A grizzly that accidentally inflicted itself with a burst of pepper spray while attacking a hiker in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park won’t be captured or killed because it may have been trying to protect a cub, park officials said in a statement. While mauling a hiker on Signal Mountain, the grizzly bit into the man’s can of bear repellent …
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A 22-year-old Oregon woman has plunged to her death while hiking in the Columbia River Gorge, officials say. Elisha Macias fell an estimated 50 to 60 feet on Sunday after separating from a group of friends she was with near Horsetail Falls, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office told The Associated Press. Around 4:20 p.m. on Sunday, a 911 caller reported …
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A grizzly bear attacked and seriously injured a man in western Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, prompting closure of a mountain there Monday. The grizzly was one of two that surprised the 35-year-old man from Massachusetts on Sunday afternoon on Signal Mountain. Rescuers flew the injured man by helicopter to an ambulance that drove him to a nearby hospital. MONTANA …
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A climber was found dead on North America’s tallest peak, Denali, on Monday, a day after a family member told rangers they had not heard from them in days, authorities said. The climber was using a satellite communication device to keep in contact with their family during a solo attempt to climb Denali, according to a statement from Denali National …
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Search crews have found the body of a 23-year-old hiker who vanished earlier this week while scaling the tallest peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. Lucas Macaj was recovered on Mills Glacier near Longs Peak, the park announced late Thursday night, with initial investigations indicating “he took a significant fall.” “Rocky Mountain National Park rangers completed an on-scene investigation and …
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The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking the public’s help in tracking down a couple who allegedly stole artifacts from Canyonland National Park in Utah. In a press release, the agency said that on March 23, the couple entered the Cave Spring Cowboy Camp in the Needles district of the park and went into a closed area of the camp …
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The Colorado Army National Guard has joined the search for a 23-year-old hiker who has vanished inside Rocky Mountain National Park while scaling its tallest peak. Lucas Macaj of Colorado Springs remains missing Thursday after he was last heard from early Sunday afternoon “when he texted a friend indicating that he was on the summit” of the 14,259 ft. Longs …
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A 23-year-old hiker has vanished while scaling the tallest peak inside Rocky Mountain National Park, officials say. Lucas Macaj of Colorado Springs was last heard from early Sunday afternoon “when he texted a friend indicating that he was on the summit” of the 14,259 ft. Longs Peak, according to the National Park Service. The NPS says “significant storms moved through …
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The National Park Service saysa missing New Mexico man who is “believed to have attempted travel down the Colorado River with his dog on a wooden raft” has been found dead inside Grand Canyon National Park. Thomas Robison, 58, of Santa Fe, was discovered by park rangers in the Colorado River on Friday, according to the NPS. The agency previously …
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A popular TikTok trend has women responding to the question, “Would you rather be stuck in a forest with a man or a bear?” Many women say immediately that if they had to choose between the two — they’d prefer to be stuck with a bear. The trend began on April 10 with a TikTok video posted by the “screenshotq” …
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