A WILD black bear dragged away and ate the body of an American man in California who had died of a suspected heart attack, news reports said.

    The bear is thought to have come across the body of 65-year-old Marion Lee Williams near his trailer in California’s densely forested and mountainous Humboldt County, the Los Angeles Times said Friday.

    “It looks like he collapsed and died,” CBS quoted county deputy coroner Roy Horton as saying. “The bear comes along and sees a potential food source.”

    The animal dragged his body into a cave to feast on, the Times said.

    Williams, who lived alone and “off the grid,” was last seen Oct. 8 and authorities discovered his remains Oct. 13. Investigators used Williams’ fingerprints, dentures and pieces of clothing to identify him.

    “The bear does not pose a public threat,” said Andrew Hughan, spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. (SD-Agencies)