Three separate bear attacks at the Soda Butte campgrounds near the Yellowstone National Park in Montana left one man dead, and a woman and another man injured.

The female victim suffered several lacerations, bites and crushed bones, while the male survivor had a bite on his calf. Both of them were taken to a hospital in Cody, Wyoming.

A spokesperson for the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said that the officials are investigating the type of the bear that assaulted the campers, whether it was a grizzly bear or a black bear, and if there are more than one of those involved.

One camper that spent the night at the location said, “We heard a scream about 2. We weren’t sure what it was. We thought maybe teenagers yelling.”

Another camper said, “We heard a lady in the tent next door say ‘no.’ I said, ‘There’s a bear,’ and started hearing this snuffling. We heard her say, ‘a bear has attacked me.’”

The other people in the campsite ran to their vehicles and hid there until the animal went away.

Park officials have set five traps around the area and are doing aerial surveillance.

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