I have hiked up and down this and other countries over the last 20 years. But the Lost Mine Trail at Big Bend National Park is the one and only time I've ever encountered a black bear on foot.
Authorities uncovered the body of a 24-year-old hiker Monday along a rugged trail in Texas’ Big Bend National Park ... a week was found alive near the summit of Lost Mine Trail.
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