An avid outdoorsman was killed in a suspected bear attack in Montana\u2019s Glacier National Park \u2014 and his family believes he was hiking to a fire lookout tower to catch the sunset when he died. <\/p>\n
Anthony Pollio, a 33-year-old from Florida, lost communication with his family on Sunday, when he did not return from the hike. His car was found near the Lake McDonald Lodge nearby, Local 10 reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n Search and rescue crews found Pollio\u2019s body and he had suffered injuries consistent of a bear attack. <\/p>\n Seen in this photo is Anthony Pollio, 33, who last communicated with his family on Sunday. Local10<\/p>\n The remains were found about two-and-a-half miles up the Mt. Brown Trail in a densely wooded area Wednesday afternoon, the Montana Free Press<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n Officials haven\u2019t officially named the hiker, but Pollio\u2019s family identified him. <\/p>\n Pollio\u2019s father, Arthur Pollio, told Local 10 that his son was \u201cfearless\u201d and that he \u201cwas an experienced hunter.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTons of experience. Educated. Very smart.\u201d<\/p>\n Pollio\u2019s brother Nicholas believes he made a last-minute decision to go down Mt. Brown Trail to \u201csee the sunset from the fire watch tower.\u201d<\/p>\n Arthur posits that his son was intercepted by a grizzly and deployed bear spray in self-defense.<\/p>\n The father believes his son attempted to flee, but the bear pursued and seized him by the shoulder.<\/p>\n Arthur points to a bear spray canister recovered near the scene as the most compelling evidence for this sequence of events.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s an educated man and the bear just attacked and killed him,\u201d Arthur said.<\/p>\n Anthony Pollio is presumed dead after a body was found in Glacier National Park Local10<\/p>\n The last fatal bear attack in Glacier National Park was in Two Medicine Valley<\/a> in 1998, about an hour-and-a-half drive from Mt. Brown Trail, where Anthony went missing. <\/p>\n However, the last reported bear-related injury in Glacier occurred in August 2025. <\/p>\n A bear warning sign UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n In Glacier National Park, bears that attack humans or exhibit dangerously aggressive, food-conditioned<\/a> behavior are often euthanized to ensure public safety. This policy follows the park\u2019s Bear Management Plan<\/a>, which prioritizes human safety when a bear is deemed a significant threat.<\/p>\n