The incident occurred on a trail near Mount Si, a popular hiking destination east of Seattle.
In western North Carolina, black bears are already on the move.
A now-infamous bear that made headlines after taking over the crawl space of an Altadena home for months made residence under two more homes in the area.
The bear that's been living underneath an Altadena home for almost two months has been removed.
An Altadena man got a big surprise last week when he found a 500-pound bear living underneath his home.
A grizzly bear attacked a group of schoolchildren and teachers on a walking trail in British Columbia, Canada, injuring 11 people, two of them critically.