Woman Found Dead After Grizzly Bear Encounter Near Yellowstone National Park

Woman Found Dead After Grizzly Bear Encounter Near Yellowstone National Park
A grizzly bear in a file photo. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana—A woman was found dead in Montana on Saturday after coming into contact with a grizzly bear on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said in a statement on Sunday that the woman was found deceased on a trail near West Yellowstone, a Montana town nestled in the Custer Gallatin National Forest just west of Yellowstone National Park.