love it for tireless reporting on bear-human interactions. Like when they warn readers bears aren't hibernating yethttps://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/bears-alaskas-largest-city-still-not-ready-hibernate-winter/2011/11/26/ …
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or when a bear brazenly walks into a liquor storehttps://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2017/06/30/no-joke-a-bear-walks-into-a-juneau-liquor-store/ …
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or that time a bear ran off with a golf clubhttps://www.adn.com/features/sports/2017/06/14/bears-and-moose-are-par-for-the-course-in-anchorage-golfing/ …
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this headline "Mom, Dad, there’s a bear in my room’"https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2017/06/29/bear-breaks-through-window-into-sleeping-boys-bedroom-in-south-anchorage/ …
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switching genres, that time a sea lion stole a fisherman's halibut!https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/seal-lion-steals-mans-halibut-sitka-fearful-victim-impales-foot-gaff-hook/2016/03/04/ …
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god damn, i love this paper. cc
@Mr_Berman who agrees with me (or at least used to) -
where else would I learn about "Man mauled after feeding bear some BBQ had been drinking, troopers say"https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/man-mauled-after-feeding-bear-some-bbq-had-been-drinking-troopers-say/2013/06/17/ …
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Or about "Rescued snowmachiner says she didn't hallucinate wolves" https://web.archive.org/web/20131219051955/https://www.adn.com/2013/12/16/3233403/rescued-woman-says-she-didnt-hallucinate.html … WHO ELSE WOULD REPORT THIS
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or how Alaskans have invented protective coats to keep their tiny dogs from being snatched by eagleshttps://www.adn.com/voices/article/alaskan-invents-flashy-coats-safeguard-tiny-dogs-predators/2016/05/16/ …
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And what about the best story they every published. This is one of the most harrowing narratives to be published in an American newspaper...
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It's this: "Homer Chihuahua survives owl abduction and hit by truck"https://www.adn.com/dog-blog/article/homer-chihuahua-survives-owl-abduction-and-hit-truck/2014/04/16/ …
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Read it. It will do things to your heart.
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"But then her heart sank. The owl was still carrying her dog. She watched the bird swoop low across the yard and then out of sight."
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"Tymrak has a knack for taking in lost or stranded animals... 'It was a great horned owl with a dead Chihuahua or so I thought" Tymrak said'
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"My heart just about stopped," Tymrak said. "I just ran over there to try to save the bird. I went to pick it up, and the dog yelped."
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A miracle story.
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Published by the Alaska Dispatch News.
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If I were one of those millionaires with a media-savior complex I'd buy the ADN.
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As an Alaskan, it's sort of a statewide sport to hate on the ADN. But I love it too.
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