Here is an article posted shortly after the boy's death.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/19/national/main2947472_page2.shtmlNote that during the previous month, officials reported black bear sightings in Provo Canyon and Park City, including one incident in which residents of a cabin had burned food and opened windows to air the cabin out. The bear in this case ripped open the screen door and entered the cabin.
Be sure to watch the video...in which you will see films of a black bear sow and her cub are wandering through a neighborhood, past fenced backyards.
These people cannot possibly claim that they weren't aware of the possibility that there were bears in the location they chose to camp...which, by the way, was about a mile and a half or so out of the established campground.
It is often stated that there is safety in numbers. I agree. It is far less likely that these people would have been attacked had the family camped within the established campground, than in the very primitive and secluded area they chose to set up their tent.
The incident that happened the night before happened because a neighboring campsite had left food lying about.
The bear returned to the area in which it had found food the night before.
