Fort Lauderdale man killed in apparent bear attack in Montana’s Glacier National Park: Reports

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WEST GLACIER, Mont. — A South Florida man was killed in a suspected bear attack while hiking in Glacier National Park in Montana, according to news outlets in the Treasure State.

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The outlets report that Anthony Pollio, 33, of Fort Lauderdale, had been reported missing on Monday after he didn’t return from a hike. He had last been heard from on Sunday.

His body was found on Wednesday with injuries “consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter,” park officials said.

Reports state his body was found about about 50 feet off the park’s Mt. Brown Trail, in a heavily wooded area.

The Montana Free Press and Missoula-based television station KPAX report that the last fatal bear attack in the park happened nearly 30 years ago.

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