Name, age, gender | Date | Bear Species | Area, Info |
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Robin Kochorek, 31, female | July 20, 2007 | Black Bear | Robin Kochorek was reported missing on July 20th after being separated from friends while mountain biking at Panorama Mountain Resort, British Columbia. A black bear killed her and was near Robin's body when recovered at 8 a.m. July 21st. Indications were that the bear had preyed upon this person or was trying to claim ownership. |
Samuel Evan Ives, 11, male | June 17, 2007 | Black Bear | Samuel Evan Ives was taken from his tent in American Fork Canyon, in the Uinta National Forest, Utah County. Samuel was sleeping in the tent with his stepfather, mother and 6-year-old brother. The bear was later destroyed by Utah state Wildlife officials. |
Elora Petrasek, 6, female | April 13, 2006 | Black Bear | She was killed and her mother and 2 year-old brother seriously injured in an attack in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. |
Arthur Louie, 60, male | September 20, 2005 | Brown or Grizzly | Killed by a female while he was walking back to his mining camp after his car had a flat tire at Bowron River, British Columbia. |
Jacqueline Perry, 30, female | September 6, 2005 | Black Bear | Killed in a predatory attack at the Missinaibi Lake Provincial Park, north of Chapleau, Ontario, Canada. Her husband was seriously injured in the attack. |
69, male | August 26, 2005 | Black Bear | Fatally mauled while picking plums at Selkirk, north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. |
Rich Huffman, 61, male; Kathy Huffman, 58, female | June 23, 2005 | Brown or Grizzly | Killed in their tent at a campsite along the Hulahula river 12 miles upriver from Kaktovik in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. |
Isabelle Dube, 35, female | June 5, 2005 | Brown or Grizzly | Killed while jogging with 2 friends on the Bench Trail in Canmore, Alberta |
Merlyn Carter, 71, male | 2005 | Black Bear | Found dead in the main cabin of his fishing camp located 300 km Northeast of Ft. Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. |
Timothy Treadwell, 46, male; Amie Huguenard, 37, female | October 2003 | Brown or Grizzly | Found by their pilot, dead and partially consumed at Katmai National Park, Alaska on October 6, 2003. Treadwell was world-famous for his books and documentaries on living with wild bears in Alaska. State Troopers investigating the incident recovered an audiotape of the attack. |
Forestry worker | April 17, 2003 | Black Bear | Stalked, killed and partially consumed by a large, Black bear near Waswanipi, a village in northern Quebec. |
male citizen of Alberta, Canada | September 2002 | Black Bear | Attacked and killed at a remote oil rigging site in northeastern British Columbia. |
male hunter | September 2002 | Black Bear | Attacked and killed in his campsite in Gaspé region of northern Quebec. |
Ester Schwimmer, 5 months, female | August 2002 | Black Bear | Bear grabs and kills 5 month old infant from stroller on the porch of home in Fallsburg, New York |
Adelia Maestras Trujillo, 93, female | August 2001 | Black Bear | Bear breaks into a house in New Mexico and is confronted by the elderly owner who dies during the attack. |
Kyle Harry, 18, male | June 3, 2001 | Black Bear | Attacked and killed at a rural campsite 25 km. east of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, Canada. |
George Tullos, 41, male | July 14, 2000 | Brown or Grizzly | His partially consumed body was found at Run Amuk campground in Hyder, Alaska. |
Mary-Beth Miller, 24, female | July 2000 | Black Bear | Attacked and killed while on a training run in Quebec, Canada. |
Glena Ann Bradley, female | May 2000 | Black Bear | Killed and partially consumed by a 112 pound female and her 40 pound yearling. The attack occurred while she was walking on a trail near Smokey Mountains Campground near Gatlinburg, Tennessee |
Name, age, gender | Date | Bear Species | Area, Info |
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Ned Rasmussen, male | November 1999 | Brown or Grizzly | Found dead 2 days after he disappeared on a deer hunting trip on Uganik Island, Alaska. |
Ken Cates, 53, male | May 25, 1999 | Brown or Grizzly | Killed while hiking on the Funny River Trail near Soldotna, Alaska. Investigators found bear blood at the scene, and determined that Cates fired two shots with his rifle scoring at least one hit. The bear was never found. |
Craig Dahl, 26, male | May 17, 1998 | Brown or Grizzly | Last seen alive hiking in the Two Medicine area of Glacier National Park. His partially consumed remains were found three days later. |
Audelio Luis Cortes, 40, male | February 8, 1998 | Brown or Grizzly | Killed by a single head bite while working with a seismic crew in the Swanson River oil field near Kenai, Alaska |
Marcie Trent, 77, female; and her son, Larry Waldron, 45 | July 1, 1995 | Brown or Grizzly | Killed by a bear defending a moose carcass on the McHugh Creek Trail near Anchorage, Alaska. |
John Petranyi, male | October 3, 1992 | Brown or Grizzly | Attacked and killed by a female with 2 cubs on the Loop Trail, Upper McDonald Valley, Glacier National Park. |
| 1991 | | Algonquin Park, Canada |
Name, age, gender | Date | Bear Species | Area, Info |
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Gary Goeden, male | found September 1, 1987; missing since July 28, 1987 | Brown or Grizzly | His partially consumed remains were found at Natahki Lake, Many Glacier Valley, Glacier National Park. |
Charles Gibbs, 40, male | April 25, 1987 | Brown or Grizzly | He was last seen alive following and photographing a female with cubs at Elk Mountain in Glacier National Park. Investigators recovered film of the female approaching in attack mode at 50 yards. |
Photographer | October 1986 | Brown or Grizzly | Approached an adult female too closely in Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park. |
Backpacker | July 1984 | Brown or Grizzly | Killed at a backcountry campsite at the southern end of White Lake in Yellowstone National Park. |
Camper | June 1983 | Brown or Grizzly | Killed at the Rainbow Point campground in the Gallatin National Forest just Northwest of Yellowstone National Park. |
Laurence Gordon, male | September 30, 1980 | Brown or Grizzly | Attacked and killed at the Elizabeth Lake campsite in the Belly River valley, Glacier National Park. |
Jane Ammerman, female; Kim Eberly, male | July 24, 1980 | Brown or Grizzly | Attacked and killed at Divide Creek in the St. Mary valley, Glacier National Park. |