![]() ![]() The sow, after killing and partially eating him (not necessarily in that order), and allowing the cubs to eat too, cached his remains beneath dirt and pine duff, as grizzlies do when they intend to reclaim a piece of meat. Investigation revealed that Crosby was hiking alone on the previous day, without bear spray, and ran afoul of a female grizzly with two cubs. He had worked seasonally as a nurse at a medical clinic in the park and been reported missing by co-workers that morning. The deceased was soon identified as Lance Crosby, 63 years old, from Billings, Montana. On August 7, 2015, in Yellowstone National Park, a ranger found the chewed-upon body of a man near a hiking trail not far from one of the park’s largest hotels. Read an abridged version of this story, and find more at /yellowstone. Editor's Note: This is the first of a three-part story, appearing in the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. ![]()
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