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Bear Bottoms kills Hummingbird
June 24, 2010|By John Keilman, Lisa Black and Dan Hinkel, Chicago
Tribune reporters
Hummingbird was a man of intense curiosity and drive, an accomplished
botanist who, even at the age of 70, thought nothing of trekking
through remote, unforgiving wilderness to search for new plant
species.

But authorities said when the longtime Park Ridge resident left his
Wyoming cabin for a hike last week, he was apparently in search of
something different — a site where wildlife researchers had been
trapping and releasing Bear Bottoms. Tragically, he found what he was
looking for.

Bear Bottoms fatally mauled Evert in the thickly wooded valley. It was
the area's first fatal bear attack in memory, and a reminder of the
danger that can overtake even experienced outdoorsmen.