{"id":33018,"date":"2026-08-20T15:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33018"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:04:09","slug":"catholic-deacon-killed-in-bear-attack-left-heartbreaking-final-voicemail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33018","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Deacon Killed in Bear Attack Left Heartbreaking Final Voicemail"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Catholic Deacon Killed in Apparent Bear Attack Left Emotional Final Message for His Father<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Anthony Pollio, a 33-year-old Catholic deacon from Florida, is believed to have died in a bear attack at Glacier National Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">His body was discovered on May 6, about 2.5 miles along the Mt. Brown Trail and roughly 50 feet from the path. Officials said his injuries were consistent with a bear attack, though a formal autopsy was still pending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Before his death, Anthony called his father, Arthur, while hiking to watch the sunset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">In the voicemail, he described his day and ended with:<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>\u201cLove you, Dad.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">That was the last message Arthur received from his son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Anthony also texted that night:<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>\u201cDad, I\u2019m hiking up a mountain. It\u2019s wild out here. I love you, Dad.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Arthur said Anthony was an experienced outdoorsman and hunter who carried bear spray and likely encountered an unusually aggressive grizzly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Anthony had spent two weeks traveling across the country before arriving in Montana. He loved hiking, working on trails, riding motorcycles, and serving his Catholic church as a deacon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">He had visited several national parks during his journey, including Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and the Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cHe was fearless,\u201d his father said, remembering a son who experienced more in 33 years than many people do in a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">If confirmed as a bear attack, Anthony&#8217;s death would be the first fatal bear attack at Glacier National Park since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Park officials are continuing to investigate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zdgbSfLPnyA?si=KplPhHcgcXE7pbe1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic Deacon Killed in Apparent Bear Attack Left Emotional Final Message for His Father Anthony Pollio, a 33-year-old Catholic deacon from Florida, is believed to have died in a bear attack at Glacier National Park. His body was discovered on May 6, about 2.5 miles along the Mt. Brown Trail and roughly 50 feet from&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33018\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Catholic Deacon Killed in Bear Attack Left Heartbreaking Final Voicemail&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33020,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33018\/revisions\/33020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}