CNN – A woman was seriously injured in a bear attack just steps from her home in southern Alaska, a state where all three North American bear species roam and thrive.
At 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday, the 36-year-old woman left her house for a jog in Kenai, a coastal city southwest of Anchorage, according to Alaska Wildlife Trooper’s dispatch.
She hadn’t gone more than 50 yards when a bear emerged from a neighboring property, Alaska Wildlife Trooper David Lorring told CNN affiliate KTUU.
Without warning, the animal charged, dragging her roughly “100 yards down the road” and onto another property, Lorring said.
A neighbor discovered the injured woman before Kenai Police Department received a call at 6:58 a.m., according to dispatch records.
Officers rushed her to a hospital in the Anchorage area. Her current condition is unknown.
State troopers, local police and a team from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game searched for the bear on foot, while a drone scanned from above.
Despite their efforts, the bear was not found, police said Tuesday …
