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Bear attack in Arizona kills man near Prescott’s Groom Creek

A 66-year-old Arizona man has died after his neighbors attacked a bear while trying to stop it. Local authorities said Friday it was a “very unusual” attack.

Stephen Jackson was killed in a raid near Prescott, about 160 miles northwest of Phoenix, shortly before 8 a.m. Friday, authorities said.

“Jackson was sitting in a chair on his property when he was attacked by a bear,” Yavapai County Sheriff David Rose told reporters Friday afternoon. “We know it’s an adult male bear. There was quite a fight and neighbors reacted. They heard[Jackson]screaming for help, They tried to get the bears to stop attacking, they were honking, they weren’t like what they were doing. They were unsuccessful in stopping the attack. ”

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