Mama Griz kills hiker in Yellowstone

[Mannlicher]

While the chances of this happening to an individual are slim, when it happens, it is a life altering altercation.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — 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.

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[Zombie Zeke]

my wife sent me this same link yesterday and said thanks for carrying a big knife whenever we go hiking...i know that sounds dumb, bear v. knife, but she is more pragmatic than that...her idea was that I pull the knife, slow down the bear and she runs up a tree. what a great gal. ; )