33-year-old Anthony Pollio was described by family as a “very smart, fearless man.”<\/p>\n
GLACIER, Mont \u2014 The hiker who was found dead<\/a> in Montana\u2019s Glacier National Park from a suspected bear attack has been identified as 33-year-old Florida man Anthony Pollio.<\/p>\n Pollio went missing May 3 after hiking a trail in the national park and his body was found with “injuries consistent with a bear encounter” three days later, the National Park Service said in a statement.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n “Anthony was a fearless man,” father Arthur Pollio told WPLG<\/a>. \u201cHe was an experienced hunter. Tons of experience. Educated. Very smart.\u201d<\/p>\n The National Park Service is still investigating what led up to the attack, but said evidence suggests it was a “surprise encounter.”\u00a0<\/p>\n “The bear just attacked him and killed him,” Arthur Pollio said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Arthur Pollio told the Sun Sentinel<\/a> Anthony had left him a voicemail shortly before the attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n “He says, ‘Dad, I’m hiking up a mountain. It’s wild out here,'” he told WVTJ<\/a>. “He says, ‘I love you, dad,’ and that was the last message I received from him.”<\/p>\n The incident would mark Glacier National Park\u2019s first fatal bear-related death since 1998, when a person was killed in the Two Medicine Valley. The last reported bear injury in the park occurred in August 2025.<\/p>\n