 bear attack great smoki mountain nation park bear attack great smoki mountain nation park great smoki mountain nation park offici report victim black bear attack sundai afternoon glenda ann bradlei 50 cosbi tn bradlei elementari school teacher jone cove elementari her companion husband ralph hill 52 resid cosbi the attack occur 2 -3 backcountri intersect littl river goshen prong trail 2 5 mile littl river trailhead coupl park car the coupl enter park noon hill left bradlei fish island littl river a short bradlei locat dai pack he discov bodi 40-50 yard trail he notic bear adult femal weigh 112 pound yearl femal weigh 40 pound guard bodi he bear adult femal aggress behavior hill he seek addit assist hiker help elkmont campground arriv 5 a park ranger dispatch scene arriv 6 05 fifteen minut park ranger arriv the park ranger observ bear bodi shot bear servic weapon a total 17 park personnel respond incid the bear univers tennesse veterinari medicin depart necropsi the woman's bodi transport east tennesse state univers autopsi park offici 100 percent bear involv attack necropsi confirm fact it appear unprovok attack accord victim's famili bradlei experienc dai hiker familiar park bradlei's dai pack contain food disturb the adult femal bear tag 1998 univers tennesse wildlif biologist purpos aggress tendenc peopl by indic bear wild bear but human bear conflict smoki result bear's fed human food habitu human food in decad park increasingli proactiv reduc garbag front countri area provid effect food storag altern backcountri manag step educ program teach peopl respons food storag avoid conflict bear act superintend philip a franci jr we stress indic whatsoev bradlei provok attack the fact remain bear smoki wild unpredict anim we continu reinforc messag human food bear lead injuri four adjac backcountri campsit 21 23 24 30 close pend confirm bear bradlei's death file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata black-bear-attack html nation park http imagesbuild smoki about smoki 