WEST MILFORD, N.J., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A young man hiking with friends in northwestern New Jersey died in what appeared to be an attack by a black bear.
Darsh Patel's body was found in the Apshawa Preserve in West Milford about two hours after he and his hiking companions spotted the bear, West Milford Police Chief Timothy Storbeck said. Storbeck said the group split up and ran in different directions, and when they regrouped the others were unable to find Patel.