{"id":627057,"date":"2026-05-06T15:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/627057\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:14:16","slug":"2-hikers-injured-in-bear-attack-on-yellowstone-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/627057\/","title":{"rendered":"2 hikers injured in bear attack on Yellowstone trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bear injured two hikers on a trail at Yellowstone National Park this week, prompting closures of some areas, park officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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The National Park Service said in a statement that the hikers were injured Monday by \u201cone or more bears\u201d and that the attack was under investigation. More details were not immediately released Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The attack happened on Mystic Falls Trail near the ever-popular Old Faithful geyser in Wyoming, the park service said.<\/p>\n

\"AA hiker is airlifted from Yellowstone National Park after being injured in a bear attack Monday.Craig Lerman<\/p>\n

In video recorded by Craig Lerman, another hiker, a man can be seen lying on the ground with apparent facial injuries and wearing a blood-soaked shirt. Lerman tells him, \u201cThey\u2019re coming,\u201d to which the man replies, \u201cHow long?\u201d <\/p>\n

Another video shows someone on the ground being helped, and another shows someone being airlifted. <\/p>\n

It was the first time a bear has injured someone in Yellowstone National Park this year, the park service said. <\/p>\n

The last time someone was injured was in September, the agency said, but it has been over a decade since a bear killed someone in the park.<\/p>\n

Lance Crosby, 63, was killed by a grizzly bear<\/a> in Yellowstone in August 2015. <\/p>\n

Some trails and other parts of the park have been closed after Monday’s attack, the park service said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seasonal park employee Marie Jaskula, who saw the victims being put onto stretchers, said the attack was sobering.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very much a reality check,\u201d Jaskula said. \u201cAnd we have read a quote once, that once you enter the forest, you become a part of the food chain \u2014 and it\u2019s very realistic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bear injured two hikers on a trail at Yellowstone National Park this week, prompting closures of some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-627057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}