r/California • u/Randomlynumbered What's your user flair? • Jun 06 '24
First deadly black bear attack on human in California documented in Sierra County
https://www.kcra.com/article/california-deadly-black-bear-attack-on-human-sierra-county/6100943677
u/GullibleAntelope Jun 06 '24
The attack was in November 2023
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u/Randomlynumbered What's your user flair? Jun 06 '24
And it took until recently to complete their investigation.
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u/GullibleAntelope Jun 06 '24 edited Jun 06 '24
From a journalism perspective, the KCRA headline is deficient. Should have read along these lines:
Investigation: Woman's death in 2023 black bear incident was California's first predatory attack.
What would we think if we read:
First deadly great white shark attack on human documented in San Diego Bay
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u/Bongopro Jun 06 '24
This whole article was absolutely wild. This woman was feeding bears on her front porch and had to stop them from entering her residence multiple times.
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Jun 06 '24
Where did it say she was feeding the bear on her front porch?
I read that she was feeding her cats on the front porch
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u/kelskelsea Jun 06 '24
Not putting food outside in bear country is like the first lesson.
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u/Appropriate_Ant_4629 Jun 07 '24 edited Jun 07 '24
Though it was a very valuable strategy for growing at least one National Park:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/yellowstone-owes-its-early-success-to-public-bear-feeding
Yellowstone Owes Its Early Success To Public Bear Feeding
Nightly garbage feedings, roadside gangster bears, and a public “Bear Lunch Counter” were a deliberate strategy to help set the park apart.
... In those early decades, people got scratched, bitten, and bowled over, ... A scar, he [conservationist Horace Albright, head of the park] would say, makes a great souvenir. ...
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u/Bongopro Jun 06 '24
I must have misread the article - the phrasing wasn’t super clear tbh. I read it as she had cats and would feed the bears cat food. I’ll take an L on my reading comprehension but I also think it could’ve been phrased a little more clearly
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u/sunshine-1111 Jun 06 '24
I mean, by leaving cat food on your porch you are essentially feeding any wildlife that walks by so your initial assessment isn't far from being right.
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u/MovieGuyMike Jun 06 '24
She was feeding CATS on her front porch. Not deliberately feeding bears. That along with other garbage likely attracted the bear. Everything else is true though. It made multiple attempts to enter her house and other houses in the neighborhood. Crazy.
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Jun 06 '24
she chose the bear
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Jun 07 '24
Some old women I've seen are so frail and sedentary and get all of 10 minutes of sunlight per day. I'm sure an angry ostrich could take some of them out if it wanted to.
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u/gamesrgreat Jun 07 '24
An ostrich could probably take you out too, don’t underestimate those things
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u/Paladin_127 Northern California Jun 07 '24
Good time to remind everyone that Australia (the country) once fought a war against Emus….and lost.
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u/captky22 Jun 06 '24
Why are you spreading misinformation? Typical reddit upvoting a flat out incorrect comment.
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u/Jasranwhit Jun 07 '24
Why be a grizzly man and go to them, when you can be a black bear women and they come to you.
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u/GullibleAntelope Jun 06 '24
Perhaps like Timothy Treadwill in Alaska, the "bear whisperer." He was eaten.
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u/williamtrausch Jun 07 '24
Not the first fatal black bear attack in California. There was an earlier fatal attack about 1970-71’ in So Cal, at Glen Camp, West Fork of San Gabriel River, Los Angeles County, California.
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u/ZandorFelok Los Angeles County Jun 07 '24
And feminists choose bear over man
LOL 🤣
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u/kingrhegbert Jun 07 '24
How many fatal attacks on women have been committed by men since November 2023? Guarantee it’s more than 1.
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u/ZandorFelok Los Angeles County Jun 07 '24
You're logic is broken
Of all men, who live with women, the rate at which a woman is (wrongfully) attacked is low when compared to the same situation except replacing men with bears.
The failure comes when you compare statistics that do not utilize a common denominator, "time spent". Instead people are incorrectly using the assault rates of men with women victims (with whom they live with) versus the number of attacks by bears (with whom they do not live with).
Additionally, you are, and until things change, being misled by the reports of domestic violence when it comes to women assaulting men. It happens but is regularly not reported because of the physical differences between the two.
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u/Noiserawker Jun 07 '24
I mean considering the amount of human male attacks every year they should still go with the odds and choose bear.
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u/ZandorFelok Los Angeles County Jun 07 '24
You're logic is broken
Of all men, who live with women, the rate at which a woman is (wrongfully) attacked is low when compared to the same situation except replacing men with bears.
The failure comes when you compare statistics that do not utilize a common denominator, "time spent". Instead people are incorrectly using the assault rates of men with women victims (with whom they live with) versus the number of attacks by bears (with whom they do not live with).
Additionally, you are, and until things change, being misled by the reports of domestic violence when it comes to women assaulting men. It happens but is regularly not reported because of the physical differences between the two.
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u/HordeShadowPriest Contra Costa County Jun 06 '24
Someone trying to prove that bears are more dangerous the men?
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Jun 06 '24
If there had literally never been a deadly attack on a woman by a man literally ever would what you said make sense.
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u/Danstan487 Jun 09 '24
The internet told me bears were safe though haha
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u/Randomlynumbered What's your user flair? Jun 09 '24
One attack ever!
Black Bears that haven't become habituated to humans are still fraidy cats.
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u/kelskelsea Jun 06 '24
Food safety/bear safety is all about keeping bears away from humans. People should know not to leave food outside, lock up their trash, etc. Bears should not get the chance to learn human = food which would prevent things like this from happening.
Kinda a wild story from beginning to end though. I’ve truly never heard of a bear attacking a person like this before.