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California woman mauled to death by bear that fed on her body in her own home
Daily Express ^ | Jun 7, 2024 | FALYN STEMPLER, CHRIS BUCKTIN

Posted on 06/08/2024 11:04:37 AM PDT by george76

A 71-year-old woman who was found dead inside her home had been fatally mauled by a black bear...

Patrice Miller’s body was discovered inside her Downieville home in November last year by police who had been called to carry out a welfare check.

Officers discovered a grisly scene with evidence that a bear had been inside, likely for several days, feeding on the woman’s remains.

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Initially, investigators thought she had died before to the bear’s entry. However, an autopsy report completed last month revealed Miller was killed when the animal swiped or bit her neck, Sierra County Sheriff Mike Fisher confirmed.

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The police described the scene as "something I had never seen before

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Downieville is a town with a mere population of 290 people. It is about 50 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe. “Downieville, being a pretty small, tight-knit community, everybody kind of takes care of everybody and keeps an eye out

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There are about 35,000 black bears in California, up from around 10,000 to 15,000 in 1982,


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Food; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: attack; bear; bearattack; bears; black; blackbear; blackbears; california; californication; hh2
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To: Flaming Conservative

Black bear fatally attacks man drinking coffee in his yard and drags him 75 feet, Arizona.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article276484731.html


21 posted on 06/08/2024 11:31:43 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Wow. I wonder how effective wearing bear claws on hands and feet would be in getting rid of an uh problematic relative… asking for a friend here…

Actually with the forensics they have today you might skate for a day or two.


22 posted on 06/08/2024 11:32:01 AM PDT by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: CFW

Bear dragged a Massachusetts car crash victim from his vehicle into the woods. = lunch.

The biggest wild American black bear was a male 1,100 lbs. / 7 ft 11 in long..

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4236095/posts


23 posted on 06/08/2024 11:34:23 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Animals that kill humans should not be on the protected species list. But government knows best..... Your sorry lives don’t matter to them.


24 posted on 06/08/2024 11:38:02 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were eaten alive by a bear .. the attack was recorded.


25 posted on 06/08/2024 11:41:52 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Flaming Conservative

Maybe she left the door open , perhaps cooking something tat smelled good to the bear.

Horrible way to die.


26 posted on 06/08/2024 11:46:46 AM PDT by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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To: Telepathic Intruder; george76

38,000,000 Californians OR 35,000 bears.

My opinion is that we address this imbalance quickly. It seems we have plenty of Californians to go around.


27 posted on 06/08/2024 11:49:13 AM PDT by oldplayer
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To: george76

I read she was feeding stray cats on her porch and had to chase bear(s) away before.


28 posted on 06/08/2024 11:57:00 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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To: catbertz

A bear broke in and raided my house. If I had been home I would have been main course.


29 posted on 06/08/2024 11:58:38 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: READINABLUESTATE
"I read she was feeding stray cats on her porch and had to chase bear(s) away before."

We had a neighbor who did that, and the cat food attracted all sorts of critters (fortunately, there were no bears in the neighborhood). You can tell folks "don't feed the wildlife", but they always think they're smarter than everyone else...

30 posted on 06/08/2024 12:05:16 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Ester Schwimmer, a 5-month-old female, was taken from her stroller, which was near the porch of her family’s home. The black bear carried her in its mouth to the woods. She died


31 posted on 06/08/2024 12:10:25 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
#25: "Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were eaten alive by a bear .. the attack was recorded."

Gee, that's a tough way to earn TikTok "likes".

This 28-year old bear, dubbed Bear 141, was shot dead after park rangers found it
feeding on Amie Huguenard and Timothy Treadwell’s remains.


32 posted on 06/08/2024 12:11:06 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Chickensoup

Samuel Evan Ives, an 11-year-old male, was grabbed from a family tent in American Fork Canyon in Utah, and mauled to death.


33 posted on 06/08/2024 12:11:23 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: All

In my town, just across border from e WA, we have black and grizzly bears around, and they do break into houses and vehicles sometimes. I don’t think they are always hunting human prey but if confronted (especially mothers with cubs) they will attack.

Recently, a bear got trapped inside a local house, couldn’t figure out an exit, and started tearing the place apart. A woman and two kids were in the house, and took refuge in a locked bedroom, called 911 and police broke down her door and allowed the bear to escape.

We often see the black bears around and generally they are placid. Grizzlies are re-populating our local ranges from release programs south of us near Colville WA. We don’t like to see grizzlies, they are more aggressive and dangerous. Before 2015, they were not seen around here and their natural range is further north and east, in Selkirks and Rockies.

October is particularly bad (or good) for seeing bears because fruit trees are dropping tasty treats. And if you don’t see bears around town, you are quite likely to see bear poop, even on the main drag. Bears (especially juveniles) will often park the selves up in cedar trees about 20 feet above the ground, surveying the scene and you would not know they were up there, unless perhaps you heard a faint growl that they do. I’ve seen bears in trees several times around this region.


34 posted on 06/08/2024 12:19:30 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (A conspiracy theory is usually a fact that a leftist cannot endorse)
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To: Peter ODonnell

Sergey Grigoriyev, adopted and raised a bear cub.. Despite four years of bonding, the bear then ate Sergey.. His “skeletal remains” were found by Police who went to his house after his relatives reported him missing ..


35 posted on 06/08/2024 12:25:42 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

I think it was a grisly bear!


36 posted on 06/08/2024 12:27:49 PM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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To: george76
Is the bear a metaphorical Muslim? Illegal alien? Antifa?
37 posted on 06/08/2024 12:37:20 PM PDT by NavyShoe
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To: Chickensoup
A bear broke in and raided my house. If I had been home I would have been main course.

And the main corse! :(

38 posted on 06/08/2024 12:46:18 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: Flaming Conservative
lone black bears can be aggressive and if one is following you, you must fight ...they want to eat you...

if this bear took the time and effort to break into this house and kill that woman, he was hungry....

39 posted on 06/08/2024 12:51:23 PM PDT by cherry
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To: NavyShoe
Is the bear a metaphorical Muslim? Illegal alien? Antifa?

No silly, for Russia! Russia! Russia!</Hillary!™>

40 posted on 06/08/2024 1:05:19 PM PDT by null and void (“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up”. ~ Lily Tomlin)
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