Friday 1 July 2022 10:18 AM New York man, 68, injured and rushed to hospital after being mauled by grizzly ... trends now
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A senior citizen from New York was airlifted to hospital after being severely mauled by a grizzly bear while backpacking close to Yellowstone National Park.
The unidentified 68-year-old from Buffalo was blindsided by the beast and left unable to use the bear spray he was carrying.
Luckily he was able to trigger his personal locator beacon, mobilizing rescuers to the remote Wyoming wilderness where he was left stranded.
Sheriffs and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department have not revealed the man's identity or his current medical condition.
A mother grizzly and her bear cubs are pictured wandering through the wilderness in Alaska
He is currently being treated at a hospital in Billings, Montana after being flown out of the Francs Peak area by a US Air Force Rescue Coordination team.
The area around 13,000-foot (4,000-meter) summit Francs Peak in the Washakie Wilderness is a known grizzly habitat.
Grizzly bears tend not to threaten humans often - but when they do attack, encounters are rarely easy to survive
The Yellowstone region spanning
