If you will go to the official reports of bear related fatalities for the last 20 years you will see that black bears are leading grizzlies in the number of predatory attacks on humans.They have lost their fear of man in many localities and are starting to view us as a source of food. The newspapers often do not report that a fatality involved the bear feeding on the victim but the official reports do.The reports are on line and can be found with some searching.I found out that most predatory attacks are done by male bears but one was a 112 pound female who killed and partially devoured 2 people. Hard to imagine that a small bear is that strong.
