00:00:09on Kodiak no human has been killed by a
00:00:14bear in 70 years Ned
00:00:21Rasmussen and his friends have hunted
00:00:23together without incident for 15 years
00:00:28you ganic island is one of their
00:00:30favorite spots
00:00:35as usual they have come here by air and
00:00:39arranged to be flown out again in a few
00:00:41days time and as in years past they
00:00:48start out together and then gradually
00:00:50split up this allows them to cover more
00:00:54ground and flush out more deer around
00:00:59noon a single shot rings out I think it
00:01:06was about 12:30 I heard a shot from up
00:01:10on the mountain so I figured Ned had
00:01:12shot a deer I looked up and I could see
00:01:15Ned up on the side of the mountain and I
00:01:17tried to wave to him I don’t think he
00:01:19ever saw me though
00:01:21later that afternoon Phil Burnie here’s
00:01:24another shot we heard a shot and I
00:01:31remember looking at my watch it was 405
00:01:33in the afternoon and we thought net had
00:01:35shot another deer only later would Phil
00:01:40learn the true and terrifying meaning of
00:01:43that second shot
00:01:50that night
00:01:51Ned Rasmussen failed to return to the
00:01:54hunting cabin the party had a
00:01:57long-standing 15-year pact in an
00:02:01emergency situation one of them would
00:02:04fire three warning shots in a row
00:02:07the team expected Ned to fire back in
00:02:10response signaling that he was alright
00:02:14so I shot my rifle twice three times
00:02:18each and we didn’t hear any answering
00:02:20shot I remember John and I were standing
00:02:22outside the cabin when I did that and we
00:02:24both kind of had the same reaction this
00:02:28isn’t good
00:02:30we’re not hearing his voice we’re not
00:02:32hearing a shot we’re not seeing any
00:02:34light up on the side of the mountain or
00:02:36something and I had the feeling that was
00:02:38something was really wrong
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