"While trying to use bear spray, he sustained "significant but not life-threatening injuries to his chest and left arm," according to officials. National Park Service medics responded to the scene, and the victim was able to walk with them to the trailhead, where he was loaded into an ambulance and taken to a nearby clinic. From there, a helicopter flew him to a hospital. He was released Wednesday."
"For comparison, 125 people have drowned and 23 have died from burns after falling into hot springs. Even seeing a grizzly bear is pretty uncommon in the lower 48 states. Prior to 1800, they were much more common, with an estimated 50,000 roaming the American West. But European settlers viewed them as a mortal threat to people and livestock and hunted them to near extinction, reducing their number to less than 1,000 in the contiguous U.S."
A 29-year-old hiker attacked by a probable grizzly in Yellowstone National Park was released from the hospital with significant but not life-threatening injuries to his chest and left arm. He had been hiking alone on the remote Turbid Lake Trail when he apparently surprised the bear and attempted to use bear spray. National Park Service medics escorted him to the trailhead; he was transported by ambulance to a clinic and flown by helicopter to a hospital. Bear attacks in Yellowstone are exceedingly rare; eight people have been killed by bears since 1872. Grizzly numbers fell below 1,000 but have recovered to nearly 2,000 in recent decades. Experts advise standing ground and fighting black bears and historically advise playing dead in grizzly encounters.
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