Alaska trail runner Klaire Rhodes reported that she was attacked by a brown bear on Thursday morning while running alone on her home state\u2019s Chugach trails.<\/p>\n
In an Instagram post<\/a>, Rhodes wrote that she came away with what she described as \u201crelatively minor injuries, with the most severe being a deep puncture wound to my left hip and claw and teeth marks on my body.\u201d The North Face athlete used bear spray during the encounter and was able to make it back to the trailhead.<\/p>\n \u201cA nightmare come to life\u201d<\/p>\n Rhodes didn\u2019t share the full sequence of events, saying she wanted to avoid the \u201cunsolicited opinions\u201d that tend to follow a story like this online. \u201cThe moment felt like a nightmare come to life,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n The Chugach trails are a major part of Rhodes\u2019s life and training. \u201cRunning in the Chugach is where I feel most at home,\u201d she wrote, while acknowledging that the area is also the bear\u2019s home. \u201cDespite all the precautions<\/a> in the world, it\u2019s just a risk that a lot of us choose to take to live life in the way we love.\u201d<\/p>\n