Chapter
Close Encounter with a Black Bear
04:44 - 11:14 (06:30)
Mark Harshberger and his family have a close encounter with a black bear while on a hunting trip in Newfoundland.
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Mark and Mary Beth went on a hunting trip with their baby boy and four-year-old daughter.
04:44 - 07:27 (02:43)
Summary
Mark and Mary Beth went on a hunting trip with their baby boy and four-year-old daughter. While Mark went into the woods with a guide to hopefully scare out a bear, Mary Beth was left with a rifle and the ability to hit a plastic pill bottle at 250 yards.
ChapterClose Encounter with a Black Bear
EpisodeAs Darkness Fell
PodcastDateline NBC
Mary Beth Harshberger mistakes her husband for a bear and shoots him during a hunting trip in Newfoundland, leaving Dateline to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the incident.
07:27 - 09:14 (01:46)
Summary
Mary Beth Harshberger mistakes her husband for a bear and shoots him during a hunting trip in Newfoundland, leaving Dateline to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the incident.
ChapterClose Encounter with a Black Bear
EpisodeAs Darkness Fell
PodcastDateline NBC
During a remote wilderness excursion in Canada, Mark died following a freak accident.
09:14 - 10:02 (00:47)
Summary
During a remote wilderness excursion in Canada, Mark died following a freak accident. The guide for the trip rushed Mary Beth and Barry back to the lodge to call the police and start their investigation.
ChapterClose Encounter with a Black Bear
EpisodeAs Darkness Fell
PodcastDateline NBC
A woman shoots and kills a man she believed was a bear.
10:02 - 11:14 (01:12)
Summary
A woman shoots and kills a man she believed was a bear. Despite using both her naked eye and a scope, she failed to identify her target and realizes it was too dark to take the shot.