California Woman Killed in Her Home by Black Bear

AmmoLand ^ | June 13, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

On November 8, 2023, the Sierra County Sheriff’s deputies performed a welfare check on 71-year-old Patrice Miller at her home in Downieville, California. At the house rented by Miller, they found a gruesome scene. The door had been broken in, and there was bear scat on the porch. What was left of Miller’s body was inside. The bear had been feeding on it for several days. California has a rapidly growing bear population and rapidly increasing numbers of bear-human conflicts.

Downieville is a small village at the confluence of the Yuba and North Downie rivers, 54 miles west of Reno, Nevada. It is home to about 325 people and was founded during the gold rush in the 1850s. At its peak, the population was over 5,000. It is wild country, and the town makes most of its income from tourism.

Downieville is the county seat for Sierra County. The Sierra County Sheriff is Mike Fisher. Patrice Miller’s home was a short walk from Sheriff Fisher’s office.

Once Sheriff Fisher determined a bear had been feeding on a human body, he asked the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to issue a depredation permit so the bear could be legally trapped. CDFW refused to issue a permit. They said the request had to come from the house’s resident.

From the mountainmessinger.org:

CDFW told Fisher that the depredation permit had to be requested by the house’s resident despite the fact that the resident was deceased and that the Sheriff’s Office could not make a request on its own. The homeowner eventually was able to issue a request, after which the permit was issued, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture trapper was called.

[pollywog]

It is downright frightening. We have them roaming our city which is NOT RURAL....La Verne. Monrovia Calif my sister has them raiding her trash constantly.

We now give them the " right of way"....sad.

When we first moved here five years ago daughter thought she heard someone in our yard one night. We called the police. After checking around they concluded it was " Probably just a bear".......WHAT????

[Texan5]

this is what happens when people are not educated to the fact that wild animals can be dangerous when you leave out food for them-like trash and your pets-or your yard is not securely fenced/or electrified, maybe bear boards on porches-bear spray and firearms in the house just in case. Doesn’t help that a lot of people who want to live “close to nature” don’t have the vaguest idea how to safely do that. there is a reason game wardens tell you NOT to feed the bears or other predators-or prey like deer inside your fence. This does seem to happen more in blue states, for some reason.

I live in a rural area, lots of woods, a river-and wild animals including coyotes, mountain lions. No bears yet, but there are bears just a couple of counties away-just a matter of time. The majority of folks here know not to tempt predators with trash, pets, etc-in other words, good sense...

[fuzzylogic]

Hopefully she didn’t take the ‘bear or man’ question seriously!

[Gaffer]

.....legally trapped.

What's wrong with these people?

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

Great, now you’re putting the whole station at risk.

[Redcitizen]

No not them. It’s Yiogi this time.

Make a rug out of Yogi.

[Diversity Is Our Weakness]

Where was her gun or bear spray.? People need to take care of themselves.

[marktwain]

It is not recommended to spray bear spray inside a dwelling.

I suspect she did not have a gun.

California has made it much more difficult to obtain or own a gun in the last 30 years.

[pigeoninthepark]

Meanwhile in reality, I will be enjoying hanging out this weekend in perfect weather at the ocean’s edge in Huntington Beach with blonde beach babes while you are in mom’s basement masturbating to your adolescent violent fantasies and crying in a corner immediately afterwards. Enjoy!

[wildcard_redneck]

Mexifornia sucks.

[pigeoninthepark]

Awww how cute, the ignoramus believes the entire state is downtown Oakland. Here is a nice dose of reality if you are willing to stop swallowing the crap the Democratic party apparatus keeps shoving down your throat
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[wildcard_redneck]

“We got more dunce in California than all y’all combined 🎶🎶

Don’t be mad at me because you failed and lost California. Next you will be venting your impotent rage at everyone that has fled Mexifornia.

[wildcard_redneck]

Newbie noob.

[HKMk23]

“The cougars tended to eat a few major organs and leave the rest.”

So...like the Chinese Communist Party vs Falun Gong, then...

[pigeoninthepark]

How is it like being a lapdog clown who believes everything the democratic party tells you about California?

Republicans gain ground among registered voters across California
https://www.kcra.com/article/republican-registered-voters-increase-california/46690647

Poll: 74% of California Voters Reject Children’s Transgender Medical Treatments
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/07/poll-74-of-california-voters-reject-childrens-transgender-medical-treatments/

Majority of California voted against gay marriage in Proposition 8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8

Temecula school board approves anti-LGBTQ flag policy
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/temecula-school-boards-proposed-flag-policy-prompts-concern-over-lgbtq-issues/

Huntington Beach, California: The city of Huntington Beach will no longer fly the LGBTQ pride flag over City Hall during Pride Month, the City Council decided with a unanimous vote
https://twitter.com/CaliforniaPsy/status/1623574975763599360

Majority of California voted against illegal benefits in Proposition 187
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_California_Proposition_187

Poll: 74 Percent of Californians Want to End Sanctuary Cities
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2017/01/23/poll-74-percent-californians-want-end-sanctuary-cities/

California Saw Huge Increase in Gun Ownership Over Last Decade Despite Strict Gun Laws
https://freebeacon.com/issues/report-california-saw-huge-increase-in-gun-ownership-over-last-decade-despite-strict-gun-laws/

CA Parents revolted against critical race theory
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/parents-revolted-against-critical-race-theory-how-they-won

[wildcard_redneck]

You have convinced me! Californians are wonderful and have not led to California going into the toilet. They are superior beings without error.

Did it take you 19 days to write your comment? Yikes.

[pigeoninthepark]

I guess you forgot California elected Reagan, Reagan again, and then Bush, and Pete Wilson as governor.

Oh wait, kids like you are too young to remember that, and researching history is too hard for your tiktok-fried brain.

But I do got some good news for you: All those leftist illegals, who invaded in droves in the 90’s and were key to the democrats cheating at elections, are finally leaving California, and thanks to that the native red population is once again on the way to becoming the normal, realistic majority:

“Republicans gain ground among registered voters across California”
https://www.kcra.com/article/republican-registered-voters-increase-california/46690647