A man dies on his property in an unprovoked bear attack in Arizona



According to authorities, Steven Jackson, 66, was drinking coffee Friday morning at a table on his property when a male black bear began attacking him. ABC News’ chief national correspondent Matt Gutman has the story. SUBSCRIBE to ABC News on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP Latest Updates: http://abcnews.go.com/ Watch FULL EPISODES on Hulu: http://abcn.ws/3bzvQQn #news #bear #attack #abcnews #arizona

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36 comments

  1. they always say "unprovoked" but nobody ever gets the bear's side of the story.

  2. maybe the bear was africanized

  3. His Property ..You Mean The Woods. .looks like camp ground deep in woods..ugh….
    Encroachment ..More Bears..LESS. HABITAT…HUMANS .INVADING …BEARS ARE COMPETING FOR FOOD & TERITORY…MAYBE A SHORT HUNTING SEASON .SELL FURS MEAT FOR. .HABITAT PROTECTION..!!

  4. What's wrong with these people, it's a wild bear it has a mind of its own..

  5. Guns, People, Guns. Stop letting the Democrats try to take them away. They stop Bears, Criminals, and Bad Governments. I can live with that.

  6. 80% of bear deaths are causes by black bears. Every single time a bear or a mountain lion attacks someone we have to get the caned naturalist regurgitate. It must have been sick or old or something wrong. As numbers of these animals rise so do attacks and I'm sick of naturalist BS. Just rattle the papers in your hand and make noise and try to intimidate the mountain lion I was once told. I've seen these animals not deterred by warning shots from firearms. No one is suggesting it's war on the animals but enough with the bs.

  7. That is the bears property dummies!!

  8. What the hell are bears, and mountain lions doing in the mountains? Or sharks in the ocean? Something has to be done!!! โ€œSarcasm โ€œ

  9. If a bear killed one of my family members…id tranquilize it. Capture its cubs as well. Put the bear in a cage to wake up in…ever seen the movie law abiding citizen where the guys strapped to the table? Yeah…same idea but with the bear.

  10. What a bad bear, I've never heard of such a brazen bruen! To attack, kill and eat a person minding their own business while sitting on the porch. What a horrific way to go man…my condolences to the family. At least this deliverer of darkness, this clawed canibal…this retchid incapacitor of innocence was destroyed and we can be assured that NO MORE mournful mauling monstrositys can be inflicted at the paws of this dark disgusting devastator!!!!

  11. " Bear kills trespasser" There I fixed the headline for you.

  12. The man's "property"? I'd say it's the bear's territory

  13. Why did the bear attack the man?

    Because it's a bear.

  14. A spray bottle with ammonia & water in it will stop ANY animal in their tracks. Even pit bulls. Or Bears. Squirt it on the ground in front of you. They will leave quick. Learned that as a paperboy.

  15. Bear on his on property, kills invading white man. HONESTY. ๐Ÿ˜Š

  16. There used to be "unprovoked" attacks by native savages in what is now the United States..

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  19. That's why I carry everyday shoot them down grizzlies black brown white bear IDC. The best tactic is to shoot the damn animal playing dead or anything that doesn't involve shooting them down is a the best way to die my thing is don't go hiking without a gun but you anti gun people would rather just be a victim i refuse

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  21. Killer whales and Bears rising up.

  22. Unprovoked?
    Wake up. Any human presence in the natural world is a provoke to all life that lives there.

  23. Can you imagine being mauled to death by a bear holy moly

  24. What's a provoked bear attack?

  25. If itโ€™s brown, lie down. If itโ€™s black, fight back.

  26. I wish he had his gun poor man r.i.p

  27. A dog is the best selfdefense….

  28. Obviously AZ isn't going to have lots of bear attacks since its dry desert as well. Part of the reason a guy like this got killed is because when it happens people always say 'OHHH ITS SOOOOOO RARE' its not rare – if you are cooking and in their habitat – they are coming and you need to be ready to defend your life.

  29. They are sick of wyte people like everybody else. I dont blame it.

  30. Stop building and taking away the land.
    So sad for this man. Glad ppl tried to help.

  31. One of the worst ways to go. Eaten alive. Ugh.

  32. Stranger things are on the way for the inhabitants of an empire in decay.
    Condolences to his loved ones.

  33. I believe the last fatal attack in Az was in 2011, not in the 1980s. Also, while rare, as they are usually timid, predatory black bear attacks are well documented. Few if any were because the bear was sick or old, etc. It is usually young males that are either habituated or unfamiliar with people (as in Alaska). A truly terrifying fate.