Elderly man charged with killing a bear in his backyard




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Summary: A Massachusetts man is facing charges after he killed a bear in his backyard. Richard Ahlstrand, of Auburn, was was refilling his bird feeder Friday night when he found himself face-to-face with a 400-pound bear. "I didn't have time to aim through the sights, but I aimed in the direction of the head on this thing and I pulled the trigger before it got to me. It just dropped," Mr.