2 hikers injured in Yellowstone by grizzly

[poky5mom]

Hopefully these people will be okay -sounds like they did everything right
http://www.codyenterprise.com/article_e ... f887a.html

[Selkie]

Thanks for posting. (There is the question in my mind: discharged bear spray - did it affect the sow?)
Bear cubs are so curious! I was walking in some NH fields one year and a current-year cub came out of a hedge, saw me, and started trotting toward me. Gaah! said I, backing off. Then came mom. (to be cont. )

[llholmes1948]

Sounds like another successful use of bear spray:

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-a ... 654ae.html

[poky5mom]

Then on GOod Morning America this morning they said there were two attacks yesterday - the other one was about 60 miles away in IDaho - two researchers or something like that also had to deploy bear spray against a grizzly - I think he got bit on the hand - weird
Kim

[pitamakan]

Though the Yellowstone incident could have been much worse than it was, one thing worth noting here is the four-person size of the hiking party. For a long time the Park Service has recommended against visitors hiking alone in bear country, and in recent years the NPS has recommended even larger-size hiking parties in many locations. I think this may have given some people a false sense of safety if they choose to hike as part of a larger group ... I've actually seen a couple of posts here that have suggested that. This incident is a reminder that there are no guarantees hiking in bear country, no matter how many people you hike with.

[Tara]

The initial reports on this were misleading...it came out later that the party attacked was a party of only TWO hikers...the other party of two hikers arrived on the scene as the incident was concluding. So it was NOT a party of four as initially reported. Very important difference. But even parties of four or more should exercise the same caution and safeguards.