I am so sorry for your loss.

Yet another psychopathic allopathic god. Just like any day at the office.. Edit: sooziQz, sending much love and thanks for sharing...

Omg I'm so sorry you've had to grapple with something like that, especially when you don't see it coming and they don't show warning signs. And both Aunts... It must be shock... To the entire family, too. I can't imagine coming across that in a video. May your Aunts rest in peace ❤🕊️

May your Aunts rest in peace ❤❤

I’m so sorry you lost your aunts in such tragic ways. Sending comfort to you & your family.☮️💖

They didn’t approach the bear. They stood and took photos thinking the bear was at a safe distance but the bear advanced on them so they turned around and walked away. That’s evident from the photos. But the bear was closing in on them so both they and the bear sped up and then they ran, no less in different directions rather than staying on the trail together. Who would want to be running alone and not be helped if the bear attacked?? I guess they panicked and just didn’t think. Another mistake. The couple who told them a bear had been following them for 10 minutes 30-40 yards behind them should have been heeded. The five guys all had water and granola bars on them which a bear can smell from quite a distance. It was a bad acorn season. It was September when they have to fatten up. The couple didn’t mention to the police if they had food on them, but they had been hiking for several hours. The couple also didn’t mention if they turned to face the bear and tell it to go away, which you should do with a bear following you. You’re supposed to stand your ground and be menacing, pick up sticks or such, so the bear thinks you’re not worth the trouble. The five guys should have done that. You shouldn’t turn your back on the bear-at least walk sideways. When they found Patel, his pants and socks were on the briars and his cell phone had been bitten. Bears will maul trail cams too because they can smell the human scent on them and wonder if it’s something edible. The bear wasn’t rabid and they found human tissue and hair inside it (no mention of a granola bar). I think it was odd that the bear was circling the body 30 yards away. That’s pretty far to me. They also said he’d stalk the body and I don’t get that scenario. They also threw rocks at it to try to scare it away though it was evident since the bear was still there, that they would have to kill it anyway. People should go over bear “rules” before hiking such as absolutely don’t separate, don’t run, don’t let someone lag behind-wait for them to catch up. If it’s just a short day hike up to 4 hours or 5-6 miles max, don’t even bring food with you, just water-eat before and don’t let bacon smoke or the like get all over you. As of 2014 when this happened, it was that region/county that had the most density of bears per square mile not the whole state. That’s a heavily forested region. Of course there are more now, and I saw a recent figure that 562 bears were killed in 6 days and there have 140+ attacks, such as being swatted, bitten or maybe aggressive moves. They’re competing for food and it’s not just bears who eat acorns. There have been more predatory black bear fatalities. They’re all around our houses. I back up to big bushes, woods and very close to a steep slope and blind corners. You can’t see what’s coming until it’s very close. Three times I’ve seen it walk the tree line right through my yard right under my kitchen window. It’s unnerving. I have to be so vigilant.

Excellent advice. Predators are predators after all. Men are the only animals who are so arrogant to not realize that predators don't give AF.

I like that verse! Good one to remember.

Could you imagine having to try and force yourself not to move while being mauled 😢 😳 I think I'd just fight to die faster, obviously I dunno in that situation but geez!

If it's an albino...

If it's an albino, Then you don't know.

He probably did that to show how “in love and happy” they were - almost as an attempt to prove he didn’t do it

Exactly what I was about to post, how sick of him 😡

@@mikeiso8963 he had extensive reconnaissance and chose a place to hike that had no cell phone service. Dark and thorough is how I would describe him.

​@@xTwistedPeachHis arm around her shoulder looks so fake too.

@@rt66vintage16 Yeahhh, it’s giving very put on vibes!

Crazy they went with only one person. You think they’dhave a stay where you can always see the leader rule or even have four designated kids to be lead and bring up the end. Isn’t that like the whole point of scouts?

I thought that practice was standard. ...

Yes!!!!

Never just one adult for any size group of kids.

This is the way. Girl scouts always did it like that. Buddies side by side adults at each end.

BSA Has required 2 - deep leadership on all outings since the 1980s. If he was the only adult leader on the hike then they were violating policy. The policy was set up for various reasons, including a lost hiker.

😂 😅

😂

What does cut switchbacks mean ? Like S’s and you don’t stay on trail you try to cut across But run into trouble from not staying on trail ??

@@kingdingaling2469i was just here trying to figure it out

what are switchbacks?

@@candy26sb 😊

@@dianeyoung2914 So I just googled it, someone please correct me if I am wrong lol, but apparently it means to cut across on zig-zag parts of the trail. They basically take the small shortcut instead of following along the trail

Narcissists love isolating their prey. Then they can control even more of their lives that way. Despicable.

I hope you took that ex hiking

@@fab3laundry 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I should have 😳. He hired a convicted felon to harass me DAILY since 1988. That’s 36 yrs and counting. He’s a cop with 9mm and badge as weapons. I hope I make it 😩

@@darrellhicks360 the felon is a cop? I shouldn't be surprised as it seems the worst of the worst seek out positions in LE so they can commit crimes with impunity. Everything from pedophilia to murder is ok as long as you are "one of them". A Tassie cop who was a well known pedo got a Police Funeral I heard the other day. When the people you fear are the people you are supposed to call when there is something very wrong happening, there needs to be changes made to the recruitment and investigation of police officers accused of crimes.

I've seen your pine barrens in a Sopranos episode. 😊

Plus the park in question is just south of the NY/NJ border basically adjacent to Harriman, Stirling and Bear Mountain state parks.

That bear could have gone any where including up a tree. It just wanted some curry. Can you blame him?

That sounds more like a rumour. "Young people were hiking and saw a bear, taking pictures of it and then it attacked them." transforming to "Someone was taking selfies with a bear and then it attacked." I'm sure if he had tried taking selfies, there would've been more solid mention of it. And I'd rather trust what the official reports said, saying that it appeared to be hungry and was protecting its kill afterwards.

​@@pluggedfinn-bj3hnand the selfies would have been on the camera

I do think it was foolish to try and take puctures of the bear instead of just leaving right away, but how could he have blocked all escape routes for the bear? It can go literally any direction, plus up trees, and even just the way it came.

@@laurieb3703 Maybe the bear took some selfies while eating curry?

That's what I was thinking too. Being an experienced woodsman the first mistake is taking pictures of the bear, get out of there immediately!! Do not stick around for any reason. Don't run, just walk quickly. Looking behind every so often

@@shanegiggie EXACTLY 💯

And sadly the bear’s life too

should've had at least one other adult along too - one at the front, one at the back, walkie talkies between them. sounds like some bad decisions were made.

Yes. Your pace is decided by the _slowest_ of the group. I went hiking with my school group in the eighties and that was the mantra. So sad.

This is excellent advice.

All safeguarding and child protection guidance requires two adults present for any activity with kids-- never mind an overnight camp out in the woods!

They should have had one drone per kid to monitor their safety & wrapped them all in stytofoam blankets.. if they really cared.

i came here to say the same thing!

Thought I was crazy

I saw it too! As if he was taking the photo to see what was behind him in the dark. Was is wolf or a bear or a bigfoot or some other person who attacked him???

@@viccigates3756it more looks like a puma… literally you can see half of its nose too

OMG - he was abducted & probably killed… but no where in that area 😱🤯😱

I saw that first 😮

It was probably the Eye of the Hidebehind. He likely took the picture because he sensed something behind him. Every time he turned around, it wasn't there because the Hidebehind uses you to hide behind. Knowing that something is directly behind you, you instinctively whip around to confront your stalker out of fear, but as you turn, it swiftly steps behind you, using your blind spot. Once a Hidebehind is directly behind you, your fate is all but sealed because it won't be hiding for much longer. These creatures love the taste of fear in the blood. That is why they stalk their prey. The moment you turn back around and see the horrible creature now standing directly in front of you, the fear in your blood turns to sheer terror, and that is when it brutally and horribly devours you. You won't be found.

@@RSP3557 It's not on the colour version suggesting it's a glitch.

@@RSP3557 Welp, I used to really enjoy sleeping, I guess that's over now!

@@somewhatcyclops 😂 same

This was 30 years ago, we didn't bubble wrap everything. There were only 6 scouts, that seems like a small enough number for one adult to keep together.

@@DesignRhythm Yet, he did not keep them together. It was well past 30-years for me in Girl Scouts. Safety first in scouts.

I didn't do Scouts, but one year I went to a camp that focused on hiking. We always had the wildlife biologist in front and one of the two geologists in the back. Actually, the biologist's wife joined for a few days when neither of the geologists could come. And we were a small group of 14-16 year olds.

Mountain lions attacks on humans are extremely rare.

I lived in Northern New York for a while and had a similar encounter with a black bear! He came tumbling out of the woods and I was frozen in fear! I was on the phone with my mom at the time, so she snapped me out of it and told me to move my butt to the car! I was only about 30 feet away from the car, but like 10 from the bear. Bear did not care about me at all. 😅

​​@@Ironashman26the bear probably heard Your Mama bear on the phone, bet she was praying like crazy..geez i can't stand bears...😖

so glad they caught him, if cops/investigators didn’t catch his off-tone emergency call he would’ve gotten away

@@sylviabennan It sounded so REHEARSED and cold 🥶🥶🥶

That’s exactly what I saw! Something was behind him!!

There’s something not right about the right hand side of that photo

Yeah. Cutting switchbacks seems easier but often is harder. If he had zero experience 🤷. The leader should have covered that beforehand.

Sounds like a case for Missing 411 Another human disappears in the woods Spooky I go out by myself through the trails a lot and I never felt nervous about it til I started seeing all these Missing Persons Cases

if he was that slow and far behind the others, it's just a really easy take down for a mountain lion. not that spooky.

@@bertkilborne6464 , same here. I thought nothing of it until I started watching stuff like this. I mean no trace? Even if an animal got him, there would be blood or clothes or something! Just weird.

That's the hard part with large groups & inexperienced hikers - someone always wants to ho faster, while others need a break. Poor Jared, that must have been a terrifying way to die.

his quality is as good or better than professional news shows like 48 hrs, etc

@@charm2800 I highly agree with both of you 😊😊😊

Totally agree

Still, though, I’m surprised there aren’t even more subs.

If it bleeds, it leads...

This guy knows what he's talking about! Clearly this bear had either never tried curry or it had been a long time since his last curry meal.

Bet it's peanut butter 😂

​@@LegalTyrannyhow many times are you going to make the curry joke?

We just saw a huge black bear here in Idaho last week and my 45lb dog basically chased it away. The kids all running away was the worst thing they could do.

@@laurieb3703 As many times as it takes cupcake.

LoL, I camp all the time and the worst is when u remember ine of these stories right when laying fown to sleep. 😂

Seriously! I have seen black bears three times in my life and they all took off when I just gasped "a bear!" I never even got decent pictures before the poofed. I also wonder if he was sick, running is a bad idea in general because it does trigger a prey drive but that doesn't seem like "enough" for an attack like this. I also wonder if it had survived an encounter with a hunter and thought it was in danger.

He followed the smell of curry.

@@LegalTyranny Really, that's what you need to say? You should be ashamed of your racist self.

Very strange for sure. It's also weird that it didn't run away from the police who showed up for the body. Presumably the bear had already eaten by then, and while predators do often protect their kills, again, black bears are usually pretty darn afraid of people. So once it had gotten what it wanted, it's very strange that it would have stuck around. I wonder if it had become acclimated to humans somehow, and decided if we're not ACTUALLY a threat, then maybe we taste good? Wild animals acclimated to humans can be pretty dangerous. It's still very strange tho, even if that were the case. Might have been a combination of factors. Acclimation plus extreme hunger plus who know what else? Most unusual indeed.

Some more info on this one: Reports from witnesses detail the chain of events leading to the death of Darsh Patel. The black bear initially encountered and stalked, but did not attack, a male and female hiker. The two hikers warned five young men, which included the bear attack victim, not to proceed on the trail due to an aggressive bear. Instead of taking the advice, the five young men approached the bear and took photos with their cell phones from approximately 30 yards away. The bear subsequently slowly followed the young men and the group fled in separate directions. The victim lost his shoe, appeared exhausted and the bear was five feet from Mr. Patel when witnesses last saw him. If they had stayed together and been intimidating enough it may not have attacked, they didn't follow any kind of bear safety unfortunately. I did read through the necropsy results on the bear, the bear was in good condition with no noted health concerns - though some decomposition had begun by the time of the examination which may have obscured some more subtle findings. There was also some damage from where the bear was shot, unlikely to have obscured much, but possible. The two most noteworthy findings were one that despite being in overall good body condition the alimentary tract was relatively empty (I.e. hunger was likely a factor). Two being that noted on the exam were a broken upper canine and upper incisors, the bear did take a bullet to the face (though it read as though it hit further back along the jaw), which could have caused this/could have happened during transport of the corpse/could have happened if the bear fell significantly after being shot, but if pre-mortem (though given good condition potentially not long before) then could have been a contributing factor.

I thought Toni was a dentist. Either way, a caring and compassionate human being, who spent her life helping people. ❤

@@jenmattrn She was an eye doctor! Such a wonderful lady

she was a podiatrist! c'mon people, if you don't know what kind of doctor she actually was, how about you don't keep commenting incorrect ones. (mine is also incorrect, for the record, that was a joke)

Toni was a gorgeous lady & tragic that her community lost a good medical professional & a mother needed by a child (no matter that daughter's age); Harold appears to have been an attractive man in some of these photos shared here. Too bad he was a murderer.

@@jlt131 She was a partner in the firm of Associates in Eyecare, in Denver as an ophthalmologist, where she conducted cataract, Lasik and facial cosmetic surgery. She was awarded a place in America's Top Ophthalmologists by the Consumer Research Council in 2006.

Mans be zooted 😂

So much clickbait, but it's kind of funny.

@@trevorus lmao

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bro been crying haha

if he was holding it out in front of him to use the flash to see something, but accidentally had it facing the wrong way around, it would make sense.

Maybe he just used the camera because of the flash. So he could see whatever or whoever spooked him.

Not true... I was a 6 year old kid in 1999, and I remember turning the camera around and snapping a picture of myself that I wouldn't be able to see for several weeks as the roll of film had to get into a red room and returned to us (sorry I don't know the english words to describe these things as I am from Europe.) But either way, I find it the most likely that he took that 'selfie' himself.

@@Valoelify usually known as a "dark room" but they do use red lights do you were close!

He could've been fumbling with it in the dark, trying to figure out getting the flash to work when it went off in his face, with him either dropping it due to that, or deciding not to try further (either immediately or subsequently discarding it)

Northern Minnesota has the same problem with bears at the local landfills. Terrible issues when cabins are open in late spring / summer the bears rule.

Same with my mother in Connecticut, animal control tells people to let them wander through.

as someone who is usually the slowest hiker, I thank you.

I lived in NE PA for 20 years and to my knowledge, the majority of unwanted black bear encounters in our area were caused by food carelessness…either by people intentionally feeding them 😬 or leaving food where they can easily reach.

Am I the only one that will sometimes forget to breathe, if focusing super hard on something that requires tremendous attention or....focus?

​@JK-gm6kk ***holding your breath as opposed to forgetting to breath*** If that's what you mean, I do that as well.

No. If she was breathing CPR wouldn't be indicated. No pulse and no breathing is the only situation where you initiate CPR.

No breathing? Rescue breaths. No pulse? Use chest compressions to pump the heart for them. CPR is only for no pulse. If you do it right, you'll probably break their ribs. So check for a pulse first.

@@danayneal4409 exactly. The victim supposedly was breathing. Therefore she had a pulse. So she didn't need CPR.

We've got those huge wild pigs in Oklahoma woods. Many seen on trail cams.

I saw it aswell! Really scary, and so sad

Looks like a mountain lion to me.

Even faster than non-regular humans too : )

@@DesignRhythm Faster than sprinters?

@@shirleyrice7093 yes. bears are faster than any human - especially in all terrain woods. They have 4 wheel drive. Zero chance anyone can outrun a bear that has his/her sights on you. I lived near Tahoe, lots of bears.. saw a tiny little cub climb a 200ft cedar in about 3 seconds. I just saw a bear last week here in Idaho, its on my channel.

@@shirleyrice7093 Usain Bolt once briefly reached 27.78 mph for a second or two (in 2009), but the average human only runs around 15 mph. A black bear can run up to 30 mph and a grizzly up to 35 mph.

Maybe accidently, I do that a lot where I try to take a pic of something but camera is aiming at me. I usually notice but he may have had things on his mind

Have a beautiful and safe hike!

Stairway to Heaven, Vernon NJ

Noticed it the first thing. 😮

💯!

He killed his first wife, too. He dropped a Jeep on her.

I feel a huge clue was fact he never had a job....pay attention folks. Actions tell the story. Not what BS. They spew. This is for men & women....best advice I ever heard...

Applies to the first story too. 😢

Lol, i have a shirt that says that..

I wish I had a friend I could sacrifice as bear bait 😢

@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant first of all: saphire throat🥰 secondly: just make sure you can outrun the person at the next picnic table

Just don’t he the last one Just don’t be the slowest You don’t even have to outrun all your friends

What I meant was that is the only attack I have heard of in NJ.

Kyle has through hiked the Appalachian Trail, so he must have hiked in NJ. The AT goes through the north western part of NJ. It's super pretty in that area.

Well acted for sure.

@@thecrowfliescrooked I would say it was terribly acted. He sounded way too calm and shouldn't have been talking about things like how many beats per minutes her heart is beating at. You would think he was a doctor with the way he was talking.

@@cobra7282 ah yes.

I'm no doctor but I know hoe to take a pulse it's not that hard to do a quick estimate

Mine too

Haha Im an Aussie and i totally agree. But plenty people will believe we have scary yowies, bigfoot, bunyips etc. we have nothing to worry about.

I hike there all the time. That deer exclusion zone you're talking about is useless for bears. I saw a bear last year on the green trail within that zone. The gates no longer close in some areas as well as the fence is damaged in sections due to fallen trees.

@@tashalousdadful oh I haven't been up there in a while. That's a shame