Grizzly bear mauls hiker, drags him dozens of feet on Glacier National Park trail

A hiker who survived a terrifying grizzly carnivore onslaught successful Glacier National Park is recovering aft aggregate surgeries — and is present facing mounting aesculapian expenses. 

The onslaught occurred connected May 28 connected the Grinnell Glacier Trail, 1 of the park's astir fashionable hiking routes, according to a fundraising leafage created aft the incident.

The hiker, Daniel Crago, said helium and a person were nearing the extremity of the way erstwhile helium continued up to a snow-covered conception to instrumentality successful the views and drawback a fewer photos.

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About 10 minutes later, arsenic helium began making his mode backmost on the trail, helium noticed a smaller grizzly carnivore nearby.

As helium scanned the area, helium spotted a larger grizzly connected the mountainside astir 15 feet away, the fundraising leafage noted.

Daniel Crago, pictured above, was attacked by a grizzly carnivore portion hiking. He has had aggregate surgeries and is seeking assistance with mounting aesculapian bills.  (Daniel Crago/GoFundMe)

Crago said helium attempted to alert the carnal to his beingness — but believes the adjacent brushwood whitethorn person startled the bear.

"As soon arsenic it saw me, it charged down and attacked me," helium wrote connected the GoFundMe page.

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The carnivore spot his limb and dragged him betwixt 20 and 30 feet earlier moving away.

The onslaught near Crago with a terrible limb wounded that required exigency aesculapian treatment.

The onslaught occurred connected May 28 connected the Grinnell Glacier Trail successful Glacier National Park, according to the accusation shared connected a fundraising page.  (iStock)

Several adjacent hikers rapidly stepped successful to help.

A pediatric exigency country doc who happened to beryllium connected the way stabilized Crago's limb and helped halt the bleeding.

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Then, different hiker continuously made sound to discourage the bears from returning, according to the fundraiser page.

Another visitant utilized a outer connection instrumentality to interaction exigency responders and petition a aesculapian evacuation.

The carnivore successful the onslaught (not pictured) spot Crago's limb and pulled him astir 20 to 30 feet earlier fleeing. (iStock)

The injured hiker was airlifted by chopper to a hospital, wherever helium underwent exigency attraction and surgery. 

He said he's undergone 3 surgeries truthful acold and expects to request astatine slightest 1 further process arsenic portion of his recovery. As a result, Crago said helium is facing important aesculapian bills associated with his attraction and ongoing care.

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The fundraiser was created to assistance offset costs portion helium focuses connected healing.

"I americium profoundly grateful for everyone who has supported me," helium wrote.

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Crago besides said that immoderate wealth raised beyond his aesculapian expenses volition beryllium donated to the U.S. National Park Service.

Glacier National Park is location to astir 300 grizzly bears, according to the National Park Service. The parkland besides has astir 600 achromatic bears, for a full carnivore colonisation of astir 900 to 1,000 bears (the figures are approximate).