New Mexico man killed in rare fatal bear attack, only second in state in a century

Police department for Navajo Nation neither identified the victim nor said what type of bear had killed him In a rare kind of attack, a bear killed a man in Crystal, New Mexico, on Thursday, local police said. The police department for the Navajo Nation said officers within its Window Rock district received a call at about 1pm that a bear had attacked a man. Continue reading...

Victoria Bekiempis · Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 1:28 PM
US news | The Guardian

New Mexico man killed in rare fatal bear attack, only second in state in a century

Police department for Navajo Nation neither identified the victim nor said what type of bear had killed him

In a rare kind of attack, a bear killed a man in Crystal, New Mexico, on Thursday, local police said.

The police department for the Navajo Nation said officers within its Window Rock district received a call at about 1pm that a bear had attacked a man.

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