Fatal bear attack on woman, baby unusual: expert

teacher and mother.

She taught Grade 6 French immersion at Ecole Whitehorse Elementary, the Department of Education confirmed.

She was on maternity leave and it’s believed she had been in the area with her family for about three months.

Friends said she had been active in the Whitehorse community where she played soccer and sang in a choir.

Initially from Quebec, Theoret moved to Yukon and joined the Association-francoyukonnaise in 2005, said president Isabelle Salesse.

“Every time I met her, she was smiling and positive,” Salesse told the Whitehorse Star.

One of Theoret’s former soccer teammates also remembered her as positive, friendly and energetic.

“We are very saddened by the news of her death,” said Barbara Chamberlin.

Servheen, who has investigated the last eight fatal grizzly bear attacks in the United States, said there could be a number of scenarios for the fatal attack.

“It could be a surprise encounter where perhaps they were walking around the cabin and ... surprised a bear at close range,” he said.

“It could be a case where a bear was hungry and seeking food around the cabin ... It could have tried to attack them and prey on them.”

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