A [recent post said:](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/18619/do-i-still-need-to-hang-my-food-if-i-have-two-large-dogs/18638#18638) > a black bear can kill a man (or a dog) with a single swat of its paw. I suppose anything is possible. But is it realistic? Has it ever happened? Googling 'man killed by single punch' finds several instance where a person killed a person with one punch. I also find [a lion killed a person with a single swipe](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/08/lion-killed-intern-swipe-paw-inquest). But not finding anything about a black bear doing this. Are there any records of this happening?