Kevin Kammer came west to fulfill a lifelong dream: fly fishing in Yellowstone National Park. That dream was rudely shattered when he was the victim of a grizzly-bear attack at the Soda Butte Campground just outside Cooke City, an attack that also left two injured.

"He could've just as easily been hurt in Grand Rapids riding down the road, there could've been a car accident or something," said Jim Howard, brother-in-law. "I think it's important for people to live their lives and to do what they want to do and what they dream about doing. I mean, yeah, in retrospect I wish he hadn't gone, but I was glad he was pursuing his dream and pursuing what he loved to do."

This was the second grizzly attack at the Soda Butte Campground in three summers.

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