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FILE - An American black bear, the only species of bear known to Arkansas (Photo by Jonathan Newton/Getty Images)

A Missouri man was found dead from a likely bear attack this week, just two days after he sent photos to his family of a bear at his campsite in Arkansas, according to officials.

Police found the 60-year-old man’s body several hundred yards from his campsite near Mt. Judea, Arkansas , on Thursday. The area showed signs of a struggle and had drag marks away from the camp.

The man's son had asked for a welfare check because his dad hadn’t checked in for a couple of days since sending the photos.

His body has "extensive" injuries "consistent with those expected from a large carnivore attack," the Newton County Sheriff’s Department said in a release.

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