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Authorities in Montana say a 911 caller discovered his friend dead in a tent in what appeared to have been a fatal bear attack — but officials soon discovered the camper was actually the victim of a brutal murder.

Dustin Kjersem, 35, was found dead in his tent on Saturday morning along Moose Creek Road north of Big Sky, Montana, Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer said at news conference Wednesday. A friend who was supposed to have met Kjersem went searching for him when he didn't show up as scheduled on Friday. 

The friend ultimately discovered Kjersem's body in a tent at a makeshift campsite and called 911, telling responders the death appeared to have been caused by a bear attack, the sheriff's office said.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 65 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Yeah I don't think you can mimic how a bear would kill someone.

*Headline wasn't what I read it as, the actual friend did find him like that and thought it was a bear attack.

[–] can_you_change_your_username@fedia.io 60 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If I were in the friend's position I doubt I would have gotten a close enough look to differentiate. The autopsy said the victim had "multiple chop wounds" including to the skull so it was probably a machete or ax attack. With lots of long deep wounds and blood there wasn't much chance he was alive when the friend found him so it's plausible that the friend didn't actually go into the campsite, just saw the blood and assumed it was a bear because what other animal could do that much damage.

[–] Zidane@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

what other animal could do that much damage.

Humans :^(

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I want to downvote this answer because of how it makes me feel. But... yeah.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Fun fact, there’s a possibility that our hands evolved the way they did, because using them as clubs was useful.

And by fun, I mean depressing.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

So are you saying that if I had to choose between a random human or a random bear then I should pick the bear?

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Undisputed world champion killers

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

IIRC it's not even close if we consider insects (because of mosquitoes) but otherwise I think you're actually right

Homo homini ursus

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 18 points 3 weeks ago

This is not far from Yellowstone so there will be grizzlies in that area. I could absolutely see someone finding this scene and getting panicked and running to find a cell signal instead of performing forensic analysis of the scene. But yeah the cops weren't the ones saying it was a bear, they got it at least.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bears will usually drag you out of the tent and start eating you in the open. They don’t usually kill to kill. They kill by consuming.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

PSA: Bear attacks are incredibly rare. Most attacks are "get away from me and my cubs". They do not see humans as food and do not hunt humans, those incredibly rare cases are sick or starving bears.