'Like a dog shakes a rat': Survivors of grizzly attacks detail close encounters

Although his physical wounds healed within weeks, a grizzly attack in Paradise Valley south of Livingston during hunting season haunts Emigrant resident Charles Taliaferro some 16 years later.

“I used to throw a sleeping bag down, carry a tarp with me and camp wherever I wanted,” he said. “I don’t feel comfortable doing that anymore.”