A black bear stunned residents of a luxury Florida community by lounging in a hot tub and napping under a lanai before being ...

An elderly man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida, officials said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Robert Markel, 89, was found dead near his trailer in Collier County, Florida, in what authorities believe to be the first fatal black bear attack recorded in the state's history. Three bears have ...

FWC confirms a 263-pound male black bear killed Robert Markel in the first recorded fatal bear attack in Florida history. Three bears were killed near the scene, and necropsy results confirmed one ...

On the morning of May 5, authorities found Robert Markel and his dog deceased following a bear attack on Markel's property near Jerome, a small unincorporated community 30 miles east of Naples ...

The daughter of Robert Markel informed officials that she witnessed a bear kill her father’s dog. Investigators then found 89-year-old Markel’s body "a couple hundred yards away," as they ...

The man who died has been identified as 89-year-old Robert Markel, a long-time resident of a small community in Collier County. The FWC said Markel and his dog were not killed at the same time and ...

The victim was identified as Robert Markel, a longtime resident of the Jerome area. Officials believe his daughter called 911 to report the attack, Reynaud said. His daughter saw a bear attack the ...

Robert Markel's granddaughter told authorities she saw a bear maul her grandfather's dog but couldn't find him. Markel's dog was found mauled to death in the front yard. Markel's family member ...

When Sue Story found her grandfather's dog being mauled in her front yard and no sign of Robert Markel, she told authorities something was not right. According to an incident report from the ...