A suspected bear attack took the life of a Springfield, Missouri man — only days after he sent his family photographs of a young bruin checking out his Arkansas campsite.

Police found the 60-year-old man’s body several yards from his Ozark National Forest campsite near the town of Mt. Judea in the northern part of the state on Thursday, according to an extensive statement by the Newton County Sheriff’s office.

“The campsite had been disturbed and there was evidence of a struggle and injury,” according to the department. “There were also drag marks leading from the campground into the woods.”

If confirmed, the man’s death would become the second deadly bear attack in a month in Arkansas, which reportedly has not experienced a fatal bear mauling in more than four decades.

Deputies went

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