A woman had been harassed by an aggressive black bear in her California town for months before it broke into her home and killed her.
When officials first found Miller’s body mauled and partially eaten last November in her Downieville home, they first believed she may have died of natural causes and the bear broke in, attracted by the scent.
But neighbors had reported seeing the bear, which she had dubbed “Big B—ard,” repeatedly returning to her house, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Miller even installed steel bars across her windows to try to keep the bear out before it broke her door down, the newspaper reported.
Miller’s death is the first documented fatal black bear attack on a human in the Golden State.
“It appeared that the bear had probably been there several days and had been feeding on the remains,” Sierra County Sheriff Mike Fisher said.
