Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) said the bite created a superficial wound that broke the skin, but "looked like a bee sting."

Wildlife officials were informed of the incident Wednesday morning and investigated.

"Tents and food were set up [Tuesday night] in preparation for more Scouts arriving [later] Wednesday and it appears the bear was making the rounds through the camp," said John Fairchild, supervisor of the DWR'S Central Region office. "He knocked over a couple of coolers and found some trash and then was going to the tents. He knocked over a couple and then bit into one and hit something solid."

Investigators said the boy was asleep when he was bitten. DWR conservation officers set a baited trap Wednesday to capture the bear and planned on staying in the camp overnight to watch for the bear.

A group of about 90 Boy Scouts, including the boy who was bitten, spent the night at the camp Wednesday.

"The officers have been authorized to shoot the bear if it is seen in camp," Fairchild said. "If the bear is caught in the trap, it will be euthanized. Whether a bear knowingly or unknowingly bites a person, it will be killed, and we will check it for rabies."

Fairchild said Hobble Creek Canyon is known bear habitat and that he was not aware of any previous reports about problem animals in the area. The previous reported case of a bear biting a person in Utah was May 2004 when two people in separate camps in Desolation Canyon on the Green River were bitten. DWR officials caught and killed that animal.