It’s the kind of story that reminds you, Yellowstone is wild, and sometimes that wild gets up close and personal. On Tuesday afternoon, September 16, a 29-year-old hiker was out on the Turbid Lake Trail (North East side of Yellowstone Lake) when things took a scary turn. This is the FIRST BEAR ATTACK since MAY 2021 in Yellowstone National Park. If you are traveling through the surrounding states, your odds of hitting a deer don't really get any better. North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Idaho are all considered "high risk" or "medium risk" for the odds of hitting an animal.