The chain of events started when Lance Crosby, a 63-year-old man from Billings, Montana, who was working in Yellowstone as a medic for the summer, was found dead on August 7 near the Elephant Back Loop Trail, which wends along a mountain slope above Yellowstone Lake’s western shore in the center of the park. He'd been fatally mauled and partially eaten by a grizzly and her cubs.
Initial reports from investigators, later corroborated by DNA tests and other forensic evidence, indicated that Crosby had been attacked as he hiked off trail. Notably, he carried no pepper spray, an effective deterrent against aggressive bears.
After Crosby went missing, searchers found his partially eaten body under a mound of dirt. Bears typically kill prey and cache it for later consumption.
The looming question—still unresolved—is why it happened. Was the bear a true man-eater in the most menacing sense of the word?
Picture of Elephant Back Loop Trail in Yellowstone
A park ranger found the hiker’s body in a popular backcountry area not far from the Elephant Back Look Trail, near Yellowstone Lake. The trailhead was temporarily closed on August 9.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM URQUHART, REUTERS/CORBIS
A Judge in Bear Court
The park superintendent found himself suddenly cast in the role of the lone judge of a popular animal that had never before caused serious problems but was facing a death sentence.
Wenk told me this week that evidence and consultation with bear-management specialists led him, on August 14, to take the controversial action of having the suspected mother bear destroyed and her cubs sent to the Toledo Zoo.
The chain of events started when Lance Crosby, a 63-year-old man from Billings, Montana, who was working in Yellowstone as a medic for the summer, was found dead on August 7 near the Elephant Back Loop Trail, which wends along a mountain slope above Yellowstone Lake’s western shore in the center of the park. He'd been fatally mauled and partially eaten by a grizzly and her cubs.Initial reports from investigators, later corroborated by DNA tests and other forensic evidence, indicated that Crosby had been attacked as he hiked off trail. Notably, he carried no pepper spray, an effective deterrent against aggressive bears.After Crosby went missing, searchers found his partially eaten body under a mound of dirt. Bears typically kill prey and cache it for later consumption.The looming question—still unresolved—is why it happened. Was the bear a true man-eater in the most menacing sense of the word?Picture of Elephant Back Loop Trail in YellowstoneA park ranger found the hiker’s body in a popular backcountry area not far from the Elephant Back Look Trail, near Yellowstone Lake. The trailhead was temporarily closed on August 9. PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM URQUHART, REUTERS/CORBISA Judge in Bear CourtThe park superintendent found himself suddenly cast in the role of the lone judge of a popular animal that had never before caused serious problems but was facing a death sentence.Wenk told me this week that evidence and consultation with bear-management specialists led him, on August 14, to take the controversial action of having the suspected mother bear destroyed and her cubs sent to the Toledo Zoo.
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