http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6940290p-6839410c.html"According to Walgenbach, as Compton walked down a driveway from her door, she would have passed on her left a "pretty thick patch of woods" that extend down to the river. A little farther on the left is an RV park and the lodge's general store, and still farther and up a hill is the lodge, Walgenbach said.
"From what I understand, the bear came from that patch of woods on her left side," he said.
Compton was 50 to 100 feet from the employee housing and about the same distance from the RV park when the attack occurred, Michels said.
The woman is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 100 pounds, according to Greg Wilkinson, a troopers spokesman in Anchorage. When she first saw the bear, she yelled at it and waved her arms, Wilkinson said.
"The bear charged, knocked her over, she kicked him in the chest and hit the bear in the nose and eyes," he said. "The good news is that he bit her leg, picked her up, but she kicked him until he dropped her."