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Bear	Name	Age	Gender	Month	Year	Type	Location	State	Description

Bear	Name	Age	Gender	Month	Year	Type	Location	State	Description
Black bear	Catherine Sweatt-Mueller	62	female	September	2019	Wild	Red Pine Island	Ontario	A woman in a cabin on an island on Rainy Lake, Ontario was found killed by an aggressive bear, after her mother called police when she failed to return from checking on her dogs.
Black bear	Erin Johnson	27	female	June	2017	Wild	Pogo mine	Alaska	Johnson, a contract employee for Pogo Mine, was killed while collecting soil samples. The bear was shot and killed by mine personnel.
Black bear	Patrick Cooper	16	male	June	2017	Wild	Indian	Alaska	Cooper was chased and killed by a bear after participating in and completing the juniors' division of the Bird Ridge trail's running race. Cooper texted his family as he descended the trail, to say he was being followed by a bear. Searchers found the runner's remains 500 yards (457 m) from the trail and shot the bear in the face with a shotgun, which scared the bear and forced him into the woods away from the body.
Black bear	Daniel Ward O'Connor	27	male	May	2015	Wild	near Mackenzie	British Columbia	Ward was killed by a bear while he slept near the fire pit at his campsite. His fiancée who slept in a nearby motorhome discovered his body the following morning. The bear was later shot and killed by conservation officers.
Black bear	Darsh Patel	22	male	September	2014	Wild	near West Milford	New Jersey	Patel was about to begin hiking with four friends in Apshawa Preserve when they met a man and a woman at the entrance who told them there was a bear nearby and advised them to turn around. They continued on, found the bear, and Patel and another hiker took photos. They turned and began walking away, but the bear followed them. The hikers ran in different directions, and found that Patel was missing when they regrouped. Authorities found Patel's body after searching for two hours. A black bear found in the vicinity was killed and a necropsy revealed human remains in its digestive tract. According to the State Department of Environmental Protection, this was the first fatal bear attack on a human in New Jersey on record.
Black bear	Lorna Weafer	36	female	May	2014	Wild	near Fort McMurray	Alberta	Weafer, a Suncor worker was attacked at the remote North Steepbank oil sands mine site while walking back to work after a trip to the washroom. Efforts by co-workers to scare off the bear were unsuccessful. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police shot and killed the bear upon arrival. A preliminary investigation determined that the attack was predatory.
Black bear	Robert Weaver	64	male	June	2013	Wild	near Delta Junction	Alaska	Weaver was attacked by a black bear while walking back to his cabin on George Lake, according to his wife, who was able to flee inside the cabin and was uninjured. A 230 lb (104.3 kg) adult male black bear on the scene was killed by troopers and found to have some of Weaver's remains in his stomach.
Black bear	Lana Hollingsworth	61	female	July	2011	Wild	Pinetop-Lakeside	Arizona	Hollingsworth was attacked by a 250 lb (113.4 kg) black bear while walking her dog at a country club. Nearly a month later and after eleven surgeries, she died from a massive brain hemorrhage, which doctors believe was a result of the attack. The bear was tracked, shot, and killed.
Black bear	Bernice Adolph	72	female	June	2011	Wild	near Lillooet	British Columbia	Adolph's remains were found by police dogs after she was reported missing. She was an elder in the Xaxli'p First Nation. There was evidence that bears fed on Adolph's remains, and tried to enter her house. An autopsy confirmed that she died from a bear attack. Five bears suspected of being involved were killed by conservation officers, and DNA tests confirmed that one of the dead bears killed Adolph.
Black bear	Brent Kandra	24	male	August	2010	Captive	Columbia Station	Ohio	Kandra was a bear caretaker on property of Sam Mazzola that kept exotic pets. The bear was out of its cage for feeding. Prior to the attack, Sam Mazzola had his license to exhibit animals revoked, but was still allowed to keep the animals on his property. He also accumulated dozens of dangerous, exotic animals despite past convictions and losing his license after animal rights activists complained he was making money by letting people wrestle bears.
Brown bear	Julien Gauthier	44	male	August	2019	Wild	Tulita	Northwest Territories	The French composer and soundman was travelling along the Mackenzie River to record sounds of nature for a musical project. When he was asleep in his tent, he was grabbed by a grizzly and taken away and eaten by the bear. His corpse was found the next day.
Brown bear	Valérie Théorêt	37	female	November	2018	Wild	Einarson Lake	Yukon	The mother and child were attacked near their cabin while on a trip to manage trapping lines. The child's father Gjermund Roesholt shot the bear dead.
Brown bear	Adele Roesholt	n/a	n/a	November	2018	Wild	Einarson Lake	Yukon	The mother and child were attacked near their cabin while on a trip to manage trapping lines. The child's father Gjermund Roesholt shot the bear dead.
Brown bear	Anthony David Montoya	18	male	October	2018	Wild	Admiralty Island	Alaska	Montoya was working at a remote mining site on Admiralty Island, Alaska, when he was killed by a sow brown bear and two cubs. All three bears were killed.
Brown bear	Mark Uptain	37	male	September	2018	Wild	Teton Wilderness	Wyoming	Uptain, a guide for Martin Outfitters, was cleaning an elk that he and his client Corey Chubon had shot when the bear attacked. The bear was a sow with a 1½-year-old male cub. The hunter and his guide were dressing an elk carcass and had left a canister of bear spray and a Glock 20 pistol out of reach. As the bear attacked, Chubon unfamiliar with the operation of a Glock pistol was unable to fire and attempted to throw it at Uptain who failed to catch it. The bear turned on Uptain. Chubon fled with injuries as the bear attacked Uptain. After staggering 50 yards (46 m) uphill from the dead elk, Uptain was killed by the mother and possibly by the cub as well. The bears were shot and killed by Wyoming Fish and Game officials.
Brown bear	Mike Soltis	44	male	June	2018	Wild	Eagle River	Alaska	Soltis was day hiking alone along the Eagle River. After failing to return a search party was dispatched, rangers found a grizzly bear sitting on Soltis's remains. The bear then attacked the search party badly mauling one searcher. The search party retreated from the area. The bear escaped before more searchers arrived.
Brown bear	Brad Treat	38	male	June	2016	Wild	Flathead National Forest	Montana	Treat and another man were on mountain bikes on U.S. Forest Service land near Halfmoon Lakes. According to the official Board of Review report on the incident, Treat's mountain bike collided at high speed with a large male grizzly bear "after rounding a blind curve in the trail." The bear immediately attacked Treat in response to being struck by the bicycle. The second rider escaped uninjured and summoned help. The bear was identified via DNA from a previous research project, but was not captured or killed because its behavior was a natural response to a surprise encounter involving physical contact.
Brown bear	Lance Crosby	63	male	August	2015	Wild	Yellowstone National Park	Wyoming	Crosby, an employee at a medical clinic in the park, was reported missing when he did not report for work. A park ranger found his body in a popular off-trail area less than a mile 1 (600 m) from Elephant Back Loop Trail, an area he was known to frequent. His body was partially consumed and covered. Puncture wounds on his arms indicated he had tried to defend himself. Based on the presence of a sow grizzly and a cub in the area, the sow was deemed responsible for the attack. The sow was captured and killed after it was found to be the bear that killed Crosby. There were public appeals to not kill the sow, but the park superintendent decided there was a risk the sow might kill again; based on July 6, 2011 and August 24, 2011 killings in the park, where another sow was present at both those killings.
Brown bear	Claudia Huber	42	female	October	2014	Wild	near Teslin	Yukon	A 25-year-old healthy male grizzly bear broke into a home and chased the victim and her husband outside. The bear pursued and attacked Ms. Huber. Her husband, Matthias Liniger, shot at the bear and killed it, with the possibility that one of the bullets killed the victim.
Brown bear	Ken Novotny	53	male	September	2014	Wild	near Norman Wells	Northwest Territories	While on a hunting trip near Norman Wells, Novotny was charged and struck by a bear. Friends reported Novotny had just killed a moose and was processing the carcass when the bear "came out of nowhere." He died on the scene. Authorities later found and killed the bear responsible for his death.
Brown bear	Rick Cross	54	male	September	2014	Wild	Kananaskis Country	Alberta	Cross, a hunter, was killed by a mother bear when he accidentally got between her and her cubs. Park rangers stated that it appeared that Cross managed to fire his rifle before being overwhelmed. RCMP said it appeared he wandered into the area where the mother and cub were feeding on a dead deer.
Brown bear	Adam Thomas Stewart	31	male	September	2014	Wild	Bridger-Teton National Forest	Wyoming	Stewart was conducting research alone in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in northwest Wyoming near the SE corner of Yellowstone National Park. This is high density bear habitat and he was in Cub Creek. After he failed to return, a search found his body. The coroner suspects it was a grizzly bear, but the species hasn't officially been determined. The pathologist noted premortem punctures to Stewart's skull, indicating the cause of death was from a bear attack. The FWS report says he was not carrying bear spray or a firearm.
Brown bear	Richard White	49	male	August	2012	Wild	Denali National Park	Alaska	White was backpacking alone along the Toklat River. After hikers found an abandoned backpack and torn clothing, rangers investigated and found a male grizzly bear sitting on White's remains. The bear was shot and killed by an Alaska State Trooper. A necropsy of the bear and photographs recovered from White's camera confirmed the attack. The photographs in White's camera showed that he was taking photos of the bear in a span of eight minutes from 50 yards to 100 yards (91 m). It was the first fatal bear attack recorded in Denali National Park.
Brown bear	Tomas Puerta	54	male	October	2012	Wild	Chichagof Island	Alaska	After passers-by spotted an unattended skiff, they investigated and encountered a grizzly bear sow and two cubs. Alaska State troopers and Sitka Mountain rescue personnel then found evidence of a campsite and fire on the beach. There was evidence of a struggle, and upon following a trail of disturbed vegetation, they found Puerta's body, cached and partially eaten.
Brown bear	John Wallace	59	male	August	2011	Wild	Yellowstone National Park	Wyoming	Wallace's remains were found by hikers on the Mary Mountain Trail, northeast of Old Faithful. Wallace was hiking alone. An autopsy showed that Wallace died from a bear attack. According to a report released by Yellowstone rangers, park officials had attempted to give Wallace a lecture about bear safety, but he was not interested, calling himself a "grizzly bear expert". DNA evidence later determined that the same sow that killed Brian Matayoshi July 6, 2011 was in the vicinity of Wallace's corpse, though it was not proved that this bear killed Wallace. The bear was killed by park officials. Evidence showed that Wallace was attacked after sitting down on a log to eat a snack and the attack was predatory, rather than defensive.
Brown bear	Brian Matayoshi	57	male	July	2011	Wild	Yellowstone National Park	Wyoming	Matayoshi and his wife were hiking the Wapiti Lake Trail, and came upon a mother grizzly bear in an open meadow. The couple began to walk away, and the bear charged. After attempting to run away, Matayoshi was fatally bitten and clawed. Matayoshi's wife hid behind a tree, was lifted from the ground by the bear, and dropped. She played dead, and the bear left the area. She was not injured. An initial investigation by the National Park Service found the bear's actions were defensive against a perceived threat to her cubs. Since the attack was not predatory and the bear had no known violent history towards humans, no immediate action was taken towards the bear, the bear was later killed after it was found to be at the site of another fatal attack August 24, 2011. A later investigation determined that the couple's running from the bear was a mistake, and the fatal attack was a "one in 3 million occurrence".
Brown bear	Kevin Kammer	48	male	July	2010	Wild	Gallatin National Forest	Montana	Kammer was in his tent at Soda Butte Campground when a mother bear attacked and dragged him 25 feet (7.6 m) away. Two other campers in separate campsites were also attacked: a teenager was bitten in the leg, and a woman was bitten in the arm and leg. The bear was caught in a trap set at the campground using pieces of a culvert and Kammer's tent. Later, the bear was killed, and her cubs were sent to ZooMontana. The mother bear's unusual predatory behavior was noted by authorities.
Brown bear	Erwin Frank Evert	70	male	June	2010	Wild	Shoshone National Forest	Wyoming	Evert, a field botanist, was mauled by a grizzly bear while hiking in the Kitty Creek Drainage area of the Shoshone National Forest, just east of Yellowstone National Park. The bear was trapped and tranquilized earlier in the day by a grizzly bear research team. Two days after the attack, the bear was shot and killed from a helicopter by wildlife officials. Initially it was reported that Evert ignored posted warnings to avoid the area due to the potential danger involved with the bear research. However, the sheriff's deputy who recovered the body and members of Evert's family stated that the warning signs were no longer present. A report released the following month confirmed that the warning signs were removed, though it also asserted that Evert knew there was a bear research study being conducted in the area. Evert's wife filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government, which was dismissed by district court judge Nancy D. Freudenthal.
Polar bear	Darryl Kaunak	33	male	August	2018	Wild	Lyon Inlet	Nunavut	Three men from Naujaat, whose boat had broken down, were having tea on the morning of August 23 when a female bear and a cub surprised them. Leo Ijjangiaq fired a rifle to scare the bear but it attacked Laurent Junior Uttak before killing Darryl Kaunak. The mother and cub were killed. During the next three days, prior to being rescued, more bears approached the two survivors and at least one more bear was killed.
Polar bear	Aaron Gibbons	31	male	July	2018	Wild	Sentry Island	Nunavut	A polar bear approached a man and his children on Sentry Island. The man, identified as 31-year-old Aaron Gibbons from Arviat, put himself between the children and the bear and was attacked, causing fatal injuries. The bear was killed by other people who were also in the area.
Black bear	Kelly Ann Walz	37	female	October	2009	Captive	Ross Township	Pennsylvania	Walz, whose husband had an expired license to keep exotic animals, was attacked while cleaning her pet bear's cage. She tried to distract the bear by throwing dog food to the opposite end of the cage. A neighbor shot and killed the bear.
Black bear	Donna Munson	74	female	August	2009	Wild	Ouray	Colorado	Munson had been feeding bears for a decade, and was repeatedly warned by wildlife officials. After a bear was injured in a fight with an older and bigger bear, Munson left food out to help the injured bear. The older bear came back to Munson's property, forced its way past a wire fence, and mauled Munson. Later, wildlife officials killed two bears on Munson's property. One of the bears had a necropsy which revealed evidence that it consumed Munson.
Black bear	Cécile Lavoie	70	female	May	2008	Wild	near La Sarre	Quebec	After Lavoie did not return to her cabin following a solo fishing outing, her husband went looking for her. He found a bear dragging her body into the woods.
Black bear	Robin Kochorek	31	female	July	2007	Wild	Panorama Mountain Resort	British Columbia	Kochorek was reported missing after mountain biking. A black bear was found near her corpse the morning after her disappearance. The bear was shot on sight by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Black bear	Samuel Evan Ives	11	male	June	2007	Wild	Uinta National Forest	Utah	Ives was grabbed from a family tent in American Fork Canyon, and mauled. State wildlife officials killed the bear, which had entered the campsite the night before. Ives' family sued the U.S. Forest Service because there was no warning about the bear's presence. A judge awarded the family $1.95 million. It was the first known fatal black bear attack in Utah.
Black bear	Elora Petrasek	6	female	April	2006	Wild	Cherokee National Forest	Tennessee	A bear attacked the family at a waterfall near a campground. Petrasek's mother and brother were also injured. The bear was trapped and killed, and an unrelated bear was mistakenly killed.
Black bear	Jacqueline Perry	30	female	September	2005	Wild	Missinaibi Lake Provincial Park	Ontario	Perry was killed in an attack at a remote campsite. Her husband was seriously injured trying to protect her with a Swiss Army knife, and later was given a Star of Courage award from Governor General Michaëlle Jean. Ministry of Natural Resources staff shot and killed the bear near the area where the fatal attack occurred.
Black bear	Harvey Robinson	69	male	August	2005	Wild	Selkirk	Manitoba	Robinson was fatally mauled while picking plums north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Robinson's family were investigating the area with an RCMP officer later that day, and were also attacked. The officer shot and killed the bear.
Black bear	Merlyn Carter	71	male	June	2005	Wild	Nonacho Lake	Northwest Territories	Carter was found dead behind the main cabin of his fishing camp. Carter's son came to the cabin the day after the attack, and shot and killed the bear.
Black bear	Maurice Malenfant	77	male	September	2002	Wild	Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui	Quebec	Malenfant was attacked in his campsite in the Gaspé region of Quebec.
Black bear	Christopher Bayduza	31	male	September	2002	Wild	near Fort Nelson	British Columbia	After going for a walk behind a trailer, Bayduza was attacked at a remote oil rigging site in northeastern British Columbia.
Black bear	Ester Schwimmer	5 months	female	August	2002	Wild	Fallsburg	New York	A bear knocked Schwimmer from her stroller, which was near the porch of her family's vacation home. The bear carried the infant in its mouth to the woods. Schwimmer died of neck and head injuries.
Black bear	Adelia Maestras Trujillo	93	female	August	2001	Wild	Mora	New Mexico	A bear broke through a glass pane to gain entry into Trujillo's house and killed her. Trujillo's body was found in her kitchen. The bear was shot 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the house.
Black bear	Kyle Harry	18	male	June	2001	Wild	near Yellowknife	Northwest Territories	Harry was attacked while with a group at a rural campsite 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Black bear	Mary Beth Miller	24	female	July	2000	Wild	near Valcartier	Quebec	Miller was attacked while on a biathlon training run in a wooded area on a military base. The bear was trapped and killed four days later.
Black bear	Glenda Ann Bradley	50	female	May	2000	Wild	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Tennessee	Bradley was attacked and partially consumed by a mother bear and a cub, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upstream from Elkmont, Tennessee. It was the first fatal bear attack in a southeastern U.S. National Park. While hovering over Bradley's corpse, the bears were shot and killed by park rangers.
Brown bear	Robert Wagner	48	male	October	2008	Wild	near Sundre	Alberta	Wagner was reported missing after not returning from a hunting trip. His body was found less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from his parked truck. An autopsy revealed that he had been killed by a grizzly bear, which was shot by wildlife officers.
Brown bear	Stephan Miller	39	male	April	2008	Captive	Big Bear Lake	California	Rocky, a bear trained to perform in movies turned on its handler, fatally biting him in the neck. Prior to the attack, the bear was featured in the movie Semi-Pro. Pepper spray was used to subdue the bear.
Brown bear	Don Peters	51	male	November	2007	Wild	near Sundre	Alberta	Peters' body was found 200 metres (660 ft) from his parked truck. He was on a hunting trip. An autopsy confirmed that he died due to a grizzly bear attack. The bear that attacked Peters was captured and killed the following April.
Brown bear	Jean-François Pagé	28	male	April	2006	Wild	near Ross River	Yukon	Pagé was mauled while staking mineral claims. He unknowingly walked right past a bear den containing a sow and two cubs.
Brown bear	Arthur Louie	60	male	September	2005	Wild	near Bowron River	British Columbia	A female and two cubs attacked Louie on a remote forestry road. He was walking back to his gold mining camp after his car broke down.
Brown bear	Rich Huffman	61	male	June	2005	Wild	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	The Huffmans were attacked while in their tent at a campsite along the Hulahula River 12 miles (19 km) upriver from Kaktovik. Two days later the campsite was discovered by three rafters while the bear was still nearby. The bear chased the rafters down the river for over half a mile until it finally gave up. Later, a North Slope Borough Police officer investigating the scene shot and killed the bear at the campsite.
Brown bear	Kathy Huffman	n/a	n/a	June	2005	Wild	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	The Huffmans were attacked while in their tent at a campsite along the Hulahula River 12 miles (19 km) upriver from Kaktovik. Two days later the campsite was discovered by three rafters while the bear was still nearby. The bear chased the rafters down the river for over half a mile until it finally gave up. Later, a North Slope Borough Police officer investigating the scene shot and killed the bear at the campsite.
Brown bear	Isabelle Dubé	35	female	June	2005	Wild	Canmore	Alberta	Dubé was killed while jogging with two friends on the Bench Trail. After an initial attack, Dubé climbed a tree while her friends sought help. The bear brought Dubé down from the tree and mauled her. Fish and wildlife officers shot and killed the bear. At the time of the attack, the trail was closed, and the public had been told to avoid it. A few days earlier, the bear had been relocated from Canmore to Banff National Park.
Brown bear	Amie Huguenard	n/a	n/a	October	2003	Wild	Katmai National Park	Alaska	Treadwell and Huguenard's corpses were found by their pilot at Kaflia Bay. Treadwell was famous for his books and documentaries on living with wild bears in Alaska. State Troopers investigating the incident recovered an audiotape of the attack. The two were killed on the last night before their scheduled pickup after spending several months in the Alaskan bush. The attack is chronicled in the 2005 American documentary film Grizzly Man by German director Werner Herzog.
Brown bear	Timothy Treadwell	46	male	October	2003	Wild	Katmai National Park	Alaska	Treadwell and Huguenard's corpses were found by their pilot at Kaflia Bay. Treadwell was famous for his books and documentaries on living with wild bears in Alaska. State Troopers investigating the incident recovered an audiotape of the attack. The two were killed on the last night before their scheduled pickup after spending several months in the Alaskan bush. The attack is chronicled in the 2005 American documentary film Grizzly Man by German director Werner Herzog.
Brown bear	Timothy Hilston	50	male	October	2001	Wild	Ovando	Montana	Hilston was attacked as he field dressed an elk in Western Montana. A female bear and her cubs suspected in the attack were killed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials. Hilston's widow sued federal and state agencies for negligence, and the lawsuits were dismissed by District Court judge Donald W. Molloy.
Brown bear	George Tullos	41	male	July	2000	Wild	Hyder	Alaska	Tullos' partially consumed body was found at a campground near the Canada–US border in Southeast Alaska. The bear was shot and killed.
Black bear	Raymond Kitchen	56	male	August	1997	Wild	Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park	British Columbia	McConnell died from injuries while defending herself and her 13-year-old son Kelly from a black bear attack on a boardwalk to the hot springs. Kitchen heard the attack in progress, and was killed while attempting to rescue. Kelly and a 20-year-old man were also injured. The bear was shot while standing over the victims. McConnell's son received a Star of Courage for his attempt to save his mother. Kitchen also received the honor, posthumously.
Black bear	Patti McConnell	n/a	female	August	1997	Wild	Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park	British Columbia	McConnell died from injuries while defending herself and her 13-year-old son Kelly from a black bear attack on a boardwalk to the hot springs. Kitchen heard the attack in progress, and was killed while attempting to rescue. Kelly and a 20-year-old man were also injured. The bear was shot while standing over the victims. McConnell's son received a Star of Courage for his attempt to save his mother. Kitchen also received the honor, posthumously.
Black bear	Sevend Satre	53	male	June	1996	Wild	near Tatlayoko Lake	British Columbia	Satre was killed while checking fence lines near the central British Columbia community of Tatlayoko Lake, British Columbia. Investigation showed that the bear, a healthy male, had stalked Satre and his horse, for over 0.5 mi (0.80 km) before attacking.
Black bear	Ian Dunbar	4	male	September	1994	Wild	70 Mile House	British Columbia	Dunbar was attacked in the back yard of his home. The bear was later killed by conservation officers.
Black bear	Colin McClelland	24	male	August	1993	Wild	Fremont County	Colorado	A bear tore open the door to McClelland's trailer and attacked him at Waugh Mountain, Colorado. The bear was later killed by game wardens.
Black bear	Darcy Staver	33	female	July	1992	Wild	Glennallen	Alaska	The bear entered her cabin and Staver and her husband fled to the roof. While Staver's husband went for help, the bear killed her. The bear was shot and killed by a neighbor.
Black bear	Sébastien Lauzier	20	male	June	1992	Wild	near Cochrane	Ontario	Lauzier was attacked while taking soil samples. Lauzier's partner, Rod Barber, was able to drive off the bear with a pole and was not hurt. The incident occurred about 92 km (57 miles) northeast of Cochrane, just west of the Quebec border.
Black bear	Raymond Jakubauskas	32	male	October	1991	Wild	Algonquin Provincial Park	Ontario	While they were setting up camp on Bates Island, a black bear broke both of their necks. The bear then dragged their bodies into the woods and consumed the remains. When police arrived five days later, the bear was guarding the bodies. A park naturalist called the attack "right off the scale of normal bear behavior".
Black bear	Carola Frehe	n/a	n/a	October	1991	Wild	Algonquin Provincial Park	Ontario	While they were setting up camp on Bates Island, a black bear broke both of their necks. The bear then dragged their bodies into the woods and consumed the remains. When police arrived five days later, the bear was guarding the bodies. A park naturalist called the attack "right off the scale of normal bear behavior".
Black bear	James Waddell	12	male	May	1991	Wild	Lesser Slave Lake	Alberta	In the Marten River Campground, Waddel was dragged from a tent during the night and killed.
Brown bear	Ned Rasmussen	53	male	November	1999	Wild	Uganik Island	Alaska	After Rasmussen disappeared on a deer hunting trip, he was found dead.
Brown bear	Ken Cates	53	male	May	1999	Wild	Kenai National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	Cates was killed while hiking near Soldotna, Alaska in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Troopers found Cates' rifle, spent shell casings, and blood nearby which suggested that Cates may have shot the bear.
Brown bear	George Evanoff	65	male	October	1998	Wild	near Prince George	British Columbia	Evanoff was hiking on the Bearpaw Ridge, 72 kilometres (45 mi) northeast of Prince George, British Columbia. He encountered a grizzly feeding on a moose kill about a half-mile (800 m) from his cabin. He was bitten on the neck, but his body was not mauled or eaten by the bear.
Brown bear	Christopher Kress	40	male	August	1998	Wild	near Beaver Mines	Alberta	Kress was killed by a grizzly bear while fishing on the South Castle River, near the Beaver Mines campground in Alberta.
Brown bear	Craig Dahl	26	male	May	1998	Wild	Glacier National Park	Montana	Dahl's partially consumed remains were found three days after he set off to hike alone in the Two Medicine area of Glacier National Park. He was attacked by a mother and her two cubs.
Brown bear	Audelio Luis Cortes	40	male	February	1998	Wild	near Kenai	Alaska	Cortes was killed immediately after being bitten in the head while laying seismic line in the Swanson River area. His crew walked past the bear's den.
Brown bear	Robert Bell	33	male	August	1996	Wild	Gates of the Arctic National Park	Alaska	Bell was killed while hiking with a friend near the Kugrak river. They startled a mother bear feeding on salmon.
Brown bear	Christine Courtney	32	female	July	1996	Wild	Kluane National Park	Yukon	Courtney was killed while hiking on the Slim's Valley trail in Kluane National Park. Her husband was also attacked but survived. Park wardens killed the bear.
Brown bear	Shane Fumerton	32	male	October	1995	Wild	near Radium Hot Springs	British Columbia	Fumerton and Caspell were killed while securing an elk in the vicinity of Mount Soderhome, in the Southern Rocky Mountain Trench in southeastern British Columbia.
Brown bear	Bill Caspell	n/a	n/a	October	1995	Wild	near Radium Hot Springs	British Columbia	Fumerton and Caspell were killed while securing an elk in the vicinity of Mount Soderhome, in the Southern Rocky Mountain Trench in southeastern British Columbia.
Brown bear	Marcie Trent	77	female	July	1995	Wild	near Anchorage	Alaska	Trent and her son Waldron were killed by a bear defending a moose carcass while they were hiking on the McHugh Creek Trail in Chugach State Park, near Anchorage, Alaska.
Brown bear	Larry Waldron	n/a	male	July	1995	Wild	near Anchorage	Alaska	Trent and her son Waldron were killed by a bear defending a moose carcass while they were hiking on the McHugh Creek Trail in Chugach State Park, near Anchorage, Alaska.
Brown bear	John Petranyi	40	male	October	1992	Wild	Glacier National Park	Montana	Petranyi was killed by a mother with two cubs on the Loop Trail, near the Granite Park Chalet.
Brown bear	Trevor Percy-Lancaster	40	male	September	1992	Wild	Jasper National Park	Alberta	Percy-Lancaster and his wife were setting up camp in an isolated area of the Tonquin Valley. They surprised a bear, and began running away. The bear initially caught Percy-Lancaster's wife, and then he distracted the bear, which turned on him.
Brown bear	Anton Bear	6	male	July	1992	Wild	near King Cove	Alaska	The six-year-old, his mother, and sister were walking down a road when they were approached by a grizzly that had just been feeding at the town dump. The family fled, but the boy was chased down by the bear and killed. The bear devoured most of the victim before villagers could kill the animal.
Polar bear	Hattie Amitnak	64	female	July	1999	Wild	near Rankin Inlet	Nunavut	Amitnak was mauled after trying to distract a bear that attacked and injured two other people at a Hudson Bay camp. She was later awarded a posthumous medal of bravery by then- Governor-General of Canada, Adrienne Clarkson.
Polar bear	Carl Stalker	28	male	December	1990	Wild	Point Lay	Alaska	While Stalker was walking with his girlfriend, he was chased and consumed in the middle of the town. The bear was shot and killed near Stalker's corpse.
Black bear	Gordon Ray	24	male	May	1985	Wild	near Fort Nelson	British Columbia	Ray was killed while on a tree planting project approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Fort Nelson. He climbed a tree to avoid the bear, but fell, and was attacked. The bear was later shot by a helicopter pilot.
Black bear	Daniel Anderson	12	male	July	1983	Wild	La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve	Quebec	Anderson was grabbed from his tent while camping. His body was found 100 feet (30 m) from the tent.
Black bear	Melvin Rudd	55	male	May	1983	Wild	near Nipawin Provincial Park	Saskatchewan	Rudd was killed while fishing in central Saskatchewan.
Black bear	Clifford David Starblanket	26	male	May	1983	Wild	near Canwood	Saskatchewan	Starblanket, a trapper living in the forest, suffered an attack to his throat and head.
Black bear	Lee Randal Morris	44	male	August	1980	Wild	near Zama City	Alberta	Morris and Marshall were killed by the same bear in separate attacks over a span of two hours. They were working at a remote oil drilling camp.
Black bear	Carol Marshall	n/a	n/a	August	1980	Wild	near Zama City	Alberta	Morris and Marshall were killed by the same bear in separate attacks over a span of two hours. They were working at a remote oil drilling camp.
Black bear	Allan Russell Baines	10	male	July	1980	Wild	near Granisle	British Columbia	Baines was killed on a fishing trip with two friends.
Brown bear	Harley Seivenpiper	40	male	November	1988	Wild	Port Alexander	Alaska	Seivenpiper was killed while hunting alone. The bear dragged Seivenpiper's body almost 1-mile (1.6 km) uphill to a cache. When searchers approached the cache, the bear charged, and was shot and killed.
Brown bear	Gary Goeden	29	male	July	1987	Wild	Glacier National Park	Montana	Goeden's partially consumed remains were found at Natahki Lake, Many Glacier Valley, Glacier National Park . He was on a solo hike, and off-trail.
Brown bear	Charles Gibbs	40	male	April	1987	Wild	Glacier National Park	Montana	Gibbs was last seen alive following and photographing a bear with cubs at Elk Mountain in Glacier National Park. Investigators recovered film of the female approaching in attack mode at 50 yards.
Brown bear	William Tesinsky	38	male	October	1986	Wild	Yellowstone National Park	Wyoming	Tesinkey, a photographer, was mauled after approaching a bear in the Otter Creek area of Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park. The bear was killed.
Brown bear	Brigitta Fredenhagen	25	female	July	1984	Wild	Yellowstone National Park		Fredenhagen was dragged from her tent during the night and killed at a backcountry campsite at the southern end of White Lake in Yellowstone National Park.
Brown bear	Roger May	23	male	June	1983	Wild	Gallatin National Forest	Montana	May was dragged from his tent, and eaten at the Rainbow Point campground, northwest of Yellowstone National Park. The bear was captured and killed with an injection of poison.
Brown bear	Laurence Gordon	33	male	September	1980	Wild	Glacier National Park	Montana	Gordon was killed at the Elizabeth Lake campsite in the Belly River Valley, Glacier National Park.
Brown bear	Ernest Cohoe	38	male	August	1980	Wild	near Banff	Alberta	While fishing with a friend just north of Banff, Alberta, a bear charged and bit off part of Cohoe's face. He died a week later as a result of the injuries.
Brown bear	Jane Ammerman	19	female	July	1980	Wild	Glacier National Park	Montana	The partially consumed bodies of Ammerman and Eberly were found near their campsite at Divide Creek in the St. Mary Valley. The bear was later killed by Native American hunters.
Brown bear	Kim Eberly	n/a	n/a	July	1980	Wild	Glacier National Park	Montana	The partially consumed bodies of Ammerman and Eberly were found near their campsite at Divide Creek in the St. Mary Valley. The bear was later killed by Native American hunters.
Polar bear	Juan Perez	11	male	May	1987	Captive	Brooklyn	New York	Perez was killed by two bears after climbing a fence in Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn, New York. The bears were killed by police officers.
Polar bear	Thomas Mutanen	46	male	November	1983	Wild	Churchill	Manitoba	Mutanen was attacked and dragged on a street in Churchill. The bear was part of an annual migration to Hudson Bay. Due to a lack of ice on the bay, the bear wandered into the town.
Polar bear	Conrado Mones	29	male	September	1982	Captive	New York City		Mones was mauled after climbing three fences in New York City's Central Park Zoo to enter the bear's pen.
Black bear	Lynn Orser	30	female	July	1978	Captive	King	Ontario	A bear trained to wrestle humans entered its owner's home and attacked the owner's friend, Orser, in her bedroom.
Black bear	George Halfkenny	16	male	May	1978	Wild	Algonquin Provincial Park	Ontario	The three boys were stalked and killed while fishing near Radiant Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park. This was the first fatal bear attack in the park in eighty years.
Black bear	Mark Halfkenny	12	male	May	1978	Wild	Algonquin Provincial Park	Ontario	The three boys were stalked and killed while fishing near Radiant Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park. This was the first fatal bear attack in the park in eighty years.
Black bear	Billy Rhindress	15	male	May	1978	Wild	Algonquin Provincial Park	Ontario	The three boys were stalked and killed while fishing near Radiant Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park. This was the first fatal bear attack in the park in eighty years.
Black bear	Mary Ann Johns	1		August	1975	Captive	Stewardson	Illinois	While carnival workers were setting up, a bear was taken out of its cage and chained to a tree. Johns, whose parents were carnival workers, walked by and was attacked. The bear had previously attacked children.
Black bear	Victoria Valdez	4	female	May	1974	Wild	Glenwood	Washington	Valdez was mauled while playing near her home. Her body was found 200 yards (180 m) from her home. Her father shot and killed a 250 pounds 110 kg) bear before finding his daughter's body.
Black bear	John Richardson	31	male	July	1971	Wild	near Rocky Mountain National Park	Colorado	Richardson was attacked while camping on private property, just west of Rocky Mountain National Park, and north of Grand Lake. The bear was later killed by a professional hunter. This was the first fatal black bear attack in Colorado in modern times.
Brown bear	Monty Adams	32	male	September	1979	Wild	near Pincher Creek	Alberta	While hunting alone for sheep west of Pincher Creek in Southern Alberta, Adams was mauled by a grizzly bear. Adams was found by two other hunters, and died when rescuers were removing him from the area.
Brown bear	Alison Muser	5	female	July	1977	Wild	Waterton Lakes National Park	Alberta	Muser was mauled to death by a black colored Grizzly Bear while playing with her sister near Cameron Creek in Waterton Lakes National Park. She died en route to a Calgary hospital. The family had just recently moved to Canada from South Africa and was unaware of the danger posed by bears. The family threatened legal action against the park for failing to provide warnings of the dangers posed by the animals. The bear responsible for the attack was killed.
Brown bear	Mary Pat Mahoney	22	female	September	1976	Wild	Glacier National Park	Montana	Mahoney was dragged from a tent and killed at Many Glacier campground. Rangers killed two grizzly bears in the area a few hours after the attack.
Brown bear	Alan Precup	25	male	September	1976	Wild	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Alaska	Precup did not return after backpacking in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Days later, searchers found his campsite with his bare skeleton, one intact hand, and both feet still booted.
Brown bear	Barbara Chapman	24	female	July	1976	Wild	Glacier National Park of Canada	British Columbia	While hiking with a friend in British Columbia s Glacier National Park, Chapman rounded a bend to find a grizzly bear charging. The bear first attacked Chapman's friend, who initially resisted, but left him alone after he played dead. The bear then attacked Chapman, who fought back and was quickly killed. Chapman's friend sustained serious injuries, but was able to hike out for help. The grizzly bear that attacked and her three cubs were soon found and killed.
Brown bear	Jay Reeves	38	male	August	1974	Wild	Izembek National Wildlife Refuge	Alaska	Reeves was camping alone on the Alaskan Peninsula, near Cold Bay. A fisherman discovered a camp that looked like it was damaged by a bear, and found only Reeves' shoes. A helicopter spotted and shot a grizzly bear near the camp. Later, they found Reeves' bones, and an autopsy on the bear revealed human remains.
Brown bear	Wilf Etherington	51	male	September	1973	Wild	Banff National Park	Alberta	Etherington, a biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service, and a photographer were helping with the relocation of a troublesome grizzly bear in Banff National Park. The bear had been recently trapped and sedated. When the two men approached the bear, it charged and attacked Etherington.
Brown bear	Harry Walker	25	male	June	1972	Wild	Yellowstone National Park	Wyoming	Walker was attacked by a bear that was feeding on food that was left out at his campsite near Old Faithful Inn.
Brown bear	Harvey Cardinal	40	male	January	1970	Wild	near Fort St. John	British Columbia	Cardinal was attacked and partially eaten while hunting near the Doig River. The bear had a gum infection, and was shot and killed.
Polar bear	Lafayette Herbert	43	male	August	1976	Captive	Baltimore	Maryland	Herbert, who had a history of mental illness, was killed after he climbed into the polar bear enclosure at the Baltimore Zoo.
Polar bear	Richard Pernitzky	18	male	January	1975	Wild	Inuvik	Northwest Territories	Pernitzky was mauled at an Imperial Oil exploration site. The bear was later shot and killed.
Polar bear	Richard Hale	19	male	January	1972	Captive	Toledo	Ohio	Hale's body was found at the bottom of the polar bear grotto at the Toledo Zoo. There was evidence that Hale was under the influence of drugs at the time of his attack.
Black bear	Jack Ottertail	53	male	October	1968	Wild	near Atikokan	Ontario	Ottertail was killed while on a walk. A bear found near the body was shot and killed.
Black bear	Susan Duckitt	11	female	August	1967	Wild	near Okanagan Landing	British Columbia	Duckitt and a friend were picnicking by Okanagan Lake. They went on a walk up a hill and encountered the bear standing on its hind feet. The girls ran away, and Duckitt was caught. A man tracked down the bear and killed it with six shots.
Black bear	Phyllis Tremper	3	female	September	1966	Captive	Prescott	Arizona	A pet bear dragged Tremper into its cage at the Ponderosa Trailer Park in Prescott, Arizona. The bear's owner shot and killed it.
Black bear	Vernon Sauvola	51	male	July	1965	Wild	Aitkin	Minnesota	Sauvola was attacked while he was fishing in a stream, and his body was dragged 60 feet (18 m).
Black bear	Sidney Smith	26	male	September	1964	Wild	near Schefferville	Quebec	Smith, a technician on a radar line, was attacked by a black bear in a remote area. There was evidence that Smith tried to defend himself with a hunting knife.
Black bear	William Strandberg	51	male	August	1963	Wild	near Fairbanks	Alaska	A bear killed Strandberg approximately 160 miles (260 km) west of Fairbanks. Strandberg was a member of a prominent Alaskan mining family.
Brown bear	Russell Ringer	49	male	March	1969	Captive	Fort Leonard Wood	Missouri	Ringer was crushed by his pet bear, which had no teeth or claws, as he entered its cage for a wrestling match at the military base.
Brown bear	Julie Helgeson	19	female	August	1967	Wild	Glacier National Park	Montana	While camping near the Granite Park Chalet, Helgeson was dragged from her tent. Her boyfriend was also severely mauled. This incident became widely known as "Night of the Grizzlies" when two young women were separately attacked in Glacier National Park, Montana, by grizzly bears.
Brown bear	Michele Koons	19	female	August	1967	Wild	Glacier National Park	Montana	Koons was camping with a group at the Trout Lake campsite. A bear invaded their camp, and while other campers climbed up trees, Koons was caught in her sleeping bag, and attacked. This incident became widely known as "Night of the Grizzlies" when two young women were separately attacked in Glacier National Park, Montana, by grizzly bears. Although Helgeson and Koons were killed on the same night, these were separate attacks by different bears approximately 9 miles (14 km) apart. Both bears were killed two nights after their attacks.
Polar bear	Paulosie Meeko	19	male	November	1968	Wild	Churchill	Manitoba	Meeko's throat was slashed by a polar bear, and he died less than two hours after the attack. The bear was shot by the police.
Black bear	Lyndon Hooper	51	male	September	1959	Wild	near Cadomin	Alberta	Hooper was fishing alone when attacked (20 miles 32 km) from Cadomin, Alberta. His mutilated body was found in a stream. Three days later, a forest ranger shot a bear .5 miles from where Hooper's body was recovered. It was later discovered that the bear's stomach contained human hair.
Black bear	Barbara Coates	7	female	August	1958	Wild	Jasper National Park	Alberta	While Coates was picking berries outside of her family's Sunwapta Falls cottage, a black bear appeared. Coates ran to the cottage, but the bear chased and mauled her.
Black bear	Andrew Mark Palmer	3	male	August	1953	Captive	Flagstaff	Arizona	While Palmer was playing with his grandparents' pet bear, he was mauled. The bear was shot and killed by a neighbor.
Black bear	Rudolph Gaier	50	male	November	1952	Wild	near Anchorage	Alaska	Gaier and a black bear were found dead at a remote mountain cabin. An investigator concluded that Gaier shot the bear after it entered his cabin, and before dying, the bear fatally clawed Gaier.
Black bear	Robert Huckins	18	male	September	1952	Captive	Crawford Notch State Park	New Hampshire	After feeding a bear in its cage, Huckins was chased and killed. The bear also injured three other people, and was eventually shot and killed with thirteen gun shots.
Brown bear	Sam Adams	45	male	October	1958	Wild	near Ovando	Montana	Adams was missing after hunting near the Continental Divide northeast of Missoula. His rifle was found smashed in three parts. Laboratory studies showed evidence that Adams was in a fight with the bear, which was described as "probably a grizzly".
Brown bear	Kenneth Scott	29	male	October	1956	Wild	near Augusta	Montana	While elk hunting, a hunter in Scott's group was attacked, and the bear was shot and wounded. When they went back to kill the bear, Scott's gun jammed and the bear mauled him. The bear was later killed by another hunter.
Brown bear	Paul Lemery	28	male	October	1956	Captive	Libertyville	Illinois	Lemery, an animal trainer, was attacked when taking a bear out of its cage. He was preparing for a television appearance with the bear.
Brown bear	Willies McBride	n/a	male	September	1955	Wild	near Eureka	Alaska	McBride was mauled while hunting alone. The bear was not found.
Black bear	Carol Ann Pomeranky	3	female	July	1948	Wild	Marquette National Forest	Michigan	Pomeranky was taken by a bear outside of her home on the Marquette National Forest now the Hiawatha National Forest. in Michigan. She was dragged 100 yards. The bear was tracked and killed.
Black bear	Anton Rauch	59	male	August	1945	Captive	Chicago	Illinois	Rauch, a worker at the Lincoln Park Zoo, was attacked while cleaning the bear's cage.
Black bear	Carl Herrick	37	male	November	1943	Wild	West Townshend	Vermont	Herrick was hunting in West Townshend, Vermont, and his body was found with a blackened face and scratches. His rifle and bear tracks were nearby. A theory is that Herrick shot the bear and thought it was dead, and was squeezed to death when he approached.
Brown bear	Richard Strand	8	male	September	1945	Captive	Seattle	Washington	Strand was attacked while playing with a pet bear. The bear also bit a neighbor who attempted to rescue Strand. The bear was taken to Woodland Park Zoo.
Brown bear	Richard Havemann	68	male	December	1942	Captive	San Diego	California	Havemann, an animal trainer, was attacked by a Himalayan brown bear at the San Diego Zoo.
Brown bear	Martha Hansen	45	female	August	1942	Wild	Yellowstone National Park	Wyoming	Hansen left her cabin to go to the restroom. As she rounded a corner, she surprised a bear and was mauled. Hansen was taken to the hospital and died four days later due to injuries sustained during the attack. Hansen's sister sought, and eventually successfully received compensation for expenses incurred to care for Martha. Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed a bill in 1944 granting the family $1894.95.
Brown bear	Thomas Miller	28	male	June	1941	Captive	Detroit	Michigan	Miller, a carnival employee, was struck on his head by a bear from Canada. The attack occurred when Miller took the bear out of its cage to perform tricks for his wife.
Black bear	George Langley	55	male	October	1936	Captive	Ellsworth	Maine	Langley owned a gas station where he kept the bear. After entering the bear's cage to feed it, Langley and his helper were attacked. The bear was shot and killed.
Black bear	James Virtue	68	male	October	1936	Captive	Ellsworth	Maine	Langley owned a gas station where he kept the bear. After entering the bear's cage to feed it, Langley and his helper were attacked. The bear was shot and killed.
Black bear	Clarence Staley	54	male	November	1934	Captive	Mankato	Minnesota	Staley was mauled by a bear that he had raised from a cub. The caged bear attacked Staley when he tried to retrieve a purse that had been dropped inside the bear's cage.
Black bear	William Thomas "Bill" Brown Jr	64	male	November	1934	Captive	Pecos County	Texas	Brown was killed while trying to recapture a bear from his roadside zoo. A posse shot and killed the bear.
Black bear	Grant Taylor	11	male	October	1933	Captive	Brookhaven	New York	On his walk home from school, Taylor stopped to feed an apple to a bear tethered in front of an inn. The bear mauled Taylor and crushed him against a wire cage. Motorists stopped and used sticks and stones to try to separate the bear from Taylor. Eventually, a man operating a nearby roadside stand came and shot and killed the bear. An examination revealed that the bear hadn't eaten in two days. The Inn had two bears that were trapped five years previously in the Adirondacks, and were frequently fed by passers-by. Both bears were killed.
Black bear	Peter Matthew Ryan	5	male	October	1932	Captive	Albion	New York	Ryan was attacked after trying to get a close look at a pet bear. The bear was tied to a fence at Mount Albion Cemetery after a truck transporting it broke down.
Black bear	Emerson Joyce	60	male	June	1930	Captive	Watertown	New York	A female black bear who recently had her cubs taken away killed her feeder, Joyce. This occurred at the John C. Thompson Park Zoo.
Brown bear	Charles Wyman	76	male	July	1934	Captive	Denver	Colorado	Wyman, a zookeeper, was attacked by two grizzly bears at the Denver Zoo after spraying them with a water hose. It was speculated that the bears were in a foul mood due to warm weather. The bears were shot.
Brown bear	John Macdonald	70	male	October	1932	Wild	near Dawson	Yukon	Macdonald's mutilated body was initially found in the wilderness 20 miles (32 km) north of Dawson. Macdonald's corpse was moved to a cabin, and before the police arrived, the bear broke into the cabin and scattered the remains. Macdonald was a woodcutter who lived alone in a shack on the Yukon River.
Brown bear	Thomas Earl	56	male	July	1932	Captive	Cleveland	Ohio	Earl, a zookeeper at the Cleveland Brookside Zoo, was mauled by a brown bear when feeding it in its pen. After a vicious struggle, police shot the bear. Earl was also mistakenly shot, but it was determined that he was already dead. Earlier in the day, Earl had been fired from his job.
Black bear	Olga Gregorchuk		female	August	1929	Wild	near Lac Du Bonnet	Manitoba	Gregorchuk was minding her four-year-old brother, Bill Gregorchuk, while their parents were out working the farm. A large (420 pound) black bear chased Olga and her brother into their family's farm house where it knocked the door in, attacked Olga, dragged her out and ate her. By the time her body was found, it had been consumed with the exception of her head. A small gravestone in Red Deer Cemetery, Manitoba, describes the death.
Brown bear	Jack Thayer	31	male	October	1929	Wild	Admiralty Island	Alaska	Thayer, a U.S. Forest Service employee, and Fred Herring, an assistant, encountered a brown bear at close range while conducting a timber survey on southeast Admiralty Island. Thayer shot the bear while Herring retreated to a tree, but the wounded bear mauled Thayer, who died later that evening.
Brown bear	Percy Goodair	52	male	September	1929	Wild	Jasper National Park	Alberta	Goodair, a Parks Canada warden, was killed by a bear while patrolling the Tonquin Valley.
Brown bear	Joseph B. "Frenchy" Duret	60	male	June	1922	Wild	Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness	Montana	Duret was attacked and partially devoured by a huge grizzly. Duret crawled 1.5-mile (2.4 km) back towards his ranch and died in Frenchy Meadow on Slough Creek.
Brown bear	Frank Welch	61	male	September	1916	Wild	Yellowstone National Park	Wyoming	Welch was killed at a camp near Sylvan Pass while carrying a load of hay and oats. Men from the camp killed the bear with a dynamite trap.
Black bear	Baby Laird	1	n/a	October	1908	Captive	Tucson	Arizona	After a bear escaped from a cage at Elysian Grove Pleasure Park, Buss Laird ran with her infant child in a go-cart. The bear grabbed and killed the baby.
Black bear	John Dicht	18	male	November	1906	Wild	Elk County	Pennsylvania	Thinking the bear was dead, Dicht began skinning it. The bear immediately awoke and tore off one of Dicht's arms, and then killed him.
Black bear	Mary Porterfield	3	female	May	1901	Wild	Job	West Virginia	The children were gathering flowers near their home when they were attacked. A member of a search party found the remains of the children, and shot and killed the bear.
Black bear	Wilie Porterfield	7	male	May	1901	Wild	Job	West Virginia	The children were gathering flowers near their home when they were attacked. A member of a search party found the remains of the children, and shot and killed the bear.
Brown bear	Phillip Henry Vetter	37	male	September	1892	Wild	Near Greybull River	Wyoming	Vetter, a buffalo hunter, had stated to a fellow hunter a week before, that "he would be going out for some bear." A week later, another hunter seeking shelter from rain, investigated his cabin, which had been ransacked by a grizzly bear, and found Vetter dead in the cabin. A newspaper was found which had been written on in blood by Vetter before his death, describing his battle with a grizzly bear, and ending with the words "I'm dying." The hunter, and another man, searched for signs of the bear, and found Vetter's hat, two empty rifle shells, and his rifle with a shell jammed in its chamber. Vetter was buried in Old Trail Town, Cody, Wyoming.
Black bear	Frank Devereaux	52	male	September	1883	Wild	Cheboygan	Michigan	Devereaux and the bear's corpses were found in the woods. There were indications that the bear and man fought each other. Although the article does not mention the species of bear, it is assumed to be a black bear, as this is the only species native to Michigan.
Black bear	John Robinson	n/a	male	December	1883	Wild	Wilkes-Barre	Pennsylvania	Robinson's dead body was found near train tracks. There was evidence of bear tracks and a "terrible struggle".
Black bear	John Dennison	82	male	June	1881	Wild	Algonquin Provincial Park	Ontario	This was Ontario's first recorded fatal black bear attack. Dennison was inspecting his bear traps on Lake Opeongo, in what is now part of Algonquin Park. After discovering a bear caught in the trap a struggle between the two ensued, ending in both their deaths.
Black bear	Old Ike	n/a	male	June	1886	Wild	Salmon River	Idaho	One of the most successful bear hunters, he killed over 100 grizzlies during the 1800s. In June 1886, he wounded a grizzly bear near the headwaters of the Salmon River, but not enough to cripple the animal. After pursuing it into a dense stand of trees, he was attacked by the bear and mauled, with the bear biting into his chest—crushing his entire chest with one bite. The bear was driven off by his companions.
Brown bear	Richard Wilson	n/a	male	July	1885	Wild	Sedona	Arizona	A bear hunter, Wilson was hunting grizzly bears and shot one near Oak Creek, Arizona. He followed the bear into a thicket and was attacked. He tried to escape by climbing a tree, but the bear pulled him down and killed him.
Black bear	Hyrum Naegle	n/a	male	n/a	1885	Wild	Colonia Pacheco, Chihuahua	Mexico	Hyrum and his brother shot and wounded a grizzly bear which they pursued, thinking it would soon expire. While brother George was repairing his gun, Hyrum went to shoot the bear but was mauled and killed when the bear crushed his skull. The bear was shot and killed by George with his repaired rifle.
Brown bear	William Waddell	n/a	male	n/a	1875	Wild	Big Basin Redwoods State Park	California	Waddell, a lumber mill owner, was killed near Waddell Creek in Santa Cruz County, California.
Brown bear	Charles Henry Gates	35	male	August	1863	Wild	Cache County	Utah	Gates was hunting a grizzly bear that escaped from a trap and was mauled. In 2004, the descendants of Gates placed a new headstone at his gravesite.
Brown bear	Andy Sublette	46	male	December	1854	Wild	Santa Monica	California	An experienced bear hunter who hunted and killed many bears, Sublette shot and wounded a bear after being separated from his hunting party near present-day Santa Monica in 1854. He was then mauled but stabbed the bear to death with his knife and with the help of his dog. His dog survived, but Sublette died seven days later due to his injuries.
Brown bear	Issac Slover	81	male	October	1854	Wild	Mount San Antonio		A trapper and hunter who hunted grizzly bears even in his older ages, Slover shot and wounded one on Mount San Antonio near his cabin. The large wounded bear crawled into the brush, and Slover reloaded and followed, where he was attacked, torn to pieces, and died.
Brown bear	Jim Boggs	n/a	male	n/a	1850	Wild	Russian River	California	While hunting grizzly bears, he blundered into the den of a mother with cubs. He was attacked and killed.
Brown bear	Peter Lebec	n/a	male	October	1837	Wild	Fort Tejon	California	Lebec was out hunting grizzlies. He dispatched one with a well-placed shot and, assuming it to be dead, approached it. However, the bear rallied and lunged, throwing him to the ground and breaking his neck. He was killed instantly, but the bear was later killed by Native American hunters.
Black bear	Son of Mr. Leach	8	male	August	1784	Wild	Moultonborough	New Hampshire	The child was sent to a pasture with a horse, and was attacked by a three-year-old bear. Leach, on arrival finding the bear holding his son by the throat, struck the bear with a stake. The bear withdrew, dragging the boy with him. A search was mounted the next day, and the corpse of the boy was discovered, partially devoured. The bear rose from behind a nearby log, and was killed by three gunshots.

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