(CNN) – A mountain boy walked on Saturday after being attacked by a gray ox near Yellowstone National Park, according to authorities.
Charles “Carl” Mock, 49 years old and resident of West Yellowstone, was a solo oes of the park in Montana the jueves when the oso the attack, indicates a communication from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
“The man carried an aerosol for us, but it was not clear if he could be used during the attack,” the department said in a statement. Mock was transferred to Idaho Falls to receive treatment for grafted lesions.
Allí Mock sometimes went through two surgeries, but suffered a cerebral palsy and failed on Saturday during the severe lesions during the attack, following the Facebook page of the company he employs, Backcountry Adventures, a company that uses snowmobiles and snow recorridos en el área.
A team of investigators, including the staff of the Forest Service and specialists in our field, will take part in the attack to assess the security risks and conduct an investigation. Antes de llegar, un oso descrito como un “oso gris macho de mayor edad” empezó a atacarlos.
If you have multiple intentions of the people you are deploying to, it will continue its attack. Debited to this risk intermediary for security, he received a reprieve and pledge to one 20 meters from the group “, said the press release.
Later, investigators found the body of an alce just 45 meters from the site where Mock was attacked. This powder indicates that the gray oyster is likely to defend a food source, according to the communication.
The attacks of those around us in Yellowstone
The National Parks Service said that since 1979 Yellowstone has received more than 188 million visits. During this time, 44 people will be injured by the gray groves inside the park.
The probabilities of a result obtained by one gray are approximately 1 in 2.7 million visits. The risk is significantly lower for the people who are not in the urban areas or the curbs. On the other hand, the mayor is the one to drive the camp.
The gray oysters, in the 48 contiguous states, are listed as a species in agreement with the Ley de Especies in Peligro de Extinción, such as Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.