A few years ago a Biologist in Alaska, Tom Smith, had a webpage that showed the Alaska human and bear confrontations for the past 100 years, but for some reason the page was deleted. Anyway, we have perhaps one human fatality every two years or so if one averages the number of fatalities. Most of the encounters don't result on injuries, however. But the number of injuries from bear attacks compared to fatalities is probably about 5 to 1. Two years ago a black bear killed a man from Fairbanks, Alaska. He was walking to his cabin with his wife and a friend, and the bear charged him from behind. His wife and friend manage to reach the cabin while he defended himself from the bear, but for some reason he could not fire his rifle (if I well remember the rifle jammed). He was carrying a .30-30, which by the way is quite popular around the traplines. Last a year or two ago we had a few mauling (s) and fatalities: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/27/bear-attacks-alaska-deaths-anchorage
People like Phil (mentioned on your accounts) are a rarity in that they have a vast experience relating to bear behavior and habitat. We have had a very few people who have possessed such admirable qualities.
