WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana — A 29-year-old man was attacked by a bear while hiking on the Turbid Lake Trail, located northeast of Mary Bay in Yellowstone Lake on Tuesday.

According to a news release from Yellowstone National Park, the incident occurred approximately 2.5 miles from the Pelican Valley Trailhead in the Pelican Valley Bear Management Area.

Park rangers say the man was hiking alone when he encountered the bear near Turbid Lake. The hiker began to deploy bear spray when the bear made contact, and he sustained significant but non-life-threatening injuries to his chest and left arm.

National Park Service medics responded to the incident and walked out with the hiker, according to the release. Once arriving to the trailhead, NPS transported the hiker in a park ambulance to the La

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