On the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 16, 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.

The incident occurred approximately 2.5 miles from the Pelican Valley Trailhead in the Pelican Valley Bear Management Area.

The man was hiking alone when he encountered the bear near Turbid Lake. The national park says he began to deploy bear spray before the bear made contact, injuring his chest and left arm.

National Park Service medics responded to the incident and walked out with the hiker.

Once arriving to the trailhead, NPS transported the hiker in a park ambulance to the Lake Medical Clinic. He was then flown to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The hiker thought the bear was a black bear; however, the location,

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