- Night of the Grizzlies
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Night of the Grizzlies 
Author(s) Jack Olsen Country United States Language English Genre(s) Non fiction Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons Media type Print (Paperback & Hardback) Pages 221pp (First facsimile edition, paperback, 1996) ISBN ISBN 0-943-97248-5 (First facsimile edition, paperback, 1996) Night of the Grizzlies is a book, published in 1969, by author Jack Olsen, which details events of August 13, 1967,[1] when two young women were separately attacked in Glacier National Park, Montana by grizzly bears. Both women, Julie Helgeson, 19, of Albert Lea, Minnesota and Michele Koons, 19, of San Diego, California died of their injuries.[2] Olsen's book investigates the potential causes of the incidents[3], in an area where no grizzly attacks had previously been recorded.[4]
An unrelated but similarly named movie had been released in April 1966 before the above-referenced attacks.
See also
- List of fatal bear attacks in North America
References
- ^ Sarasota Herald Tribune, Nov 23 1969, Capsule Book Reviews
- ^ The Windsor Star, Aug 14, 1967, Grizzlies turn killer - two girls die, youth mauled
- ^ Kaniut, Larry (2001) Bear Tales for the Ages: From Alaska and Beyond Self Published. ISBN 0970953704 p.252.
- ^ Turbak, Gary (1997) World life library: Grizzly Bears Voyageur Press. ISBN 0896583341 p.46.
Categories:- Non-fiction book stubs
- 1969 books
- Deaths due to bear attacks
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