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Wisconsin man dies after hitting a bear with his motorcycle

The man was unable to avoid hitting the bear and was thrown from the motorcycle

Wisconsin man dies after hitting a bear with his motorcycle

The man was unable to avoid hitting the bear and was thrown from the motorcycle

900,000 ONLY ON 12 A BREA ON THE MOVE THIS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO SHOWS WHAT’S BELIEVED TO BEHE T SAME BEAR SPOTTED IN OCONOMOWOC THURSDAY NIGHT IN RURAL HARTFORD THE FOLLONGWI MORNING. THAT MEANS THE BEAR TRAVELED ROUGHLY. MILES IN A SPAN OF 12 HRSOU 12 NEWS HANNAH HILLIARD SPOKE WITH THE HOMEOWNER WHO CALLS IT UNBELIEVABLE. SO I OPEN IT UP IN THE MORNING. I’M SITTING DOWN TOAVE H AUP C OF COFFEE. YOU SEE A BEER ON IT OUT OF TOWN WITH HIS WIFE KTHEI EVERSON CHECKED HIS HOME SECURITY VIDEO FRIDAY MORNING AND SAW EVERYBODY ATTH I’VE SHOWED THAT VIDEO TO CANNOT BELIEVE IT ISTH A BEAR IN PACKERS COUNTRY AROUND 5:30 AM THE BIG ANIMAL WALKED RIGHT UP TO EVERSON’S RALUR HARTFORD HULK IT POLITELY AVOIDED ANY LANDSCAPING STICKING STRICTLY TO THE PAVED PATH AND THEN HE JUST KIND OF WALKED RIGHT DOWN OUR PAWATHY AND RIGHT TO MY OTHER BARN THAT I HAVE AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE CAMERA ON THE OTRHE BNAR THE NIGHT BEFORE EVER SINCE SPOTTED THE BEAR OUT HERE INNCE SPOTTED THE BEAR OUT HERE RURAL ANOTHER HOMEOWNER SPOTTED IT, YOU KNOW CONOMO WALK 13 MILES SOUTH OF HERE. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE SAME BEAR THAT’S HANNGGI OUT THAT GENERAL AREA WISCONSIN’S DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL REURSOCES SAYS A BEARS TEND TO COVER LARGE DISTANCES. IT’S JUST WHERE THISNE O IS ROINAMG. THAT’S UNUSUAL, YOU KNOW IN PARTICULAR FOR THAT. STEA AREA IT’S PRETTY RARE. REMO USEDO T THIS WILDLIFE AS LAWN DECORATIONS SEEING THE REAL DEAL HAS THOSEIV LING OUT NEAR ERIN HILLS GOLF COURSE CHATTERING. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE TH ISUT OSIDE YOUR HOME? NO, I’VE LIVED THERE 27 YEARS. WE’VE NEVER AND I’VE TALKEDO T MY NEIGHBORS. I TALKED TO FARMERS. THEY’VE NEVER SEEN IT THERE IN WASHINGT CONOUNTY HANNAH HILLIARD WISN 12 NEWS. THE DNR SAYS THE SPIRIT IS NOT APPEAR TO BE AREGGSSIVE, BUT JUST TO BE SAFE. THE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS CLOSING TRASH CANS PUTTING AWAY.
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Wisconsin man dies after hitting a bear with his motorcycle

The man was unable to avoid hitting the bear and was thrown from the motorcycle

A Wisconsin man died after his motorcycle struck a black bear on a western Montana highway, authorities said Tuesday.The 66-year-old man from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was southbound on Montana Highway 83 when a bear crossed the tree-lined highway in front of him, the Montana Highway Patrol said.The man was unable to avoid hitting the bear and was thrown from the motorcycle. The man, who was not wearing a helmet, died at the scene south of the town of Swan Lake, the patrol said.His name has not been made public.State game wardens found the injured bear and killed it, Trooper James Hawkins said.

A Wisconsin man died after his motorcycle struck a black bear on a western Montana highway, authorities said Tuesday.

The 66-year-old man from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was southbound on Montana Highway 83 when a bear crossed the tree-lined highway in front of him, the Montana Highway Patrol said.

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The man was unable to avoid hitting the bear and was thrown from the motorcycle. The man, who was not wearing a helmet, died at the scene south of the town of Swan Lake, the patrol said.

His name has not been made public.

State game wardens found the injured bear and killed it, Trooper James Hawkins said.