YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Rangers investigated Saturday whether a Michigan man was the victim of a grizzly attack in Yellowstone National Park or whether the bear had come upon the hiker's body after he died.
The man was found Friday morning by two hikers on the Mary Mountain Trail, which runs northeast of the park's iconic Old Faithful geyser. Investigators found grizzly bear tracks and scat near the man but were not sure whether the grizzly caused the man's death or disturbed his body after he died.
"Bears are opportunistic when it comes to food sources," said park spokesman Al Nash.
Authorities say the victim probably died Wednesday or Thursday. Park officials did not plan to name the hiker — a man in his 60s from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan — until today, pending family notification.
His death comes after a female bear attacked and killed a 57-year-old California man on the popular Wapiti Lake Trail, several miles away from where the Michigan man was discovered Friday.
The female bear that killed the California man was not killed because officials said the sow was only defending its cubs and had not threatened humans before.
An aerial search of the area Saturday turned up no bear activity. The Associated Press
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