Authorities in Montana say a 911 caller discovered his friend dead in a tent in what appeared to have been a fatal bear attack — but officials soon discovered the camper was actually the victim of a brutal murder.
Dustin Kjersem, 35, was found dead in his tent on Saturday morning along Moose Creek Road north of Big Sky, Montana, Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer said at news conference Wednesday. A friend who was supposed to have met Kjersem went searching for him when he didn’t show up as scheduled on Friday.
The friend ultimately discovered Kjersem’s body in a tent at a makeshift campsite and called 911, telling responders the death appeared to have been caused by a bear attack, the sheriff’s office said.
When I go camping I bring spray for the wildlife and a .45 ACP pistol for the humans. What makes camping out there great is also what makes it dangerous.
The body was found in a tent. Not much time to protect yourself when you’re asleep.
I’ve got no objection to the pistol, but what is the likelihood of being murdered camping alone in the middle of the woods like this guy was?
I always slept with my S&W Governor
Yeah I don’t think you can mimic how a bear would kill someone.
*Headline wasn’t what I read it as, the actual friend did find him like that and thought it was a bear attack.
If I were in the friend’s position I doubt I would have gotten a close enough look to differentiate. The autopsy said the victim had “multiple chop wounds” including to the skull so it was probably a machete or ax attack. With lots of long deep wounds and blood there wasn’t much chance he was alive when the friend found him so it’s plausible that the friend didn’t actually go into the campsite, just saw the blood and assumed it was a bear because what other animal could do that much damage.
