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Couple and their dog mauled to death in grizzly bear attack; chilling, final SOS message revealed



A Canadian couple and their dog were mauled to death by a grizzly bear. The pair were able to send a harrowing final SOS message to family members before being killed in the grisly attack.

Doug Inglis and Jenny Gusse, both 62, went on a seven-day hiking trek inside Alberta's popular Banff National Park last week. The couple were "highly experienced" hikers who had been in the area "many times." However, tragedy struck when they were victims of a vicious bear attack.

Last Friday afternoon, Inglis notified his uncle that they hadn't reached their planned camping destination and would instead bunker down for the night near the Red Deer River in the Panther Valley, west of Ya Ha Tinda Ranch in Banff National Park.

Colin Inglis, the uncle of Doug, received a chilling, three-word SOS message around 8:15 p.m. on Friday.

The uncle told the Calgary Herald, "I got a call from their Garmin (inReach device) that said, ‘Bear attack bad.'"

"The alarm bells were going off, 'This is not good' – that means there’d been some engagement," Inglis said. "You’re completely helpless to know what’s going on."

The dire message was also automatically sent to Parks Canada officials.

The uncle said a helicopter was deployed for the search and rescue mission, but had to turn back because of overcast conditions. Around 10:30 p.m., an on-the-ground response team was dispatched. However, the search team didn't reach the couple's campsite until nearly 2 a.m. The search and rescue team discovered a gruesome scene.

The recovery team found the mauled and lifeless bodies of Inglis, Gusse, and their 7-year-old border collie named Tris.

Parks Canada officials believe the couple were inside their tent reading when they were attacked by the grizzly bear.

Parks officials told Inglis that the couple's tent was "crushed and their e-readers were open."

Inglis believes that his nephew was outside the tent trying to fend off the bear while Jenny was in the tent sending the desperate SOS message.

According to the New York Post, "The couple — a research scientist and a lab technician at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Research Centre — appeared to have tried to fight off the bear with bear spray, but the animal was relentless."

Colin said, "One can of bear spray had been fully discharged, but this bear was not to be deterred."

The response team located the grizzly bear suspected of killing the couple and were forced to shoot the aggressive animal.

Colin said, "In their words, the bear was intent on killing them."

Parks Canada revealed on Tuesday that the bear was a 25-year-old grizzly in "fair body condition" with poor teeth and less body fat than usual for this time of year. Experts believe the bear was predatory because it was trying to fatten up ahead of hibernation in the winter.

Investigators will perform an autopsy on the grizzly to determine if it is the same animal that killed the couple.

Inglis said the couple "did everything right, but bad things happen."

The pair were said to be looking forward to retiring next year so they would have more time to explore the great outdoors.

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Officials confirm dead woman found on hiking trail near Yellowstone National Park died from grizzly bear attack



Officials confirmed Monday that a woman died near Yellowstone National Park after being attacked by a grizzly bear.

Early Saturday morning, officials with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks were notified that a hiker found a woman deceased on a trail about eight miles from West Yellowstone, the agency said in a statement.

Upon investigating, bear specialists and other game wardens discovered the woman suffered from "wounds consistent with a bear attack."

"They also found tracks from an adult grizzly bear and at least one cub near the site. They did not see any bears or signs of a day bed or animal carcass during the investigation," the agency explained. "The hiker was believed to be alone during the encounter, and no bear spray or firearms were found at the scene."



The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks are jointly investigating the incident.

Officials did not release the victim's name.

Tragically, the woman was attacked and killed the same week that Montana game wardens issued a warning about bears. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, in fact, warned there have been "grizzly bear sightings in several places where grizzlies haven’t been seen in recent years, and in some cases more than a century," KECI-TV reported.

Still, bear attacks are rare.

Only eight people have been killed by bears in Yellowstone National Park since the park was established in 1872. On the other hand, there have been seven fatal brown and black bear attacks in Montana since 2010, including three (now four) since 2021.

This is only the second fatal bear attack in the U.S. this year. Steven Jackson, 66, was killed in Arizona last month when a black bear attacked him. Neighbors rushed to his aid and eventually killed the bear, but it was too late. Officials were left perplexed over the attack because the bear was not provoked nor was it unhealthy.

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