Bear bites Appalachian Trail hiker in the Smokies

Park spokeswoman Dana Soehn tells local media that the 49-year-old hiker told authorities in Graham County, North Carolina, he was sleeping in a tent Tuesday night near the Spence Field Shelter when a bear bit him on the leg through the tent.

Park rangers took the injured hiker out of the backcountry by horseback and then took him to a hospital.