Man, 35, Attacked by Bear Whereas Mountain climbing Well-liked Path at Glacier Nationwide Parktheinsiderinsight

A person climbing in Montana’s Glacier Nationwide Park was attacked by a bear, leading to a closure for a bit of the park’s Highline Path.

On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Nationwide Park Service (NPS) introduced in a press release {that a} 35-year-old man was climbing close to the park’s Grinnell Glacier Overlook trailhead early within the morning when his climbing social gathering “encountered the bear” and he was injured.

“The injured customer hiked to Granite Park Chalet with help from rangers and different hikers the place he was met by Two Bear Air and flown to the Apgar horse corrals, then transported by Three Rivers ambulance to the hospital in Whitefish, [Mont.],” the NPS wrote.

Based on the Associated Press, the hike from the place the assault occurred and Granite Park Chalet is over a mile lengthy.

Based on the NPS, the person’s accidents weren’t life threatening, and officers are nonetheless investigating what species of bear was answerable for the assault.

The NPS added {that a} part of Highline Path from Glacier’s Haystack Butte to Granite Park Chalet might be closed “till additional discover.”

Situated lower than 100 miles from the Canadian border, Glacier Nationwide Park is residence to each black and grizzly bears. The NPS notes that every one guests to the park ought to take precautions towards wild animals, and to report any bear or “uncommon animal” sightings to the closest ranger or warden instantly.

“Hikers are extremely inspired to hike in teams, make noise when climbing, and have bear spray accessible and know tips on how to use it,” the park service wrote in its press launch.

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The information of this assault comes simply two weeks after a 12-year-old boy in Wisconsin was credited with saving his father’s life when a black bear charged them as they had been searching in Burnett County.

Ryan Beierman, 43, of River Falls, informed the Minnesota Star Tribune that his 12-year-old son Owen acted rapidly and shot the black bear after it attacked him and pinned him to the bottom.

“He was in a stance like a cat about to pounce,’’ Beierman informed the Star Tribune. “The following factor I do know he was on me. He charged and knocked me down.’’

“… Owen was a hero. He shot that bear and killed it on high of me,” he added.

Moreover, in Could this yr, a person visiting Grand Teton Nationwide Park in Wyoming was “significantly injured” throughout an encounter with two grizzly bears.

“Primarily based on preliminary experiences from the injured customer and preliminary info carried out as a part of an ongoing investigation of the location, regulation enforcement rangers and park biologists consider the incident was a shock encounter with two grizzly bears, with one of many bears contacting and injuring the customer,” the park service stated in an announcement at time, including that guests to the park ought to by no means go away meals unattended until correctly secured and to maintain their camp clear.