von hoffman. kirsi says these are photos of a bear on her property just in june and that the animals often break into cars, but none has ever gone inside her home. until now, she says, she fought back by throwing a quote at the bear, and it eventually left. through the front door the same way it had gotten in anything that has a strong odor to it is really the number one thing that attracts a bear on people's properties. the california department of fish and wildlife says. so far this year, there have been three bear attacks in the lake tahoe area. state officials say people leaving out food and intentionally is a large part of the problem. that comes in the form of garbage comes in the form of food that's fallen off the tree. that they're rotten like rotten fruit. that type of thing or cat food that's left outside. state officials say dna samples have been collected from the victim's injuries and clothing to create a profile of the attacking bear and that a trap has been set on the property if we

. >> reporter: it takes a lot to scare laurel rose von hoffman kurzy who's battling stage four cancer. >> i was screaming my head off. >> reporter: what happened was enough to terrify her. >> what i could see to my shock and horror, the first thing that registered was, my gosh,s that a bear. >> reporter: she's seen bears outside the cabin before, but this one was inside on the second floor, rummaging through a freezer when she came face-to-face with it just before sunrise. >> he came at me, and i couldn't see at all what was happening. i saw one paw, and really couldn't see anything else like that. and then i just started getting ripped apart. it was terrifying. >> reporter: the bareheaded back downstories and she crawled to a bedroom where as a retired medical doctor she assessed the damage and knew she was leaving blood fast. >> i knew this was severe. i could tell my face was separated here. i put my legs up against the armoire so the blood from my legs would go into my central body. i'm lucky to be alive. >> reporter: california fish and wildlife agents collected dna samples and s

. >> rose von hoffman courtesies talking about how she was attacked by a bear before sunrise on saturday morning inside her cabin in north tahoe after she discovered a bear rifling through her freezer. it happen. so fast. >> so fast. very little. it's oh, my gosh. it's a bear. and by the time that gotten to my brain. i was being torn apart in the dark. >> eventually the bear went downstairs and out the door. but the damage had been done and hoffman christie's body was covered in blood and bruises and puncture wounds. >> i have a little angel i don't know why i survived. >> state wildlife officials collected forensic evidence from the bite wounds in hopes of getting a dna profile of the bear. they also set up a trap near the victim's home. if we can get that bear in the trap. >> we will do the dna work and try to compare the dna profile from any bear that strapped. and if it is the same bear that has been implicated in attacking this woman will be euthanized if it's not the same area will be released on hoffman. curtsy is suffering from stage 4 cancer been at the cabin. >> following a rou

laurel rose von hoffman curzie says that she's seen bears there before plenty of time. but this is the first time one's ever come inside of their cabin says it was about 6 in the morning when she woke up to sounds coming from the kitchen and when she went to go investigate, that's when she spotted the bear rifling through her freezer. it locked eyes. honor and then attacked. there was a light. >> from the freezer. shining on them, the bear and he was. food out under the floor. really what i saw was. a paw and i couldn't see. i was just being torn. i couldn't see exactly what was happening. >> front nose terrified. i was a'solutely terrified again, it takes a lot to terrify me. >> yeah. she kept her cool, which is amazing. the bear ended up running off after it saw her husband and her son running to help her. and as they've collected that that that there's dna, right. because, of course, because he attacked a human went into someone's home set up a trap yesterday looking for him. and when they find them, you know, they're probably going to stress that accurate. she says

. >> laurel rose von hoffman crew is crews e is her name and she says that she's seen bears it all before. many have. but this is the first time that there's ever been inside her cabin. and that's the stuff of nightmares. and yes. so she finds the bear rifling through her freezer. >> and then it there was a light. >> from the freezer. shining on them, the bear and he was. food out onto the floor. really what i saw was. a paw and i couldn't see. i was just being torn. i couldn't see exactly what was happening. >> front nose terrified. i was absolutely terrified again, it takes a lot to terrify me. >> wow. wow. a chest. she has the from the from the just claw. yeah. thing at her. >> listen to this. she's actually suffering from stage 4 cancer. and she's been up in that cabin following a round of chemotherapy is a place of healing and here she has a run-in with a bear inside her cabs and she says she's not going go back as they have found the bear. so she'll go back, i guess maybe after they find the bear. >> they collected forensic evidence from the bite wounds and look at that. her display

von hoffman. kirsi says these are photos of a bear on her property just in june and that the animals often break into cars, but none has ever gone inside her home. until now, she says, she fought back by throwing a quote after bear, and it eventually left through