2 hikers injured in bear attack in Yellowstone National Park

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo.– Two hikers were wounded successful a carnivore onslaught successful Yellowstone National Park connected Monday. 

Yellowstone National Park said the hikers were injured by 1 oregon much bears connected the Mystic Falls Trail adjacent the Old Faithful geyser. 

The National Park Service said respective areas were closed portion they investigated the attack. 

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Beware of the bears, Yellowstone National Park USA.

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The severity of the hikers' injuries wasn't released. 

Yellowstone National Park said this is the archetypal clip a carnivore injured idiosyncratic successful the parkland successful 2026. The past known wounded was successful Sept. 2025, erstwhile a 29-year-old hiker was injured by a grizzly carnivore connected the Turbid Lake Trail. 

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A ample grizzly carnivore looks successful the region astatine Yellowstone National Park.

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Prior to the onslaught successful September, the past clip a idiosyncratic was wounded by a carnivore successful the parkland was successful May 2021, Yellowstone said. 

WHAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE DURING A BEAR ENCOUNTER

Yellowstone reminded parkland visitors of immoderate safety tips for erstwhile successful carnivore country. 

• Stay 100 yards distant from bears astatine each times.
• Carry carnivore spray and cognize however to usage it.
• Be alert. See the carnivore earlier you astonishment it. Watch for caller tracks, scat and feeding sites (signs of digging, rolled rocks, torn up logs, ripped unfastened ant hills.)
• Make noise.
• Hike successful groups of 3 oregon much people.
• Don't hike astatine dawn, dusk, oregon astatine night, erstwhile grizzlies are astir active.
• Don’t tally from a bear.