From KULR 8 News The body of a Montana man, who appears to have died after being attacked by a grizzly bear, has been found by search and rescue teams.
Craig Clouatre, 40, of Livingston, was hiking in the Six Mile Creek area of the Absaroka Mountains, north of Yellowstone National Park, in Montana when he went missing. Officials began searching for Clouatre on Wednesday.
In addition to a ground team, search and rescue teams rode on horseback and in helicopters looking for the hiker.
Clouatre and a friend had been hiking, when they separated. When the friend returned to the car and saw Clouatre was not there, he called the police, according Livingston Enterprise.
"It is with a very heavy heart that I am writing this update. After an extensive search this morning we have located Craig. It appears he had an encounter with a grizzly and unfortunately did not survive," Park County Sheriff Brad Bichler said in a statement posted to Facebook on Friday.
Craig Clouatre, 40, of Livingston, was hiking in the Six Mile Creek area of the Absaroka Mountains, north of Yellowstone National Park, in Montana when he went missing. Officials began searching for Clouatre on Wednesday.
In addition to a ground team, search and rescue teams rode on horseback and in helicopters looking for the hiker.
Clouatre and a friend had been hiking, when they separated. When the friend returned to the car and saw Clouatre was not there, he called the police, according Livingston Enterprise.
"It is with a very heavy heart that I am writing this update. After an extensive search this morning we have located Craig. It appears he had an encounter with a grizzly and unfortunately did not survive," Park County Sheriff Brad Bichler said in a statement posted to Facebook on Friday.
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