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<p>An unidentified hiker, right, crouching under a rock as grizzly bear passes him on the steep and narrow Highline Trail in Glacier National Park in Montana. The photographer who observed the near encounter, Philip Granrud, said it was the only part of the trail where the hiker could climb down to avoid the bear. An unidentified hiker, right, crouching under a rock as grizzly bear passes him on the steep and narrow Highline Trail in Glacier National Park in Montana. The photographer who observed the near encounter, Philip Granrud, said it was the only part of the trail where the hiker could climb down to avoid the bear.</p>

<p>An unidentified hiker, right, crouching under a rock as grizzly bear passes him on the steep and narrow Highline Trail in Glacier National Park in Montana. The photographer who observed the near encounter, Philip Granrud, said it was the only part of the trail where the hiker could climb down to avoid the bear. An unidentified hiker, right, crouching under a rock as grizzly bear passes him on the steep and narrow Highline Trail in Glacier National Park in Montana. T…

August 7, 2014

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Yellowstone grizzly, people run-ins drop in 2013
August 7, 2014 9 p.m.

Yellowstone grizzly, people run-ins drop in 2013

BILLINGS, Mont. - Conflicts between humans and grizzly bears in the region around Yellowstone National Park eased up slightly last year, yet the long-term trend still points to more potentially dangerous interactions as populations of both bruins and people increase.