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Big Bastard had been eating Patrice's body for days, and so what he saw in the kitchen was what was left of her.

Black bears are not typically dangerous to people.

In fact, Patrice was the first known black bear fatality in California history.

But it was exactly that sort of lack of perceived danger, which is why officials didn't help Patrice or any of our other neighbors get rid of these black bears when they were coming into their neighborhood and causing all this property damage and all this alarm.

They basically said, eh, what's the worst they could do?

A quick note about our stories, they are all based on true events, but we sometimes use pseudonyms to protect the people involved, and some details are fictionalized for dramatic purposes.

The Mr. Ballin Podcast, Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Stories, is hosted and executive produced by me, Mr. Ballin.

Our head of writing is Evan Allen.

Our head of production is Zach Levitt.

Produced by Jeremy Bone.

Story editing by Evan Allen.

Research and fact-checking by Shelley Hsu, Samantha Van Hoose, Evan Beamer, Abigail Shumway, and Camille Callahan.

Research and fact-checking supervision by Stephen Ear.

Audio editing and post-produced by Wit Lacascio and Cole Lacascio, Perry Kroll, and Jordan Stidham.

Mixed and mastered by Brendan Cain.

Production coordination by Samantha Collins.

Production support by Antonio Minata and Delaina Corley.

Artwork by Jessica Clogston-Kiner.

Theme song called Something Wicked by Ross Bugden.

Thank you for listening to the Mr. Ballin Podcast.