"However, the service said it has not been able to confirm if a black bear or grizzly bear was responsible for the attack.
Sills said the area is known grizzly habitat, and hikers in the area need to take precautions including making plenty of noise.
“It’s not enough to call out intermittently when you’re hiking, when you’re in known grizzly bear terrain, you need to be calling out all the time,” he said."
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