Mother and Daughter Killed in Suspected Grizzly Bear Attack in Bella Coola, B.C.
Bella Coola grizzly bear attack: A mother and daughter have been killed in a suspected grizzly bear attack in Bella Coola, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service. The service said two individuals were reported missing by family on Nov. 1, prompting Bella Coola RCMP and rescue crews to launch a search. On Tuesday, the service said one of the.
Bella Coola grizzly bear attack, Digi Mart USA News (Bella Coola, British Columbia): A mother and daughter have been killed in a suspected grizzly bear attack in Bella Coola, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.
The service said two individuals were reported missing by family on Nov. 1, prompting Bella Coola RCMP and rescue crews to launch a search. On Tuesday, the service said one of the individuals was found dead in the area of the Snooka West Trail on Monday afternoon.
Evidence at the site suggested an animal was involved, and conservation officers were called in.
The body of the second individual was found Tuesday afternoon after search efforts by conservation officers and RCMP. Family members have identified the victims as Jenny Balcarras, 48, and her daughter Selah Reed, 19.
“Jenny was a wonderful artist, and has come to Bella Coola to work as an art therapist at the school,” Balcarras’s brother, Matt Balcarras, said Tuesday afternoon from Bella Coola. “She’s a tiny little woman but incredibly strong.”
His sister had been in contact with family on Saturday but did not show up for an online meet-up that night, he said. After they did not get a response, a relative asked RCMP to conduct a wellness check Sunday morning.
Police found their vehicle at a trailhead.
Matt Balcarras said the pair appeared to have gone out for a walk, as the trail was “very close to their house.” “It’s very close to town and it’s not remote,” he said.
Balcarras, whose body was recovered first, was a mother of four and a grandmother. She had previously worked as a school counsellor at the Bella Bella Community School before moving to Bella Coola this summer.
Reed, her youngest child, worked as an educational assistant and was attending school part-time through Athabasca University’s online learning program.
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