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Mystery in the North Carolina Woods: Who Killed the Bear Lady?

By Will Levith
May 27, 2016 10:30 am
Bear Attack
(Prisma Bildagentur AG/Alamy Stock Photo)
Bear Attack
(Prisma Bildagentur AG/Alamy Stock Photo)

Kay Grayson, a.k.a. “The Bear Lady,” lived among the black bears of the North Carolina woods for nearly 30 years. She gave them names, fed them by hand, and defended them against poachers. But after Grayson went missing in 2015—and investigators found her picked-clean bones—the mystery of “Who Killed the Bear Lady?” unfolded. Read Brandon Sneed’s feature from Outside magazine here.

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