Patricia Anne Van Tighem, bear-attack book author, 47, a suicide
Posted: Monday, December 26th, 2005 11:16 pmCBC News — December 19, 2005 — A Calgary woman who wrote a book about being attacked by a grizzly bear has died in Kelowna, B.C.
Patricia Anne Van Tighem, 47, took her own life. Her family says it was the long lasting effects of the attack 22-years ago that led to her death.
In 1983, she and her husband were hiking in Waterton Lakes National Park when they came upon a female grizzly and her cubs. Both Patricia and her husband were badly mauled.
Patricia’s facial disfigurements and reconstructive surgery were the focus of her best-selling book “In the Bear’s Embrace.” … Read full obituary
