Bear Attacks Colorado Woman in Her Home, Highlighting ‘Extraordinary Bear Year’

Young: Bear attacks in Colorado are climate attacks

Last week, a black bear broke into a house in Estes Park and attacked a woman who is in her 80s, scratching her stomach and knocking her to the floor. The week before that, a bear attacked an angler in his 60s in Jefferson County. The bear knocked the man to the ground and bit his legs until his friends managed to scare the animal away. The number of bear attacks in Colorado this year is more than double the figure last year, and they come amid …

Commentary - Bear attacks in Colorado are climate attacks

Commentary - Bear attacks in Colorado are climate attacks mps-post Thu, 09/03/2026 - 05:00 Image (Colorado Newsline) Last week, a black bear broke into a house in Estes Park and attacked a woman who is in her 80s, scratching her stomach and knocking her to the floor.Colorado Parks and Wildlife has long urged residents to take precautions in bear country, as outlined in this bear awareness guide published nine years ago.The week before that, a …

Bear attacks in Colorado are climate attacks

Last week, a black bear broke into a house in Estes Park and attacked a woman who is in her 80s, scratching her stomach and knocking her to the floor. The week before that, a bear attacked an angler in his 60s in Jefferson County. The bear knocked the man to the ground and bit […]

Bear attacks Colorado woman in her home, highlighting ‘extraordinary bear year’

The Estes Park resident, in her 80s, was knocked to the floor and scratched across her abdomen after waking to find bear in her kitchen

Woman in her 80s mauled by bear who broke into her home while she slept

A woman is recovering after a bear broke into her home in Estes Park, Colorado, and left her with abdominal injuries.