Incline couple reports death threats over bear issue

The bear-people issue in Incline Village has gotten so bad that a couple filed a report with Washoe County sheriff’s investigators saying they have received death threats because they reported a problem bear to state officials.

According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, Nevada Department of Wildlife trapped a 263-pound male black bear outside Richard and Adrienne Evans’ house on Dec. 13 and later euthanized it.

A trap was set because the bear had tried multiple times this month to get into one of the Evans’ vehicles and finally did so last week. The bear had been captured and released earlier this fall.

 — Lake Tahoe News staff report