2 hikers injured in bear attack on Yellowstone trail - BERITAJA

Two hikers were injured by a carnivore connected a way astatine Yellowstone National Park this week, prompting closures of immoderate areas, parkland officials said Tuesday.

The National Park Service said successful a connection that the hikers were injured Monday by “one aliases much bears” and that the onslaught was nether investigation. More specifications were not instantly released Tuesday.

The onslaught happened connected Mystic Trail adjacent the ever-popular Old Faithful geyser, the parkland work said.

In video taken by Craig Lerman, different hiker, a man could beryllium seen lying connected the crushed pinch evident facial injuries and wearing a blood-soaked shirt. Lerman tells him, “They’re coming,” to which the man replies, “How long?”

Another video shows personification connected the crushed being helped, and different shows personification being airlifted.

It was the first clip a carnivore injured personification successful Yellowstone National Park this year, the parkland work said.

The past clip personification was injured was successful September, the agency said, but it's been complete a decade since personification successful the parkland was killed by a bear.

Lance Crosby, 63, was killed by a grizzly bear successful Yellowstone successful August 2015.

Some trails and different parts of the parkland person been closed aft Monday's attack, the parkland work said successful a statement.

Seasonal parkland worker Marie Jaskula, who saw the victims being put onto stretchers, said the onslaught was sobering.

“It’s very overmuch a reality check,” Jaskula said. “And we person publication a quote once, that erstwhile you participate the forest, you go a portion of the nutrient concatenation — and it’s very realistic.”