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Officials say woman was killed and consumed by black bear in California
Local news source KCRA reports that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed the state's first-ever fatal black bear attack. The attack occurred in California's Sierra County in November 2023, with the situation involving a 71-year-old woman who had been partially consumed by a bear. The reason for the delay in the cause-of-death confirmation was due to officials working to determine whether or not the woman had died due to natural causes prior to the bear finding her. ...
Black bear encounters on the rise in California
Black bear sightings are increasing in California with some bears even coming into homes. This comes as a woman in Sierra County was revealed to have been killed by a black bear. NBC News' Kathy Park has more on what to do during a sighting.
California confirms first fatal black bear attack on human
DOWNIEVILLE – An autopsy has found that a California woman who was found dead in her Sierra County home back in 2023 was killed by a black bear -- the first-ever recorded case of such a deadly attack. Initially, deputies with the Sierra County Sheriff's Office responded to 71-year-old Downieville resident Patrice Miller's home on Nov. 8, 2023 to do a welfare check. Miller was found dead – and the sheriff's office said evidence pointed to a suspected bear encounter. At the time, the sheriff's office said the initial investigation determined that Miller had died before the bear got in. However,...
Woman dead in California was victim of state's first known fatal black bear attack
A 71-year-old woman found dead in her small mountain community in the Sierra Nevada was the victim of California’s first-ever known fatal black bear attack, wildlife officials said this week. When Patrice Miller was found dead in Downieville in November, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office said it believed a...
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