However, the majority of bear encounters pass without incident — and most attacks occur when those in the backcountry stumble upon a grizzly by accident. “The one thing victims have in common is being ...

They were hiking to a stream popular among male grizzly bears ... “We had been talking loudly but must have startled a sleeping bear. It sounded like it made a movement toward us, and I shouted ...

The grizzly bear is so named because its hair is grizzled, or silver tipped, yet the name is commonly believed to be derived from “grisly,” meaning “horrible.” DESCRIPTION: A subspecies of brown bear, ...