Jack O'Connor relates a tale about a guy named Field Johnson that was mauled. He did the "play dead" thing, but the grizzley wasn't far off. Johnson got up after what he thought was a reasonable amount of time. Bear went berserk and mauled him again and buried him. Johnson survived, but went insane. And wounded black bears are supposed to be worse. They don't so much maul you, as tear you into small pieces.
On one of our bear hunts in Canada, we had an Indian guide. He said his wife had been attacked years before. The bear attacked her, chew on her while she played dead. Then the bear buried her with dirt, sticks and rocks. She waited a while and got up and walked home. Her wounds took something like, 7 years to completely heal.
After that she moved into town.
That afternoon my husband shot a 1000 lb grizzly.
We have had numerous black bear sightings in this area. I’m pretty sure we have a black bear or bears in our yard. It is beginning to concern me.