I didn’t know black bears would aggressively go after people, especially in their own homes.
The common belief that surprising a mother bear with cubs is the most dangerous kind of black bear encounter is inaccurate..~Dr. Stephen Herrero, University of Calgary.
Instead, lone male black bears hunting people as a potential source of food are a greater cause of deadly maulings and related predatory attempts..
I’m thinking that bear was extra hungry and desperate, or just sick in the head.
some will- most will not- some bears are just killers for whatever reason- hunger, sickness, getting older, and other reasons
“I didn’t know black bears would aggressively go after people, especially in their own homes.”
First CA black bear killing in history
Maybe she left the door open , perhaps cooking something tat smelled good to the bear.
Horrible way to die.
if this bear took the time and effort to break into this house and kill that woman, he was hungry....
I started reading about black bears after one showed up in my back yard 20 years ago. It was stalking my wife who was 5 feet tall 115 pounds. She felt something in the woods watching her. I told her it was probably a squirrel. Boy was I wrong. A 500 pound bear came out of the woods. We ran to the house 15 yards away. I learned that you fight a black bear because he wants to eat you. States need to start bear hunting seasons to thin the heard and make bears fear humans again.
Black bears are not our friends.
“I didn’t know black bears would aggressively go after people, especially in their own homes.”
Most bears are opportunistic foragers, they’ll eat anything.
There are at least two species of bear which stalk prey. The polar bear, and a close cousin called the black bear. Both bears are somewhat opportunistic around landfiills but they are stalkers.