BearAttaek
Troublewas about to
breakout on Mount
Lemmon.For yearsthe
9,000-footpeak north of
Tucson, Arizona,had
beena popular spot for
h i k i n g a n d c a m p i n g .I n t h e s u m m e ro f
1996,however,the mountain wasnot
a safeplaceto be. Dangerwas lurking
behind the treesand in the shadows.
The dangercould be summedup in
iust one woid: bears.A recentdrought
had dried up much of the bears'food
supply.Now theseanimalswere looking for food near human sites.Before
the summerwas over,two girls would
learn just how fearsomehungrv bears
could be.
ln I 996 d droughtdriedup muchof the
food supplyof the bearson Arizona's
Mount Lemmon,cousingproblemswith
beorottocksot compsiteson the mountain.
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Jennifer Corraleswas the first
victim.On Jul!' 13eight-year-old
Corraleswas camping out on Mount
Lemmon. She had come with her Girl
S c o u lg r o u p .T h e y w e r es l a y i n ga t
Whispering Pinescampground.As
night fell, the girls and their adult
leadersmade "s'mores."They piled
chocolatebars and marshmallowson
top of graham crackers.That made a
gooey but delicioustreat.
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W h e n C o r r a l e sf i n i s h e de a t i n g ,
b i t s o f m a r s h m a l l o wa n d c h o c o l a t e
c l u n g t o h e r f a c e .S h ed i d n ' t b o t h e r
t o l v a s hu p . I n s t e a d ,s h e j u s t c l i m b e d
i n t o h e r b e d r o l l .S h ef e l l a s l e e pu n d e r
the stars.
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Sometimethat night, Corrales
woke up. A huge hulking shape
Ioonredover her. It was a bearlThe
aninral leanedover and sniffed
Corrales'sface.Terrified,Corrales
s c r € : r m e dl '.h e b e a rs w i p e da t h e r f d c e
with its giant pan'.Then it turned and
left the campsite.
s Corraleswas taken to the hospitaL.
The bear had ripped the tear duct in
her eye.lts clarvshad cut her face.
StiU,she was lr.rcky.The damagecould
have been much worse.
6 After tire incident the Arizona Game
and FishDepartmentmade plans to
trap the bearand move it to a different
mountain. Officialssaidit had become
t o o b o l d . l h e s a m eb e a rh a d r e c e n t l y
gone into a cabin in searchof food. It
had alsobeen seentearinginto an
outdoor refrigerator.Officials lvere sure
it wasthe samebear.A scaron its back
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But this was not the only bear on
Mount Lemmon. Therewere others,
and most of them were hungrv too.
Everyday the bearsscouredthe rvoods
searchingfor food. Somefound trash
left by carelesscampers.A ferv prolvled
around cabinswhere people lived.
One woman who lived on the
mountain felt sorry for the bears,She
beganleaving food for them on her
back doorstep.She meant well, but
she really iust added to the problem.
As the bearsbecameusedto taking
people'sfood, they lost their fear of
humans.That made them more
dangeroustnan evet.
s Meanwhile,16-year-oldAnna
Knochelwas getting readyto camP
out on Mount Lemmon. Knochelwas
part of a 4-H group from Pima County.
The group had plans to camp at
OrganizationRidge.This wasa popular
campgroundon the mountain.
Knochel'sgroup had 71 children and
11 adults.Therewerealso 14 counselors,one of ivhom rvasKnochel.
e On the night of Jul.v24, Knochel
was on the mountain. It was dark
when she and the othels went to bed.
Knochel was alone in her tent, but she
w a s n ' tw o r r i e d .T h e r ew e r ep i e n t ; 'o f
peoplein tents right neat hers.
t o U n l i k eJ e n n i f e rC o r r a l e sA, n n a
Knochei went to sleepwith a clean
face.Her tent containedno food of
a n y k i n d . l ' e t a t 5 : 1 5t h e n e x t
morning, a huge black bear pushedits
way into her tent. As Knochel awoke,
the bear attacked.
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The 340-pound bear pounced ot.t
t o p o f K n o c h e L .S h e s c r e a m € d a t t h e
top of her voice, but the bear didn't
back off. Instead, it began ripping at
her face and arms with its Sharp claws
lt sank its teeth into her shoulder and
the top of her head. It also took a
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deep bite out of her right thigh.
"I'm
being attacked by a bear!"
Knochel shouted as blood poured
from her wounds.
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O t h e r c a m p e r ) h e a r d h e r c r i e s .T n e y
right thigh and buttock rvere gone. She
was covered with cuts and puncture
rdn lo her tent and beganbangingon
the canvas, hoping to drive the bear
an'a1'.it didn't work. They shouted and
s c r e a m e d ,b u t s t i l l t h e a n i m a l
continued to maul Knochel. Someone
I'elied at Knochel to play dead. But
that didn't seem to help, either. The
bear kept on attacking her.
1; At last one of the adult chaperones
came runnjng rvith a handgun. The
chaperone fired a bullet into the
ground, sure that such a loud noise
rvould scare the creature off, but the
bear hardlv seemedto hear the blast.
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D e s p e r a t e ,t h e c h a p e r o n e t o o k a i m
at the bear.This shot hit the animal
a n d r ro u n r l < d i t . N o r v ,a t l a ' r , r h e b e a r
stopped its attack. It turned and fled
into the woods.
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J h e h o r r j f i e d( d m p e r i r u : h e d t o g e t
help for Knochel. A helicopter came
and airliftecl her to Tucson lvledical
Center. She was in bad shape. She
needed surgery right arvav. Most of her
rvounds. She had also lost a lot of
"lt was
blood.
a devastating injr:r'y for
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trer, one of the doctors later said.
"-fhis
kind of severe bear attack was a
life-threatening in jury. "
17 As doctors rvorked to save Knoch€I,
sherifis back on Mount Lemmon
inspiration to her nurses, to her
doctors, to her familv," said her father.
"You
can't sugarcoat this kind of
i n j u n . B u t \ h e s b e e l la m d z i n g a s f d r a s
h o w s h e ' sb e e n d e a l i n g w i t h t h i s . "
20 Later, Anna Knochel was asked if
she would ever return to Mout]t
Lemmon. She might, she said. But she
wouldn't stdy lhe niAl)t. -4*
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tracked dorvn the bear. Thev followed
the trail of blood it had left. It took
them about an hour. Then two deputies
spotted the bear and shot it to death.
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Anna Knochel survived the attack,
but her life would nerrer be the same.
She had to have several operations.
Lven then, she needed a brace to walk.
Knochel aiso had to deal with lvhat her
father called "prett,v vivid memories."
He said. "She didn't lo<e consciousness
during the attack or after the attack.
Obviously, she has a lot to deal with in
terms of the whole incident.
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Still, Knochel iried to look on the
bright side. "Her spirit has been an
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1. A drought in Arizonain 1996 causedbearson
M o u n t L e m m o nt o l o o kf o r f o o d n e a rh u m a n
resultingin at leasttvvobearattackson
campsites,
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a drought had dried up much of their food
2. Because
supply,bearson Mount Lemmonhad to look
for food.
elsewhere
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3 . A n n aK n o c h ewl a sa t t a c k e d
campedat the OrganizationRidgecampgroundon
M o u n tL e m m o n .
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1 . W h e n J e n n i { e rC o r r a l e sw e n t t o b e d a t W h i s p e r i n g P i n e s
campground,
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n b. piecesof chocolate and marshmallow were stuck to her face
n c. she slept in a tent bY herself.
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When the bear attacked Corrales, it
a. sank its teeth into her shoulder.
b. ripped the skin off her face.
c. ripped a tear duct in her eye.
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a . p r o w l e d a r o u n d c a b i n sw h e r e p e o p l e l i v e d .
b. attacked many carelesscampers.
c. left their trash in the woods.
4. Other campers tried to drive away the bear that attacked
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A f t e r t h e a t t a c k ,K n o c h e l
a . w a s r u s h e dt o a n e a r b y h o s p i t a l .
b. lost most of her right leg.
c. neverreturnedto Mount Lemmon
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a. fell from
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lennifer Corrales and Anna Knochel, list at least two ways in
which the attacks were similar and two ways in which they
were different.
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people no longer camp on Mount Lemmon.
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m a n y b e a r sw e r e m o v e d f r o m M o u n t L e m m o n i n l 9 9 6
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Accordingto paragraph7, a. bearsbecameusedto takingpeople'sfood
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leftfood out for the bears
c. peoplelefttheirtrashor purposely
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