Anchorage Runner Fends Off Brown Bear With Spray, Hospitalized Weeks After July 18 Mauling
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 16
Anchorage Runner Fends Off Brown Bear With Spray, Hospitalized Weeks After July 18 Mauling
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 16
Summary
A lone runner was hospitalized in Anchorage after using bear spray to escape a brown bear attack on the Wolverine Bowl trail in Prospect Heights.
Biologists later searched the site and collected samples but found no bears, while officials posted warning signs at the trailhead and told hikers to avoid closed trails.
Alaska wildlife officials said dense summer foliage can block sightlines and make surprise encounters more likely, especially near attractants such as salmon-bearing streams.
The attack follows another Anchorage bear mauling on July 18, when a woman walking with a friend and three dogs on an overgrown unofficial trail suffered non-life-threatening injuries.