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Thursday, July 07, 2011

Grizzly Bear Kills Man in Yellowstone National Park

A grizzly bear killed a man who was hiking with his wife in Yellowstone National Park's backcountry after the couple apparently surprised the female bear and its cubs on Wednesday, park officials said.

It was the park's first fatal grizzly mauling since 1986, but the third in the Yellowstone region in just over a year amid ever-growing numbers of grizzlies and tourists roaming the same wild landscape of scalding-hot geysers and sweeping mountain vistas.

The Wednesday morning attack happened just two days after the peak weekend for tourism in the park all year, on a trail close to Canyon Village near the middle of Yellowstone.

Details were sketchy but park officials said the bear attacked to defend against a perceived threat. They said the wife of the 57-year-old victim called 911 on her cell phone and other hikers in the area responded to her cries for help.

Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash said the couple saw the bear twice on their hike. The first time, they continued hiking. The second time, the grizzly was running at them and the man told his wife to run.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess they will put the bear down because we an ignorant society.
We invaded her space and she will suffer.

Joseph Albero said...

anonymous 7:39, I couldn't agree more.

Anonymous said...

Stay out of their domain people. Thats what happens. You cross the line, you get mauled.

Anonymous said...

I hope they didn't kill the bear to satisfy the death of the man. For sure---She was doing what she does best, protecting her own!

Anonymous said...

What part of WILD animals don't people understand?

They seen the bear before, why didn't they go a different route or get out of the woods completely?