Hungry Russian bears dig up Arctic graves for food
Published: October 28th, 2010 11:04 AM
MOSCOW - Famished bears in northern Russia have resorted to digging up graves in cemeteries - and reportedly eating at least one body - after a scorching summer destroyed their natural food sources of forest berries and mushrooms, officials said Thursday.
The brown bears' grisly habit is forcing locals in the Arctic Circle region of Komi to mount 24-hour patrols, protecting their families and livestock with the concern that the bears might get a taste for fresher human flesh, said Pyotr Lobanov, a regional spokesman for the Emergencies Ministry.
(I thought this was crazy. What if you were visiting the cemetery and witnessed this. Ohmygosh!)
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