Night of the Grizzlies
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Night of the Grizzlies is a book, published in 1969, by author Jack Olsen
, which details events of August 13, 1967, when two young women were separately attacked in Glacier National Park, Montana
by grizzly bear
s. Both women, Julie Helgeson, 19, of Albert Lea
, Minnesota
and Michele Koons, 19, of San Diego, California
died of their injuries. Olsen's book investigates the potential causes of the incidents, in an area where no grizzly attacks had previously been recorded.
An unrelated but similarly named movie
had been released in April 1966 before the above-referenced attacks.
Jack Olsen
Jack Olsen was an American journalist and author known for his thorough, scholarly approach to crime reporting. Olsen was Senior Editor and Chief for the Sun-Times in Chicago Illinois in 1954...
, which details events of August 13, 1967, when two young women were separately attacked in Glacier National Park, Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
by grizzly bear
Grizzly Bear
The grizzly bear , also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America...
s. Both women, Julie Helgeson, 19, of Albert Lea
Albert Lea, Minnesota
Albert Lea is a city in and the county seat of Freeborn County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 18,016 at the 2010 census....
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
and Michele Koons, 19, of San Diego, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
died of their injuries. Olsen's book investigates the potential causes of the incidents, in an area where no grizzly attacks had previously been recorded.
An unrelated but similarly named movie
The Night of the Grizzly
The Night of the Grizzly is a 1966 Western adventure film starring Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn, and Nancy Kulp. Directed by Joseph Pevney and written by Warren Douglas, the film was released by Paramount Pictures on April 20, 1966....
had been released in April 1966 before the above-referenced attacks.