A reunion of participants in 1959 attack, except the bear.
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Grizzly bear victim, savior to meet in Montana
By SUSAN GALLAGHER
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Joseph Williams was a 20-year-old Midwesterner hungry for adventure in 1959 when a hike through Glacier National Park turned into a vicious encounter with a grizzly bear.
Williams tangled with the bear for 45 minutes, getting mauled, fighting back and breaking free before the beast chased him down and attacked again. Then a young park ranger showed up and shot the bear dead.
Fifty years later, Williams and the ranger, Don Dayton, planned to visit the park together Thursday to commemorate the near-fatal ordeal.
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And such attacks are rare in Glacier. On average, Glacier has less than one bear "incident" a year, an incident being the injury of a human through contact with a grizzly or a black bear, park spokeswoman Amy Vanderbilt said.
The deaths of 10 people have been attributed to grizzlies since the park was established in 1910, Vanderbilt said......
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