Bear attack victim to meet his rescuer: ; Man mauled by bruin in 1959 will revisit Mont. national park with ranger who shot grizzly

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HELENA, Mont. - 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.

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Bear attack victim to meet his rescuer: ; Man mauled by bruin in 1959 will revisit Mont. national park with ranger who shot grizzly

Fifty years later, Williams and the ranger, Don Dayton, planned to visit the park together Thursday to commemorate the near-fatal ordeal.

"I've forgotten my own wedding anniversary enough time...

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