The incident happened Friday along the Colorado River in the Dewey Bridge campground, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said in a Facebook post.
Utah wildlife officials are searching for a bear that bit a sleeping 13-year-old on the face at a campground in the Moab area.
"The young man was injured on his right cheek and his right ear and was transported to a hospital for treatment. We are currently working with USDA-Wildlife Services and using dogs and traps in an effort to capture the bear," it said. He told officials the bear was about his size, which would make it a smaller bear, CNN affiliate KUTV.Utah Division of Wildlife Resources officials said they found the bear's tracks in the sand along the river.
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