There were 2 human kills by black bears in Arkansas last year.
A young man was killed by a bear in NJ a few years ago. And he wasn’t alone, or out in the wilderness (not sure we really have “wilderness” in NJ anymore).
He was walking/hiking with a bunch of friends in a park in Northern NJ. It’s almost like the old joke, his friends only had to out-run him.
Terrible, bunch of Indian Tech-worker guys, iirc.