‘This is it’: mauled US hiker recalls moment grizzly locked eyes with him

Published June 9, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Daniel Crago says he feels ‘extremely lucky’ after encounter with bear at Glacier national park last month

As the large roaring grizzly bear charged down at him from across a snow field in Montana and mauled him, hiker Daniel Crago had just enough time to put his arm up and think: “This is it.”

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But two weeks after that perilous, exceedingly rare encounter in Glacier national park, Crago, 32, is still alive, recovering after three surgeries and feeling “extremely lucky”, he said on Monday in an interview with ABC News.

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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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