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Even bears can have bad personalities!
Last November, her friend, Cassie Koch, who delivered groceries to Miller’s home, grew concerned when the elderly woman hadn’t checked in with her. She called the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office to request a welfare visit.
When a deputy arrived at Miller’s home, the first thing he noticed was her garden hose “draped across the porch steps,” spraying water “in all directions” from what looked like bite punctures. There was no answer to a knock on the front door.
The deputy turned off the water. Then he peered through a small window, sweeping his flashlight across the home’s interior.
Blood streaks marked with paw prints crisscrossed the living room floor.
He drew his gun and opened the door. The scene inside was gruesome. Miller’s body was on the kitchen floor, badly mangled by claw marks and bite wounds and partially eaten. The cabinets had been torn into and the floor was a mess of garbage and food.
My house, bitch!A survey of the premises led the deputy to surmise that a bear had found Miller in her bed and dragged her across the house. A pile of bear scat was found in the living room.
At first, Sierra County officials believed that Miller had died of natural causes and that a bear later broke into her home, ravaged her body and scavenged the place. But a full autopsy report, completed weeks later but not disseminated publicly until six months after the incident, determined that the woman had suffered crushing injuries and been mauled to death.
Congratulations to bearcel for being the first black bear killER of CaliforniaThe case is a grim milestone for California: the first documented human fatality caused by a black bear in state history.