Night of the Grizzlies, Olsen's brilliant account of another sad chapter in America's vanishing frontier, traces the causes of that tragic night: the rangers' careless disregard of established safety precautions and persistent warnings by seasoned campers that some of the bears were acting "funny"; the comforting belief that the great bears were not really dangerous -- … 920 Ratings. It is definitely a true horror story, expertly told by Jack Olsen. I purchased the paperback at the Many Glacier Hotel’s shop when my family and I stayed there in June of 2016. Students and teachers returning to the campus of Kearny High School in San Diego, CA in September 1967 (I was a junior that year) were shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic death of Michele Koons, a vivacious, well-liked 1966 graduate, in a bear attack in Glacier National Park in Montana. An incredible telling of the night at Glacier Park in August 1967 when two campers were killed by two separate bears, miles apart. }); Select a location to see product availability, [{"displayPrice":"$66.06","priceAmount":66.06,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"66","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"06","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"Ri0NXovpDo7fNDThs1KY1GQ94lDmUNlL61WucsHh3oZqRAQA2GDG2d6n0Clyo7s0UHKRVSr33dwm1wbB9ak64hrO0e%2F3HRNJ%2FM5udrsjPlyqMNvfKw9l3U%2BgNqq1Tfcl7FDR%2FRD6y5VAMnTLeUjPLPCnIUXBnwc8no696aGDauoMwI%2Bsi8XWKL6uvglllaas"},{"displayPrice":"$11.90","priceAmount":11.90,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"11","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"90","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"zQxDJLVXttz3JqeigkJ57kKVDIb9UMFlF7qLMS4FiblIZi3VVp7SepJKQV4FL27vERk3rn9h9IszEApy5t6%2BdJVJWSbquKqLEaxZGpuwrKht1i4uxZWrTrKC2mWTZEUGEvsBTRiaoiDT6CFSuoRH6vKLTHug4LE9iG1602AJYMAQA%2FYoAX2dIb3k3ke%2FdMzq"}]. Both women, Julie Helgeson, 19, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, and Michele Koons, 19, of San Diego, California, died of their injuries. It helps that I know these areas pretty intimately, so the story hits closer to home for me. Interesting book about the 1967 incident at Glacier National Park where a grizzly killed two campers after terrorizing the back country for that entire summer. (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? #shippingMessageInsideBuyBox_feature_div>.a-letter-space{display:none!important}#shippingMessageInsideBuyBox_feature_div>.a-section{display:inline!important} Overall, a very good story, and very sad because it's true. 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In fact, Glacier rangers understood perhaps more than anyone that park goers dropped huge sums of money each summer for a chance to see a real-life grizzly up close and personal. Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen starting at $2.70. Then in 1967, on a single August night, two campers were fatally mauled by enraged bears -- thus signaling the beginning of the end for America's greatest remaining land carnivore. Since that terrible night in 1967, many grizzly bears have been relocated to areas like parts of Canada and Alaska. Acceptable. This is a true account of two deaths in Glacier National Park, Montana in 1968, written by the popular mystery/thriller writer Jack Olsen. This particular book is centered around Glacier National Park and two fatal grizzly bear attacks which took place in August of 1967. The cries for help are indelibly engraved in my brain. The Night of the Grizzly is a 1966 western–adventure film starring Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn, Jack Elam and Nancy Kulp. While they were”. The place was Glacier National Park, Montana USA. I'm almost equally horrified by the mismanagement of trash by the NPS 50 years ago -- things we take for granted now (pack in, pack out; not setting up camp in areas known to be heavily traveled by bears; ignoring, for a whole summer, repeated bear attacks on camps) seemed to. AmazonUIPageJS : P).load.js('https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61-JVU9f7xL.js?AUIClients/DetailPageAllOffersDisplayAssets&41TJsBF+#mobile.315331-T1.331965-T1.302352-T1.252279-T1.323159-T2.327966-T1.309776-T1.271591-T1'); The 'night of the grizzlies' was August 13, 1967. This is one of them I somehow missed. 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