Michigan Hiker Died In Hayden Valley After Encounter With Grizzly
A second hiker has been killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone this summer, a not so subtle reminder that America's first national park is a wild and not tamed landscape.
Park officials say 59-year old John Wallace has been positively identified as the man found dead on a trail in Yellowstone on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Wallace was from the community of Chassell, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
His body was discovered Friday morning by two hikers along the Mary Mountain Trail. The twenty-one mile long trail crosses the center of Yellowstone, connecting the west and east sides
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Written by Todd Wilkinson
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