Five Foot Alligator Taken in Montana Pond
An eleven year old boy fishing in Shady Lane Pond in Kalispell, Montana, a less than tropical location, hooked a 5 foot, 60 pound alligator, which was subsequently brought ashore and dispatched by a...
View ArticleGet the Geezers Off Those Bikes
Is there any sight more ridiculous than some aging baby boomer peddling away in his spandex outfit and insectoid helmet on a bicycle? Bicycles are alright for small boys to use on paper routes or to...
View ArticleAlarm Over Increased Seismic Activity at Yellowstone
You won’t need to worry about Global Warming if the Yellowstone Caldera decides to erupt. London Times: Hundreds of earthquakes have hit Yellowstone National Park, raising fears of a more powerful...
View Article“Made in Montana”
More gun makers and gun owners ought to be hanging “For Sale” signs on their current properties and getting ready to move West. Why would Auto Ordinance want to stay in the Catskills or Smith &...
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Culture Wars in Bozeman
Bridget Kevane, a professor at Montana State University and resident of Bozeman, left three younger children in the charge of her twelve year old daughter and a girlfriend at the local mall. The two...
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One More Warmlist Entry
It is always a good day for NYM when we are able to add one more dire effect to the Warmlist catalogue. Julie Cart, at the LA Times, consults the environmental seers who explain that grizzly bear...
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Stoner Gets Workman’s Comp, But Business Closes
HuffPo quotes a humorous local events item from the Missoulian. The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a Workers’ Compensation Court ruling that about $65,000 in medical bills incurred by a man who was...
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Both Fell to Their Deaths
Gallery The dead mountain lion and bighorn sheep were found on a closed road in Glacier National Park. Both evidently fell from somewhere very high on the cliffs above and to the right during the...
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Civil War-Era Musket Found Packed in Bear Grease in Montana Tree
Montana native Maxx Martel found this 19th century muzzleloader packed in bear grease in the hollow of a tree. Field & Stream It’s actually a Pattern 1853 Enfield, specifically a Moore-Enfield....
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Interesting Derailment
Three Boeing 737 jet fuselages lying in or near the Clark Fork River. KTVQ: A Montana Rail Link train en-route from Kansas City to Renton, Washington derailed east of Superior Thursday afternoon,...
View ArticleOld Ephraim Versus Electricity
“A Montana grizzly bear attempts to retrieve an electrically charged, road-killed deer. The deer is electrified as an experiment to protect hunters’ game kills and, in turn, to minimize bear-human...
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Archery Hunter Stops Bear Charge with One Arrow
Russel Ferster is one heck of a bow shot is all I have to say. Sporting Classics: Ferster was hoping to put his archery skills to good use September 11, 2016, but not on a bear, and certainly not in a...
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Bow Hunter Mauled by Grizzly in Montana
Rexburg Standard Journal: A grizzly bear mauled a bow hunter in southwestern Montana, slashing a 16-inch cut in his head that required 90 stitches to close. “I could hear bones crunching, just like...
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Man Shot Grizzly Off His Front Porch
Bozeman Daily Chronicle, October 24: A man shot a grizzly bear on his front porch near West Yellowstone last weekend after it broke into his garage to get a hanging elk carcass. Andrea Jones, a...
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Something Odd Shot in Montana
Great Falls Tribune: On May 16 a lone wolf-like animal was shot and killed on a ranch outside Denton. With long grayish fur, a large head and an extended snout, the animal shared many of the same...
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Montana Man Found to Possess Oldest DNA Present in the Americas
Dusty Crawford Great Falls Tribune: [Dusty] Crawford had his DNA tested through CRI Genetics, which aims to provide customers with a “biogeographical ancestry,” a description of where their genes fit...
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Bear in Closet
Missoula, Montana: WOW!!! WHAT A DAY! Today at approximately 5:45am deputies responded to a call up Butler Creek for a bear stuck inside a home. When deputies arrived, they discovered this black bear...
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