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Originally Posted by SAMIAM
Black bear attacks on humans are almost unheard of.
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Actually, numerous I have always heard that black bear human attacks are much more common than grizzly attacks in N. America due to the huge population of blacks (300K) versus grizzly (3K). Numerous credible sites seem to back this up. There are about 20 black attacks each year in N.A. Granted, most black 'attacks' are very minor, like knocking the person down. 10% of black attacks (or 2 a year) result in serious injury versus 50% for grizzly attacks.
Grizzly bears are also twice as big as blacks; 500lbs versus 250lbs average.
Obviously, serious black attacks are much more rare than encounters that are still classified as bear attacks. I would not call 2 serious attacks a year almost unheard of though.