The region has seen three fatal bear attacks, including Tuesday’s, in the past two decades.
The victim of a deadly grizzly bear attack in Montana earlier this week has been identified as a California woman who was on a long-distance bicycling trip. Leah Davis Lokan,65, of Chico — about 87 miles north of Sacramento — had stopped off in the small town of Ovando, when a bear pulled her from her tent and killed her in the middle of the night Tuesday, said Wildlife and Parks officials, The Associated Press reports. Officials said the 400-pound bear had initially visited her post-office area camp site — where Lokan, a registered nurse, had been staying with her sister and a friend — around 3 a.m. local time. After the trio removed food from their tents and secured it, they went back to sleep, only for the bear to return, said officials. Powell County Sheriff Gavin Roselles said the sheriff’s office received a 911 call around 4:15 a.
