A 71-year-old woman who was found dead inside her Sierra County home had been mauled by a black bear, the first known such fatal attack in California history.
A 71-year-old woman who was found dead inside her Sierra County home last November had been mauled by a black bear, the first such fatal attack in California history. Patrice Miller's body was discovered inside her Downieville home on Nov. 8, 2023, by Sierra County Sheriff's Office deputies who had been summoned to conduct a welfare check.
She'd feed her cats on the front porch and had trash on the property. Miller's daughter told officials that 'bears were constantly trying to get in through broken windows and that her mother had physically hit one to keep it from entering her residence.' Her mother even nicknamed one of the bears that was a 'frequent visitor to the residence, and a nuisance,' according to a Sheriff's Office report.
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