Hiker Daniel Crago Survives Grizzly Mauling After 3 Surgeries in Glacier National Park
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 9
Hiker Daniel Crago Survives Grizzly Mauling After 3 Surgeries in Glacier National Park
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 9
Summary
Daniel Crago, 32, said he is recovering two weeks after a grizzly attacked him on May 28 off Glacier National Park’s Grinnell Glacier Trail, leaving him with a shattered right forearm.
A larger bear charged after Crago spotted what he believed was a cub on a snow field; the National Park Service said loud rushing water may have kept both man and bear from detecting each other sooner.
The bear bit Crago, broke both bones in his forearm and dragged him about 20 feet before fleeing; his friend, nearby hikers and a doctor applied a tourniquet before he was airlifted to a hospital.
Crago has undergone three surgeries and may need a skin graft, and he has turned to a GoFundMe campaign to help cover medical costs.
Glacier, home to nearly 1,000 black and grizzly bears, is a hotspot for encounters even though bear injuries are estimated at about 1 in 2.1 million; in May, the park recorded its first suspected fatal bear attack since 1998.