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I saw this a year or two or was it three or four ago and wanted to see it again. It was on our local PBS station again this year, so I watched it. In case it might be of interest to you check your local stations.

The story goes like this:

"Since the opening of Glacier National Park in 1910, there were no reported fatal bear attacks until one summer night in 1967, when two grizzlies, in two remote areas of the Park attacked campers and killed two young women. The dramatic and tragic story of that night, and how it eventually influenced the fate of the grizzly bear in the continental United States, is the subject of a the historical documentary, Glacier Park’s Night of the Grizzlies."

On August 12, 1967, grizzly bears in Glacier NP killed two young women and mauled a man. So it is that time of year again when they put it on.

Ed

Forgot to add this link:

http://www.montanapbs.org/GlacierParksN ... Grizzlies/

Ed

Didn't see it but the Washington Post ran a big story last week about the incident. Interviewed one of the Ranger who responded and ultimately hunted down one of the two bears involved in the attack -- an emaciated female with glass stuck between her teeth (she had been feeding on trash at one of the open pit dumps in the park). It led to major changes in the way the park dealt with trash.