AZ Fatal Black Bear Attack

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Unprovoked Arizona bear mauls, kills man drinking his morning coffee: police | Fox News

Unprovoked Arizona bear mauls, kills man drinking his morning coffee: police

Tucson, Arizona, resident Steven Jackson was mauled to death by a black bear in a random, unprovoked attack on his property, police say. A neighbor eventually shot the animal dead.

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Very rare occurrence. Black bear mauling results in death in AZ.

 

[huntinghuasna]

Prayers out to Steven and his family!

 

[BillLarson]

We are seeing alot more bear attacks and sitings in Wis.

 

[Muddyboots]

Black bears populations are exploding in lot of areas. Bad interactions are increasing. This one is really perplexing since no food, no cubs, just building house drinking coffee. Seems pure predatory attack which is not normally associated with black bears. They do lead the pack in attacks but also have the most opportunity due to high human contact. Horrible way to die.

Makes you reconsider self protection.

 

[Turkeytider]

I wonder if there was something physically wrong with that bear(?).

 

[Hoppsing55]

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We are seeing alot more bear attacks and sitings in Wis.

Hey Bill, thought I reconized you. We had a recent bear sighting - relocation out of Washington DC. Abdul - Bob H.

 

[ShtrRdy]

Maybe the bear couldn't stand the smell of coffee.

 

[Pdvdh]

It's what bears do to survive. Nothing more than opportunistic predators. They kill as the opportunity is presented. Then eat their kill. If humans didn't live in bear resistant shelters, this wouldn't be so uncommon.

 

[Bob Wright]

It's so rare. I've been in hunting archery blinds with mama and 2 cubs, 20 yards in front of me. We were ready for any attack, but after picking up our scent she woofed and they all hauled out.
How this one decided it was a good one to eat is a mystery to me.

 

[sp6x6]

I hunted with a guy that hunted AK for close to 20 years spring bear bait.Was hard get a gun threw Canada so no side arms.We hit 4-6 sites a day.I jogged in with pack frame, came up on bear once. He walked up on many over his time, many 7' bears, one sleeping on bait.They ran off. Ive treed many a black bear just walking up on it, had them puffing and popping there teeth at me.

 

[Slick8]

Never thought of them as a threat more of an oversized coon. I rarely encounter one where I hunt but recently returned from Pigeon Forge TN and saw a few in the Smokey's.

Makes me want to rethink my approach.

 

[Turkeytider]

It's so rare. I've been in hunting archery blinds with mama and 2 cubs, 20 yards in front of me. We were ready for any attack, but after picking up our scent she woofed and they all hauled out.
How this one decided it was a good one to eat is a mystery to me.

Main thing is you don`t want to be between her and her cubs.

 

[Hugnot]

My fear of the bear might not be completely irrational.

Was told decades ago - if a griz attacks its territorial - if a black bear attacks its food (for bear). Then there is the baby bear component.
Suburbs having paved roads, cement sidewalks, and plastic garbage carts have bears. I never leave the house without the 1911 - old, dated weapon but having great familiarity.

 

[MtPockets]

My fear of the bear might not be completely irrational.

Was told decades ago - if a griz attacks its territorial - if a black bear attacks its food (for bear). Then there is the baby bear component.
Suburbs having paved roads, cement sidewalks, and plastic garbage carts have bears. I never leave the house without the 1911 - old, dated weapon but having great familiarity.

My wife has what I consider an irrational fear of black bears, too.

My take is that with the internet we hear about every single fatal or even serious incident, but we don't hear about the millions of interactions between humans and blackies that DONT result in a death.
Black Bears attacking a human is extremely rare. I obviously have no idea what happened in this instance, but you're probably way more likely to get hit by lightning than killed by a black bear.