A North Carolina woman locally known for feeding bears was found dead in the woods on Monday.

Human remains belonging to wildlife activist Kay Grayson, lovingly nicknamed the "Bear Lady," were found in a wooded area a few hundred yards from her trailer in Tyrrell County, The Outer Banks Voice reported.

County sheriffs returned to the site on Tuesday and found more human remains, according to WITN.

Police say she could have been dead for at least two weeks. While a cause of death was not specified, there were no signs of foul play and it appears Grayson may have been killed by the very animals she cared deeply for.

"There was evidence that she had been pulled into the woods by a bear," Tyrrell County Sheriff Darryl Liverman told the Banks Voice.

Sheriffs found the remains while performing a welfare check after receiving a call on Jan. 19 saying Grayson had not been seen for two weeks, Liverman told The Virginian-Pilot.

Grayson, 67, lived in a modest trailer off U.S. 64 and cared for the bears that lived in the woods surrounding her home. She often called the state Wildlife Resources Commission to complain about hunters in the area.

Friends often warned of the dangers of feeding the bears, which Grayson acknowledged, but continued showing compassion for the animals and sometimes invited them into her home. Some even called her a fanatic, the Banks Voice reported.

"I would say that was true to some extent- but she wasn't crazy," Sergeant Mark Cagle, who knew Grayson for at least 10 years, told the Banks Voice. "She was more passionate about bears than fanatical."