FWP launches grizzly bear conflict dashboard
On a Thursday in late June, a mountain biker was out for an after-work ride on the Starry Goat Trail near Troy when he encountered a bear on the trail ahead of him.
“Seeing a bear or any wildlife on the trail is really a treat,” the biker said in a video released by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. “I didn’t expect it to turn into what it did, but it was very surreal.”
The cyclist said he was riding solo up the trail when he saw what he initially thought was a “weird looking root ball” on the trail ahead. He made some noise, just in case, and the “root ball” stood up, turned around, and began ambling down the trail toward him.
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