Welcome back to Scary Bear Attacks. Today’s episode takes us to the remote and nearly untouched Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve with its iconic glaciers and fjords. The park is located in SouthEast Alaska along the coast and presents some of the most beautiful scenery on earth. The forests are lush and green with giant pines and all kinds of berry bushes. The bay itself lies to the east of where our events that we are discussing today occurred. This area is remote and rugged. Help is not close nor is it fast in response. Most people who travel to this area understand that if they get into trouble, they are on their own.

On September 10th, of 1976, 25 year old, Alan Precup arranged for his backpacking trip into the preserve through the visitors office. He was up from Illinois and had quickly embraced the Alaskan lifestyle. He establ ...