Grizzly Bear Attacks Two People At Yellowstone National Park

It’s bear season.

Two people hiking on trails at Yellowstone National Park were attacked by a grizzly bear.

The National Park Service is currently investigating the attack and has yet to release details on the extent of the hikers’ injuries.

CBS News had more information to share on the attack:

Two hikers were attacked by one or more bears at Yellowstone National Park, officials said on Tuesday, marking the first time this year a bear has injured people at the popular tourist attraction.

The National Park Service said emergency personnel responded to the attack, which occurred Monday afternoon on the Mystic Falls Trail near the iconic Old Faithful geyser. Park officials said the incident is under investigation and did not reveal the extent of the hikers’ injuries.

The most recent bear attack in the park was in September when officials said a 29-year-old hiker was seriously injured in a “surprise encounter” on the Turbid Lake Trail.

The last human fatality caused by a bear inside Yellowstone National Park occurred in 2015, but a grizzly killed a woman just west of the park in 2023.

ABC News provided footage from a witness who found the hikers:

Two hikers were mauled in a possible grizzly bear attack at Yellowstone National Park. Another hiker found them by following bear prints in the mud and hearing calls for help. @TrevorLAult has the latest. https://t.co/frApN63eLi pic.twitter.com/itIJlCpYmG

— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) May 5, 2026

Cowboy State Daily was able to obtain a statement from the man who discovered the hikers after they were attacked:

A Maryland man was the first to come across one of two hikers seriously injured in a grizzly bear attack Monday afternoon in Yellowstone National Park. He heard the man calling for help before finding him “tore up pretty bad.”

“I was hiking up Mystic Falls Trail when I saw bear prints in the mud,” Craig Lerman told Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday morning. “I kept walking a little further and saw a bloody hat with a watch torn off.”

Lerman, from Baltimore, was hiking on the Mystic Falls Trail when he was the first person on the scene after the grizzly attacked a pair of hikers.

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Lerman kept hiking until he found the first victim, a severely injured 28-year-old man, lying on the trail.

“He heard me coming and started saying, ‘Help. Help me,’” Lerman said. “At first, I thought it was a prank or joke. Kids playing games. But when I got close to him, I knew this was a serious matter.”

According to Lerman, the man was “tore up pretty bad” with cuts all over his face, back, legs, and stomach with “flesh next to him.” The man had already managed to call 911 on his blood-covered phone.

“I called 911 from my phone and took over the call from there,” Lerman said. “I was scared the bear was going to come back around, so I just kept my head on a swivel.”

The dispatcher told Lerman to focus on keeping the man conscious and to turn him onto his side so he didn’t choke on his own blood, while responders coordinated a response.

“He kept talking to me the entire time,” Lerman said. “I ended up giving him my T-shirt (because) he said he was cold and wet, so I just laid it over him and reassured him help was on the way.”

Bears have been in the news a lot lately.

Last month, two U.S. soldiers were attacked by a bear during a training drill in Alaska.