//Backpackers find human remains scattered across creek, rangers say

Backpackers find human remains scattered across creek, rangers say

Hikers found a man’s remains scattered near a campsite in the North Carolina portion of Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a bear lurked nearby, rangers said Saturday.After finding an unoccupied tent Friday, the backpackers saw what appeared to be human remains scattered across a nearby creek, “with a bear scavenging in the area,” rangers said in a news release.The hikers quickly left to get