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A Montana backcountry guide has died after he was mauled by a large grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park. Charles Carl Mock, 40, who lived in the park gateway community of West Yellowstone, died Saturday, two days after he was attacked while fishing alone in a forested area along the Madison River. The male bear, which weighed at least 420 pounds, was later shot and killed when it charged wildlife workers investigating the attack. Charles Carl Mock, 40, has died after he was mauled by a large grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park It is believed the bear was defending the carcass of a nearby moose which was found 50 yards from the site of the attack, said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesperson Morgan Jacobsen.

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