Montana father of 4 killed in apparent grizzly bear attack at Yellowstone National Park

A Montana hiker and a father of 4 was killed when he was apparently attacked by a grizzly bear close to Yellowstone Nationwide Park, in response to authorities and a fundraising web page created for him. 

Search and rescue crews found Craig Clouatre, a 40-year-old Livingston, Montana man, on Friday morning, two days after he left for a hike with a good friend and break up up, Park County Sheriff Brad Bichler introduced later that day. 

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“It seems he had an encounter with a grizzly and sadly didn’t survive,” Bichler wrote.

Clouatre – whose social media continuously confirmed him mountain climbing or outside – was final seen Wednesday morning, when he went mountain climbing with a good friend and the pair went separate methods, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.  

“They break up up sooner or later later within the morning,” Bichler instructed the Livingston Enterprise. “When the opposite man returned to their automobile and his good friend wasn’t there, he known as us and we started looking out.”

The seek for Clouatre passed off largely within the Absaroka Mountains’ Six Mile Creek area. It consisted of groups on foot and horseback, and helicopter search crews, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned on social media. As of Friday morning, authorities have been working to return Craig’s stays to his household.

On Saturday, a girl who recognized herself as Clouatre’s spouse described how she cherished Craig “with each single fiber of me.”

“To say we’re damaged is an understatement,” Jamie Clouatre wrote. “The help on this group is unbelievable and I do know it comes from Craig…who he was, a pleasure, a really type, good, GOOD man. There isn’t a one else like him in the whole world.”

A GoFundMe created to assist the household describes how the Clouatres “misplaced nearly all the things” in a home hearth two years in the past.

“Anybody who has met Craig, had a good friend in him,” the web page states. “He was a person filled with pleasure and kindness. And extra then (sic) something, he cherished his household.”