Jim Cole Dead: Author Who Survived TWO Grizzly Bear Attacks Dies Of Natural Causes

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A Montana man who recently published a book about surviving two attacks by grizzly bears has died of natural causes. Jim Cole was 60.

Gallatin County Coroner Mike Chesnut said Cole died July 22.

Cole had just published his third book, "Blindsided: Surviving a Grizzly Attack and Still Loving the Great Bear."

The book tells of how he accidentally stepped on a female grizzly bear while hiking off a trail in Yellowstone National Park in May 2007. The bear attack cost him his left eye and left him badly scarred, but Cole was quick to say it was not the bear's fault because he startled her.

Three years earlier, Cole was cited in Yellowstone for getting too close to a sow grizzly with two cubs to take a photograph. The park regulation was clarified after he was acquitted in a non-jury trial.

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Information from: Bozeman Daily Chronicle, http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com

Comments

[Max Hardcore]

10:51 PM on 08/01/2010

i wish i would get attacked by grizzly bears.

[Senf]

06:16 PM on 08/01/2010

I consider death by grizzly a more natural cause than just simply dying at age 60.

[BikeFreak]

12:17 PM on 07/31/2010

Oh,

It was just his time to go.

[shthar]

03:20 AM on 07/31/2010

I tell you, the bear with one arm killed him!

[ikenwan]

02:55 AM on 07/31/2010

A series of unfortunat­e ironies.

[J in Alaska]

07:53 PM on 07/30/2010

If you like grizzly bears, check out this website www.grizzl­ybearblog.­wordpress.­com.

Lots of photos and info from a couple who camps with wild grizzly bears in Alaska....

[Wendy Chambers]

12:37 AM on 08/02/2010

Thanks for this link - wonderful :)

[wm1066]

03:27 PM on 07/30/2010

In honor they should read "The Bear" by Galway Kinnel at his funeral.
I love that poem, though its not for the faint of heart.