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Alaska bear tamer speaks softly but carries big stick
Stan Price, 84, lives on Admiralty Island near Windfall Harbor guiding his policy of using a walking stick to ward off Alaska brown bears. He hoards a dozen rifles but believes calm talk and a tap with his stick keep bears in line, recounting decades of close calls and a life among the largest carnivores in North America.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Alaska
Admiralty Island
Stan Price
Teddy Roosevelt
Price
North America
Tye
Westinghouse Corp
Edna May
Windfall Harbor