--- description: The victim had been found "partially consumed" in the vicinity of the Elephant Black Loop Trail title: Hiker Killed By Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone National Park image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8512862b7863c58f/69885e6f35ba6f5cebc0e8fb/yellowstone-national-park.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hiker Killed By Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone National Park by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 9, 2015 4:43 PM CUT  A National Park Service sign welcomes visitors to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. A National Park Service sign welcomes visitors to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.Robert Alexander—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 9, 2015 4:43 PM CUT A hiker was killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park last week, the National Parks Service said a preliminary investigation had found. Although an exact cause of death was yet to be determined, the service said investigators had identified what appeared to be defensive wounds on the man’s arms. It said the victim had been found “partially consumed” in the vicinity of the Elephant Black Loop Trail, near Lake Village, on Friday afternoon. “Based on partial tracks found at the scene, it appears that an adult female grizzly and at least one cub-of-the-year were present and likely involved in the incident,” the National Parks Service said in a statement. [_Read more from our partners at NBCNews.com_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hiker-killed-grizzly-bear-yellowstone-national-park-n406656 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3989982/hiker-grizzly-yellowstone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3989982/hiker-grizzly-yellowstone/"},"headline":"Hiker Killed By Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone National Park","datePublished":"2015-08-09T16:43:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:01:43.990Z","description":"The victim had been found \"partially consumed\" in the vicinity of the Elephant Black Loop Trail","url":"https://time.com/3989982/hiker-grizzly-yellowstone/","keywords":["Wyoming"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8512862b7863c58f/69885e6f35ba6f5cebc0e8fb/yellowstone-national-park.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8512862b7863c58f/69885e6f35ba6f5cebc0e8fb/yellowstone-national-park.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Wyoming Scenics yellowstone national park","caption":"Wyoming Scenics yellowstone national park","creditText":"Robert Alexander—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3989982/hiker-grizzly-yellowstone/","name":"Hiker Killed By Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone National Park"}}]}] ```