Oddly enough

Oddly enough

After attack, officials kill 5 bears in Florida

LAKE MARY, Fla.

After a bear mauled a woman in the driveway of her suburban Florida home, dragging her four feet before she escaped, wildlife officials said recently that they had killed five of the animals, who had become dangerously accustomed to humans.

It was unclear whether the bear that attacked Terri Frana, 45, was one of those killed. DNA and other tests will be done on the five animals — one shot and four euthanized — in an attempt to determine that, officials said.

Frana, 45, said the bear had her head in its mouth and dragged her about 4 feet toward a wooded area.

“She opened her jaw and clamped down onto my head, and I could just hear her teeth marks,” Frana told WFTV-TV.

She managed to escape from the bear’s jaw, and then ran inside the house, where she collapsed.

She was treated at a hospital and released.

All five bears were “highly habituated,” Florida Fish and Wildlife officer Greg Workman said during a news conference Monday. “They had no fear of humans, making them dangerous bears,” he said. “We’re erring on the side of public safety.”

Lake Mary is an upscale community about halfway between Orlando and Daytona Beach. Workman called that the entire area in and around Lake Mary “prime bear country.”

Experts say this is the time of the year when bears leave their winter dens.

Penn State police: 3 posed nude at shrine

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.

Penn State police say three male students who reportedly posed nude for a photo at the university’s Nittany Lion Shrine face school discipline.

Police told the Centre Daily Times they responded to the shrine about 1 a.m. last Wednesday after an employee reported seeing three naked people.

Police arrived to find three fully clothed male students who were leaving the shrine, but then acknowledged taking the nude photo.

Police aren’t identifying the students who have been referred to the school’s student-conduct office.

Associated Press