Глейшер үндэсний цэцэрлэгт хүрээлэнгийн Mount Brown маршрутад ганцаарчилсан аялал хийх үед тохиолдсон баавгайн дайралтын шалтгааныг албан ёсны тайланд тодрууллаа.
Тавдугаар сарын 3-нд АНУ-ын Глейшер үндэсний цэцэрлэгт хүрээлэнгийн Mount Brown маршрутад явган аялал хийж байсан 33 настай Энтони Поллио зэрлэг баавгайн дайралтад өртөж амиа алдсан харамсалтай хэрэг гарчээ. Үндэсний цэцэрлэгт хүрээлэнгийн албанаас гаргасан мэдээллээр, талийгаач шөнийн цагаар, ганцаараа, танил бус газар нутагт явсан нь эрсдэлийг нэмэгдүүлсэн байна.
Уг маршрут нь 16 орчим километр үргэлжлэх бөгөөд ойн өтгөн ургамал, унасан мод зэрэг нь үзэгдэх орчныг хязгаарлаж, хүн болон баавгайн гэнэтийн учралтыг үүсгэжээ. Шинжээчдийн үзэж буйгаар, баавгай нь өөрийгөө хамгаалах зорилгоор дайрсан бөгөөд талийгаач баавгайн шүршигч ашигласан ч нөхцөл байдал хэтэрхий хурдан өрнөсөн тул үр дүнтэй болж чадаагүй байна.
Хэрэг явдлыг судалсан багийнхан 15 орчим настай, хүн рүү түрэмгийлж байгаагүй эр баавгай болохыг ДНХ-ийн шинжилгээгээр тогтоожээ. Уг тохиолдол нь зэрлэг амьтадтай зэрэгцэн орших байгальд ганцаарчилсан аялал хийхдээ сонор сэрэмжтэй байж, харанхуй цагаар аялахаас зайлсхийхийн чухлыг анхааруулж байна.
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On May 3, Anthony Pollio, 33, was hiking Glacier National Park’s Mount Brown Trail when a grizzly bear attacked and killed him. Now, new details about his final moments offer a stark reminder of the risks of hiking alone after dark in grizzly country.
The strenuous ten-mile out-and-back trail lies in the heart of grizzly country. Pollio, who was visiting from Florida,was hiking alone at nighttime in unfamiliar terrain—all factors that put him at risk of an attack, the National Park Service (NPS) wrote in its July 20 report on the incident.
Fallen trees and poor visibility may have kept both Pollio and the bear from noticing each other until it was too late, turning a surprise encounter into a deadly one.
Chris Servheen, a grizzly bear expert who spent 35 years working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, told Outside that the circumstances described in the report left Pollio at a severe disadvantage. Although hedischarged a canister of bear spray, investigators can’t determine whether the spray struck the bear or whether Pollio had enough warning to use it effectively.
“I’m not faulting him, because we don’t know exactly what happened, and these things are always unfortunate,” Servheen said. But, he continued, bear spray doesn’t give you immunity from hiking in the dark.
Mount Brown Trail climbs more than 4,200 feet, and includes over two dozen switchbacks. Investigators believe the bear rapidly charged uphill toward the trail near a switchback obstructed by downed timber.
“His path was littered with personal effects beginning ten feet below the trail,” the report stated. “We believe the bear followed Mr. Pollio downhill, continuing the attack.” At some point, Pollio was able to climb roughly 18 feet back uphill before the bear attacked again. The report described his injuries as “severe and fatal” and attributed his death to “crushing bites to the head.”
The bear left the area after what officials characterized as an intense but relatively brief encounter. There is no evidence that the bear treated Pollio as prey. Using DNA, the park later identified the animal as a male grizzly at least 15 years old with no known history of conflict or aggression toward people. For these reasons, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee’s Board of Review that published the report concluded the attack was defensive, not predatory.
A team of grizzly bear experts from the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wyoming Game and Fish, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and the National Park Service collaborated on the 17-page report. It offers a rare look at what can unfold during a defensive grizzly bear attack—and why, in some cases, even properly deploying bear spray may not be enough to save your life.
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