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She Lived With 20 Wild Bears for 28 Years. Then They Found Her Clean-Picked Bones. What Killed Her Is a Mystery.
Kay Grayson hand-fed black bears, let them into her home, and insisted they would never hurt her. After she vanished, investigators found her clean-picked bones—and bear scat containing human remains. But they ruled out a bear attack. Published: Sep 21, 2026 When Kay Grayson called her bears, she liked to sing: “It’s OK, it’s OK.” It was part of a show she put on for people. Six feet tall, with white hair and the lean body and graceful movement of a dancer, she would walk into a clearing near