A big grizzly bear attacked a backcountry guide from Montana, who was fishing on a river near Yellowstone National Park.
Charles Carl Mock, 40, who lived in the park gateway community of West Yellowstone, died Saturday or two days after he was attacked, Fox News reported.
Authorities believed that the grizzly bear is trying to protect a nearby moose carcass found 45 meters from the site of the attack.
According to the Associated Press, the Yellowstone region of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming is home to more than 700 bears. The attack follows the increase of the grizzly population, with more people moving into rural areas near the bear habitat.
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Officials said the Sector Juneau command center received a helicopter hoist request from Alaska State Troopers around 3:20 p.m.
When Coast Guard officers arrived, they found the man who had suffered injuries to his head and hands as well as two other skiers in his party at an elevation of 1,600 feet.