List of fatal bear attacks in North America

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Fatal bear attacks in North America have occurred in a variety of settings. There have been several in the bear's wilderness habitat involving hikers, hunters, and campers. Brown bear incidents have occurred in their native range spanning Alaska, Northern and Western Canada, and portions of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The locations of black bear wilderness fatal attacks reflect their wider range; all Canadian Provinces except the Atlantic Provinces, and several major mountainous areas in the United States.

Bears held captive by animal trainers, in zoos, carnivals, or kept as pets have been responsible for several attacks. There have also been unusual cases in which a person entered a bear's cage, and was mauled.

According to wildlife experts, bear attacks are rare.[1][2][3] Attacks are for predatory, territorial, or protective reasons.[4] Most wilderness attacks have occurred when there was only one to two persons in the vicinity.[5][6]

In this list three species of bear are recognized: the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) and the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus).

Bear danger area closure sign of the type used at Denali National Park

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2010s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Lana Hollingsworth, 61, female July 25, 2011 Black 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.[7]
Bernice Adolph, 72, female June 2011 Black 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 suspected bears were killed by conservation officers, and DNA tests confirmed that one of the dead bears killed Adolph.[8]
Brent Kandra, 24, male August 19, 2010 Black Columbia Station, Ohio Kandra was a bear caretaker on property that kept exotic pets. The bear was out of its cage for feeding. Prior to the attack, the property's owner had his license to exhibit animals revoked, but was still allowed to keep the animals on his property.[9]

Brown bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Richard White, 49, male 02012-08-24August 24, 2012 Brown 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.[10]

The photographs in White's camera showed that he was taking photos of the bear in a span of eight minutes from 50 yards (46 m) to 100 yards (91 m).[11] It was the first fatal bear attack recorded in Denali National Park.[10]
John Wallace, 59, male 02011-08-24August 24, 2011 Brown Yellowstone National Park Wallace's remains were found by hikers on the Mary Mountain Trail, northeast of Old Faithful.[12] Wallace was hiking alone.[13] An autopsy showed that Wallace died from a bear attack.[13]
Brian Matayoshi, 57, male 02011-07-06July 6, 2011 Brown Yellowstone National Park 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.[14][15]

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 action was taken towards the bear.[14][15] A later investigation determined that the couple running from the bear was a mistake, and it was a "one in 3 million occurrence".[16]
Kevin Kammer, 48, male 02010-07-28July 28, 2010 Brown 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.[17] Later, the bear was euthanized, and her cubs were sent to ZooMontana.[18] The mother bear's unusual predatory behavior was noted by authorities.[18]
Erwin Frank Evert, 70, male 02010-06-17June 17, 2010 Brown 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.[19]

Initially it was reported that Evert ignored posted warnings to avoid the area due to the potential danger involved with the bear research.[19] However, the sheriff's deputy who recovered the body and members of Evert's family stated that the warning signs were no longer present.[20] 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.[21]

2000s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Kelly Ann Walz, 37, female 02009-10-04October 4, 2009 Black 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.[22][23]
Donna Munson, 74, female 02009-08-06August 6, 2009 Black 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.[24][25]
Cecile Lavoie, 70, female 02008-05-30May 30, 2008 Black Near La Sarre, Quebec After Lavoie didn't 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.[26]
Robin Kochorek, 31, female 02007-07-20July 20, 2007 Black 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 site by The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).[27]
Samuel Evan Ives, 11, male 02007-06-17June 17, 2007 Black 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.[28] Ives' family sued the U.S. Forest Service because there was no warning about the bear's presence.[29][30] A judge awarded the family $1.95 million.[31] It was the first known fatal black bear attack in Utah.[30]
Elora Petrasek, 6, female 02006-04-13April 13, 2006 Black 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.[32][33][34]
Jacqueline Perry, 30, female 02005-09-06September 6, 2005 Black Missinaibi Lake Provincial Park, Ontario Perry was killed in an attack at a remote campsite.[35] 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.[36] Ministry of Natural Resources staff shot and killed the bear near the area where the fatal attack occurred.[37]
Harvey Robinson, 69, male 02005-08-26August 26, 2005 Black 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.[38]
Merlyn Carter, 71, male 02005-06-14June 14, 2005 Black 270 kilometres southeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Carter was found dead in 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.[39]
Maurice Malenfant, 77, male 02002-09-29September 29, 2002 Black Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui, Quebec Malenfant was attacked in his campsite in the Gaspé region of Quebec.[40][41]
Christopher Bayduza, 31, male 02002-09-01September 1, 2002 Black 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.[42][43]
Ester Schwimmer, 5 months, female 02002-08-19August 19, 2002 Black 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.[44]
Adelia Maestras Trujillo, 93, female 02001-08-18August 18, 2001 Black 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 a .5 miles (0.80 km) from the house.[45]
Kyle Harry, 18, male 02001-06-03June 3, 2001 Black 25 km. east of 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.[46]
Mary Beth Miller, 24, female 02000-07-02July 2, 2000 Black 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.[1][47]
Glenda Ann Bradley, 50, female 02000-05-21May 21, 2000 Black 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.[1][48]

Brown bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Robert Wagner, 48, male 02008-10-01 October 1, 2008 Brown 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.[49][50]
Stephan Miller, 39, male 02008-04-22April 22, 2008 Brown Big Bear Lake, California 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.[51][52]
Don Peters, 51, male 02007-11-25November 25, 2007 Brown 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.[53][54]
Jean-Francois Pagé, 28, male 02006-04-28April 28, 2006 Brown 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.[55]
Arthur Louie, 60, male 02005-09-20September 20, 2005 Brown near The 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.[56][57]
Rich Huffman, 61, male
Kathy Huffman, 58, female		 02005-06-23June 23, 2005 Brown 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.[58] 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.[59]
Isabelle Dube, 35, female 02005-06-05June 5, 2005 Brown Canmore, Alberta Dube was killed while jogging with two friends on the Bench Trail. After an initial attack, Dube climbed a tree while her friends sought help. The bear brought Dube down from the tree and mauled her.[60][61]

Fish and wildlife officers shot and killed the bear.[61] At the time of the attack, the trail was closed, and the public was told to avoid it.[62] A few days beforehand, the bear had been relocated from Canmore to Banff National Park.[60]
Timothy Treadwell, 46, male
Amie Huguenard, 37, female		 02003-10-05October 5, 2003 Brown 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.[63] The attack is chronicled in the 2005 American documentary film Grizzly Man by German director Werner Herzog.
Timothy Hilston, 50, male 02001-10-30October 30, 2001 Brown Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife Management Area, Montana Hilston was attacked as he field dressed an elk in Western Montana.[64]
George Tullos, 41, male 02000-07-14July 14, 2000 Brown Hyder, Alaska Tullos' partially consumed body was found at a campground near the Canadian border in Southeast Alaska. The bear was shot and killed.[65]

1990s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Raymond Kitchen, 56, male
Patti McConnell, 37, female		 01997-08-14August 14, 1997 Black Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park, British Columbia McConnell died from injuries while defending herself and her son 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. McConnell's son and a 20-year-old man were also injured. The bear was shot while standing over the victims.[66][67]

McConnell's son received a Star of Courage for his attempt to save his mother. Kitchen also received the honor, posthumously.[68]
Sevend Satre, 53, male 01996-06-14June 14, 1996 Black near Tatlayoko Lake, British Columbia Satre was killed while checking fence lines near the central British Columbia community of Tatlayoko Lake, British Columbia.[66]
Ian Dunbar, 4, male 01994-09-16September 16, 1994 Black 70 Mile House, British Columbia Dunbar was attacked in the back yard of his home. The bear was later killed by conservation officers.[69]
Colin McClelland, 24, male 01993-08-10August 10, 1993 Black 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.[24]
Darcy Staver, 33, female 01992-07-08July 8, 1992 Black 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.[70][71]
Sebastien Lauzier, 20, male 01992-06-14June 14, 1992 Black near Cochrane, Ontario Lauzier was attacked while taking soil samples.[72]
Raymond Jakubauskas, 32, male
Carola Frehe, 48, female		 01991-10-11October 11, 1991 Black 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".[73][74]
James Waddell, 12, male 01991-05-26May 26, 1991 Black Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta In the Marten River Campground, Waddel was dragged from a tent during the night and killed.[75]

Brown bear [edit]

A memorial for Christine Courtney, killed by a brown bear in Yukon's Kluane National Park
Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Ken Cates, 53, male 01999-05-25May 25, 1999 Brown 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.[76][77]
Ned Rasmussen, 53, male 01999-11-01November 1, 1999 Brown Uganik Island, Alaska After Rasmussen disappeared on a deer hunting trip, he was found dead.[78]
George Evanoff, 65, male 01998-10-24October 24, 1998 Brown 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 from his cabin. He was bitten on the neck, but his body was not mauled or eaten by the bear.[79][80]
Christopher Kress, 40, male 01998-08-22August 22, 1998 Brown 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.[81][82]
Craig Dahl, 26, male 01998-05-17May 17, 1998 Brown Glacier National Park (U.S.), 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.[83][84]
Audelio Luis Cortes, 40, male 01998-02-08February 8, 1998 Brown 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.[85][86]
Christine Courtney, 32, female 01996-07-05July 5, 1996 Brown 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.[87]
Shane Fumerton, 32, male
Bill Caspell, 40, male		 01995-10-09October 9, 1995 Brown 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.[88][89]
Marcie Trent, 77, female
Larry Waldron, 45		 01995-07-01July 1, 1995 Brown 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.[3][90]
John Petranyi, 40, male 01992-10-03October 3, 1992 Brown Glacier National Park (U.S.), Montana Petranyi was killed by a mother with two cubs on the Loop Trail, near the Granite Park Chalet.[91]
Trevor Percy-Lancaster, 40, male 01992-09-15September 15, 1992 Brown 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.[92][93]
Anton Bear, 6, male 01992-07-10July 10, 1992 Brown 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.[94]

Polar bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Hattie Amitnak, 64, female 01999-07-09July 9, 1999 Polar 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.[95] She was later awarded a posthumous medal of bravery by then-Governor-General of Canada, Adrienne Clarkson.[96]
Carl Stalker, 28, male 01990-12-08December 8, 1990 Polar 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.[97]

1980s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Gordon Ray, 24, male 01985-05-29May 29, 1985 Black 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.[98]
Daniel Anderson, 12, male 01983-07-06July 6, 1983 Black La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve, Quebec Anderson was grabbed from his tent while camping. His body was found 100 feet (30 m) from the tent.[99]
Melvin Rudd, 55, male 01983-05-27May 27, 1983 Black near Nipawin Provincial Park, Saskatchewan Rudd was killed while fishing in central Saskatchewan.[100][101]
Clifford David Starblanket, 26, male 01983-05-21May 21, 1983 Black near Canwood, Saskatchewan Starblanket, a trapper living in the forest, suffered an attack to his throat and head.[100][101]
Lee Randal Morris, 44, male
Carol Marshall, 24, female		 01980-08-14August 14, 1980 Black 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.[102]

Brown bear [edit]

A warning sign in Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Harley Seivenpiper, 40, male 01988-11-04November 4, 1988 Brown 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.[103][104]
Gary Goeden, 29, male 01987-07-28July 28, 1987 Brown Glacier National Park (U.S.) 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.[105]
Charles Gibbs, 40, male 01987-04-25April 25, 1987 Brown Glacier National Park (U.S.) 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 (46 m).[106][107]
William Tesinsky, 38, male 01986-10-05October 5, 1986 Brown Yellowstone National Park Tesinkey, a photographer, was mauled after approaching a bear in the Otter Creek area of Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park. The bear was killed.[108][109]
Brigitta Fredenhagen, 25, female 01984-07-30July 30, 1984 Brown 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.[110][111]
Roger May, 23, male 01983-06-25June 25, 1983 Brown Gallatin National Forest 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.[112][113]
Laurence Gordon, 33, male 01980-09-30September 30, 1980 Brown Glacier National Park (U.S.) Gordon was killed at the Elizabeth Lake campsite in the Belly River Valley, Glacier National Park.[114][115]
Ernest Cohoe, 38, male 01980-08-24August 24, 1980 Brown near Banff, Alberta While fishing with a friend just north of Banff, Alberta, bears charged and bit off part of Cohoe's face. He died a week later as a result of the injuries.[116][117]
Jane Ammerman, 19, female
Kim Eberly, 19, male		 01980-07-24July 24, 1980 Brown Glacier National Park (U.S.) Their partially consumed bodies were found near their campsite at Divide Creek in the St. Mary Valley. The bear was later killed by Native American hunters.[118][119]

Polar bear [edit]

A polar bear in Churchill, Manitoba. Fatal polar bear attacks occurred in Churchill in 1968 and 1983.
Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Juan Perez, 11, male 01987-05-19May 19, 1987 Polar 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.[120]
Thomas Mutanen, 46, male 01983-11-29November 29, 1983 Polar 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.[121]
Conrado Mones, 29, male 01982-09-27September 27, 1982 Polar New York City Mones was mauled after climbing three fences in New York City's Central Park Zoo to enter the bear's pen.[122]

1970s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Lynn Orser, 30, female 01978-07-02July 2, 1978 Black Aurora, Ontario A bear trained to wrestle humans entered its owner's home and attacked the owner's friend, Orser, in her bedroom.[123]
Alison Muser, 5, female 01977-07-01July 1, 1977 Black Waterton Lakes National Park Muser was mauled when playing with her sister in Cameron Creek in Waterton Lakes National Park. She died in route to a Calgary hospital.[124] The bear responsible for the attack was killed.[125]
George Halfkenny, 16
Mark Halfkenny, 12
Billy Rhindress, 15 (all male)		 01978-05-13May 13, 1978 Black Algonquin Provincial Park 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.[126]
Mary Ann Johns, 1 01975-08-12August 12, 1975 Black 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.[127]
Victoria Valdez, 4, female 01974-05-16May 16, 1974 Black Glenwood, Washington Valdez was mauled while playing 200 yards (180 m) from her home.[128]
John Richardson, 31, male 01971-07-25July 25, 1971 Black near Rocky Mountain National Park 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.[129]

Brown bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Monty Adams, 32, Male 01976-09-12September 12, 1976 Brown Southern 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.[130][131]
Mary Pat Mahoney, 22, female 01976-09-23September 23, 1976 Brown Glacier National Park (U.S.) 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.[132][133]
Alan Precup, 25, male 01976-09-01September 1976 Brown 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.[134]
Barbara Chapman, 24, female 01976-07-24July 24, 1976 Brown Glacier National Park (Canada) 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.[135][136]
Jay Reeves, 38, male 01973-08-01August 1, 1973 Brown 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' remains, and an autopsy on the bear revealed human remains.[137]
Wilf Etherington, 51, male 01973-09-25September 25, 1973 Brown Banff National Park 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.[138][139]
Harry Walker, 25, male 01972-06-25June 25, 1972 Brown Yellowstone National Park Walker was attacked by a bear that was feeding on food that was left out at his campsite near Old Faithful Inn.[140]
Harvey Cardinal, 40, male 01970-01-15January 15, 1970 Brown 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.[141]

Polar bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Richard Pernitzky, 18, male 01975-01-05January 5, 1975 Polar Inuvik, Northwest Territories Pernitzky was mauled at an Imperial Oil exploration site. The bear was later shot and killed.[142]
Richard Hale, 19, male 01972-01-19January 19, 1972 Polar 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.[143][144]

1960s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Jack Ottertail, 53, male 01968-10-01October 1, 1968 Black near Atikokan, Ontario Ottertail was killed while on a walk. A bear found near the body was shot and killed.[145]
Susan Duckitt, 11, female 01967-08-08August 8, 1967 Black 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.[146]
Phyllis Tremper, 3, female 01966-09-07September 7, 1966 Black 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.[147]
Sidney Smith, 26, male 01964-09-17September 17, 1964 Black 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.[148]
William Strandberg, 51, male 01963-08-16August 16, 1963 Black 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.[149][150]

Brown bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Julie Helgeson, 19, female 01967-08-13August 13, 1967 Brown Glacier National Park (U.S.) While camping near the Granite Park Chalet, Helgeson was dragged from her tent. Her boyfriend was also severely mauled during the attack.[151][152]
Michelle Koons, 19, female 01967-08-13August 13, 1967 Brown Glacier National Park (U.S.) 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.

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.[151][152][153]

Polar bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Paulosie Meeko, 19, male 01968-11-17November 17, 1968 Polar 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.[154]

1950s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Lyndom Hooper, 51, male 01959-09-06September 6, 1959 Black near Cadomin, Alberta Hooper was fishing alone when attacked 20 miles (32 km) from Cadomin, Alberta. His mutilated body was found in a stream.[155] Three days later, a forest ranger shot a bear .5 miles (0.80 km) from where Hooper's body was recovered.[156] It was later discovered that the bear's stomach contained human hair.[157]
Barbara Coates, 7, female 01958-08-12August 12, 1958 Black Jasper National Park 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.[158]
Andrew Mark Palmer, 3, male 01953-08-11August 11, 1953 Black Flagstaff, Arizona While Palmer was playing with his grandparents' pet bear, he was mauled. The bear was shot and killed by a neighbor.[159]
Rudolph Gaier, 50, male 01952-11-19November 19, 1952 Black 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.[160][161]
Robert Huckins, 18, male 01952-09-19September 19, 1952 Black Crawford Notch State Park 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.[162]

Brown bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Kenneth Scott, 29, male 01956-10-22October 22, 1956 Brown 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.[163][164]
Paul Lemery, 28, male 01956-10-09October 9, 1956 Brown 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.[165]
Willies McBride, ?, male 01955-09-19September 19, 1955 Brown near Eureka, Alaska McBride was mauled while hunting alone. The bear was not found.[166]

1940s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

A black bear searching garbage pails in Yellowstone National Park, circa 1905. Bear attacks on humans led to changes in park's garbage management procedures.
Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Carol Ann Pomeranky, 3, female 01948-07-07July 7, 1948 Black 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 (91 m). The bear was tracked and killed.[167][168]
Carl Herrick, 37, male 01943-11-23November 23, 1943 Black 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.[169]

Brown bear [edit]

A man wresting with a trained bear. There have been instances of bears killing their trainers.
Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Richard Strand, 8, male 01945-09-10September 10, 1945 Brown 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.[170][171]
Richard Havemann, 68, male 01942-12-11December 11, 1942 Brown San Diego, California Havemann, an animal trainer, was attacked by a Himalayan Brown Bear at the San Diego Zoo.[172]
Martha Hansen, 45, female 01942-08-23August 23, 1942 Brown Yellowstone National Park Hansen left her cabin to go to the restroom. As she turned 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.[173][174]
Thomas Miller, 28, male 01941-06-14June 14, 1941 Brown 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.[175]

1930s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
George Langley, 55, male,
James Virtue, 68, male		 01936-10-15October 15, 1936 Black 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.[176]
Grant Taylor, 11, male 01933-10-02October 2, 1933 Black 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.[177][178]
Emerson Joyce, 60, male 01930-06-02June 2, 1930 Black 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.[179]

Brown bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Charles Wyman, 76, male 01934-07-18July 18, 1934 Brown 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.[180]
John Macdonald, 70, male 01932-10-01October 1932 Brown 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.[181] Macdonald was a woodcutter who lived alone in a shack on the Yukon River.[182]
Thomas Earl, 56, male 01932-07-08July 8, 1932 Brown Cleveland, Ohio Earl, a zookeeper at the Cleveland Brookside Zoo, was mauled by a brown bear when feeding the bear 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 was fired from his job by the zoo superintendent.[183]

1920s [edit]

Brown bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Percy Goodair, 52, male 01929-09-12September 12, 1929 Brown Jasper National Park Goodair, a Parks Canada warden, was killed by a bear while patrolling the Tonquin Valley.[184][185]
Joseph B. "Frenchy" Duret, 60, male 01922-06-12June 12, 1922 Brown 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.[186]

1910s [edit]

Brown bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Frank Welch, 61, male September 8, 1916 Brown Yellowstone National Park Welch was killed at a camp near Sylvan Pass while carrying a load of hay and oats.[187]

1900s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
 ? Laird, 1, ? October 5, 1908 Black 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.[188]
Mary Porterfield, 3, female
Wilie Porterfield, 5, male
Henry Porterfield, 7, male		 May 19, 1901 Black 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.[189]

1880s [edit]

Black bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
John Robinson, ?, male 1883 Black Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Robinson's dead body was found near train tracks. There was evidence of bear tracks and a "terrible struggle".[190]
John Dennison, 82, male June 1881 Black Happy Lake Isle, Ontario This was Ontario's first recorded fatal black bear attack. Dennison was inspecting his bear traps on Happy Lake Isle, in what is now Algonquin Park. After discovering a bear caught in the trap a struggle between the two ensued, ending in both their deaths.[191]

Unknown [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
Frank Devereaux, ?, male September 1883  ? Cheboygan, Michigan Devereaux and the bear's corpses were found in the woods. There were indications that the bear and man fought each other.[192]

1870s [edit]

Brown bear [edit]

Name, age, gender Date Species Location Description
William Waddell, ?, male 1875 Brown Big Basin Redwoods State Park Waddell, a lumber mill owner, was killed near Waddell Creek in Santa Cruz County, California.[193]

Maps [edit]

A map with colored dots indicating location and type of each bear attack
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Locations of fatal bear attacks in Canada
Gold pog.svg Gold: Wild Brown Bears
Black pog.svg Black:Wild Black Bears
Green pog.svg Green:Wild Polar Bears
Blue pog.svg Blue: Captive bears (all species)
A map with colored dots indicating location and type of each bear attack
Locations of fatal bear attacks in the United States
Gold pog.svg Gold: Wild Brown Bears
Black pog.svg Black:Wild Black Bears
Blue pog.svg Blue: Captive bears (all species, includes Polar Bear)
A map with colored dots indicating location and type of each bear attack
Locations of fatal bear attacks in Alaska
Gold pog.svg Gold: Wild Brown Bears
Black pog.svg Black:Wild Black Bears
Green pog.svg Green:Wild Polar Bear

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