body.”
With gratuitous picture of suspected Yogi Bear.
The black bears around here are getting out of control. I am about 45 minutes from Hatfield and we have an aggressive male who already has raided several backyard chicken houses. Yeah, he’s hungry, I understand but he is likely to soon be in a pot of community stew.
You can buy a paintball gun and hit the critter with pepper balls, or a high-powered pellet gun, and scare him off. Be sure to carry a .357 or .44 magnum to finish it off if Yogi decides to charge you.
My dad always carried his 1911 with him when we were in the Kaniksu forest picking blueberries in the fall. We sometimes spotted bears on the other side of the valley doing the same. They didn’t carry buckets, though…
I chased one off with a 12 gauge semi-auto. Six rifled slugs over his head in about six seconds did the trick, haven’t seen him here again. He was at the neighbors a 1/2 mile away this morning. Busted into their chicken shed and ate two. Anti-gun snowflakes (retired public school teachers).
Best bet with bears is to let them know you’re a crazy bastard. I have a Ph.D in that.
If the stoopid twit had been belted in, chances are the bear would’ve had a difficult time chowing down on him. Heck, he might have even survived the crash – but I haven’t seen the crash site, so I’m speculating.
Darwin Award candidate.
If the bear really wanted him a car wasn’t going to stop him. The main ranger’s station at Kings Canyon NP had (still has?) a sandwich board covered in photos of cars broken into by black bears. People would leave a cooler or something in their vehicle and Yogi had himself a picnic. My personal favorite picture was the prison bus…
Shouldn’t reply when I’m tired…
– Car wouldn’t stop the bear, not the dead guy. Dead guy is pretty thoroughly stopped.
“Evidence suggests the bear at some point had made contact with the victim’s body.”
In other words, he tasted him .
TO a bear, he’s just an animal that has died…No sense in letting fresh meat spoil.
Made contact? Tasted? How about – the bear was devouring the victim when police arrived at the scene?
Ever since I saw a bear with a cub at camp within about 40 feet of where I had been sitting outside enjoying the sunshine, I always carry when I go outside there.
That is an awesome Darwin Award.
I did not.
Old joke, different everything except somebody ended up getting tasted.
Chubby gal stumbles out of a Cajun joint on the bayou and passes out on the bank. An alligator finds her and can’t believe his luck. “Lookit the hors d’oeuvres at this place! I’m coming back!”