An Arizona woman has died more than a week after being trampled by an elk she was possibly trying to feed, in what is believed to be the first deadly attack of its kind in the state.

The victim, who has not been identified, was found by her husband with critical injuries in their backyard in Pine Lake, a remote town in the Hualapai Mountains, on Oct. 26.

She had “injuries consistent with being trampled by an elk,” according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department, which said that “multiple elk tracks” were ten found in the yard.

Her husband also reported finding “a bucket of spilled corn nearby,” suggesting that his wife may have been trying to feed the animal when it trampled her, the department said.

The victim was initially rushed to Kingman Regional Medical Center and then transferred to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, where she was put into a medically induced coma.

She died Friday, eight days after the attack, in what the Clark County Coroner’s Office has ruled an accident.

“This is believed to be the first fatal elk attack in Arizona,” the state’s game department said.

However, there have been at least five reported elk attacks in Arizona in the past five years, including a woman who suffered serious head injuries in 2021.

In 2015, two children suffered minor injuries after a hungry elk circled a picnic table from which their family was eating in the Hualapai Mountains.

Since the deadly encounter last month, local oofficials have gone door-to-door in the local area to hang signs warning against approaching or feeding elk.

“The public is urged to help keep wildlife wild,” the department warned.

“Wildlife that are fed by people, or that get food sources from items such as unsecured garbage or pet food, lose their natural fear of humans and become dependent on unnatural food sources.

“Feeding puts at risk the person doing the feeding, their neighbors, and the wildlife itself. Please do not feed wildlife.”

“Wildlife that are fed by people, or that get food sources from items such as unsecured garbage or pet food, lose their natural fear of humans and become dependent on unnatural food sources.