Pictured: ‘Inspirational’ US Army soldier, 30, mauled to death by female bear protecting her cubs

Pictured: ‘Inspirational’ US Army paratrooper, 30, mauled to death in ‘defensive attack by a female brown bear protecting her cubs’ in Alaska

• Staff Sergeant Seth Michael Plant was mauled as he saw a ‘flash of brown mass’
• Plant and two other soldiers came across brown bear den protected by mother
• She began to crawl outside after their arrival, apparently defending her cubs
• The sow then pounced at Plant, mauling him to death, before injuring another
• Wildlife Troopers Captain: ‘They were attacked and didn’t even see it coming’
• CO: ‘[Plant] always had a smile on his face, he always went above and beyond’
• The bear has not been found and the area has been shut down to tourists

By Adam Solomons For Dailymail.Com

Published: 04:11 EDT, 13 May 2022 | Updated: 04:23 EDT, 13 May…