Man mauled by bear west of West Yellowstone

A Boise man was attacked by a grizzly bear Tuesday on a Forest Service road near West Yellowstone. A spokeswoman for the Gallatin National Forest says the 34-year-old man suffered bite wounds to his head, shoulders, arms, torso and one leg. Spokeswoman Marna Daley says the man was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. His name was not immediately released and no report on his condition was available Wednesday. Daley says the man was hiking alone when he stumbled upon a sow grizzly and her cub. The Gallatin County sheriff's office says deputies were dispatched at about 5 p.m. Tuesday to a Forest Service road west of West Yellowstone, where they found the victim. The Forest Service has temporarily closed the area pending an investigation by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. AP