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Yellowstone Bear Attack: What Are the Odds?

(July 28) -- Early this morning, one person was killed and two others were injured in a bear attack at a campground in Montana's Gallatin National Forest, just outside Yellowstone National Park. The Soda Butte campground, which has been temporarily closed since the incident, was also the site of a deadly bear attack in...

1 Dead, 2 Hurt in Bear Attack at Mont. Campground

COOKE CITY, Mont. (July 28) -- - At least one bear rampaged through a heavily occupied campground Wednesday near Yellowstone National Park in the middle of the night, killing one person and injuring two others during a terrifying attack that forced people to hide in their cars as an animal tore through tents. Authorities...

Background on Gallatin National Forest

Founded in 1899, Gallatin National Forest is located in south central Montana, United States. The forest comprises 2.1 million acres (8,500 km2) and has portions of both the Absaroka-Beartooth and Lee Metcalf Wilderness areas within its boundaries.

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