GREAT FALLS — A man was injured by a bear in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.

It happened while the 29-year old man was hiking on the Turbid Lake Trail northeast of Mary Bay in Yellowstone Lake; it was about 2.5 miles away from the Pelican Valley Trailhead.

A news release from Yellowstone National Park says that man was hiking alone when he encountered the bear near Turbid Lake.

The hiker began to deploy bear spray when the bear made contact, and he sustained “significant” but not life-threatening injuries to his chest and left arm.

National Park Service medics responded to the incident and walked out with the hiker.

Once arriving at the trailhead, NPS took the hiker in a park ambulance to the Lake Medical Clinic. He was then flown to a nearby hospital for tre

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