She Was Asleep In A Tent When A Bear Dragged Her Out And Fatally Attacked Her
Ovando, Montana. 65-year-old Leah Davis Lokan was a retired nurse from Chico, California, who was an avid cycler.
Recently, Leah set out from Chico on a long-distance cycling trip with her sister and her friend.
Leah and her loved ones stopped in the town of Ovando to camp for the evening, and they all set up tents to sleep in.
At around 3 in the morning on this past Tuesday, a bear came wandering into town. At first, everyone who was camping was woken up by the bear.
The bear ended up running away after waking everyone up, and Leah and her loved ones decided to take the food out of their tents and secure it.
Facebook; pictured above is Leah
“The bear was captured by a video camera at a business less than a block away at about 3:15 a.m.,” Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks explained in a press release.
“At about 3:30 a.m. the two people in the tent adjacent to the victim were awakened by sounds of the attack. They exited the tent and sprayed the bear with bear spray. It has not been seen since.”
“The bear pulled the victim from the tent during the fatal attack.”
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That night, the bear had additionally raided a chicken coop in the town and ate several chickens.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the victim of the bear attack this morning in Ovando,” the Powell County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
“Many thanks to the residents that assisted in the search and pulled together to support the first responders, members of the Powell County Sheriff’s Office and Fish Wildlife and Parks as we processed the scene and continued searching for the bear.”
“Traps have been set in the area and searching will continue by ground and in the air with the priority of keeping the public safe from another encounter.”
“Campsites in Ovando have been closed until Sunday and we encourage anyone in the area to be cautious and aware that as of now the bear in question has not been located.”
Facebook; pictured above is a statement from the Powell County Sheriff’s Office
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