ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 22: First responders executed a rescue operation after a solo hiker was attacked by a bear near the Dome Trail, located in the Basher neighborhood south of Chugach State Park.
Anchorage Fire Department officials report the woman, hiking alone just before 2:30 p.m. on the Dome Trail near the Basher neighborhood, believes the animal was a brown bear. The bear attacked her, dragging her off the trail, before fleeing the seen shortly after. Luckily, she was able to call 911 but could not get back to the trailhead without assistance.
The hiker, a 67-year-old woman, was rescued via helicopter and brought to hospital. Though she sustained “injuries to her head, neck and arm,” they don’t appear to be life-threatening…