Humans are not allowed to carry a gun in the park . If the campers would have shot the bear , what do you think the law would have done to the campers ?
It is not true that a bear eats a human every single time that it has the chance. There are surely reasons why bears attack at certain times and not other times. And these people are around the bears alot, and if they can not with certainty identify why a bear attacked at any particular time, then I believe that they probably know what they are talking about.
@@anthonygreene4938 No one ever said that bears will eat a human every single time it possibly can! Dude any carnivorous animal may attack any other animal whenever it damn well decides to!! And human beings are animals. Humans can only take guesses as to why or when it's gonna happen. We ain't never gonna be able to read another animal's mind 😉
@@Hundert1 tell me something I don't know. Bears eat when hungry. They also feel threatened at times. But evidently the authorities were not 100 percent sure why the bear launched the attack. Maybe the bear believed the people were in its space, then they got hungry afterward. I wasn't there.
I was living in Bozeman at the time and was part of a crew building a home on the south shore of Hebkin Lake just a short distance away from where this happened. We were in the middle of a Grizzly habitat and they were coming out of hibernation, half starved, mangy and completely unpredictable. We were all packing and had extra guns at the lumber pile eyes in the back of our heads. Unbelievable that anyone would curl up in a tent and go to sleep….
@Montana Style exactly! Wonder if they put out cookies and milk for him also? Nothing says please come and eat me like laying down right next to a grizzly bear and saying please come and eat me! Especially right during this time of year. Then they report it saying that the "EXPERTS" are "BAFFLED" as to why this happened? 🤔 Some people man...OOPS! A lot of people man...
@@Tacoman1967 We live here as well. Just part of life and extra level mindset and carrying weapons. If one lives in a city they have predators as well but you can't carry weapons.
It’s a bear, a grizzly at that.. what the hell do you think was his reason for eating him? You think that bear was really sitting there contemplating whether or not to eat that guy for fear of death himself? Yeah no, not like they have intellectual properties to study humans the way we study them. He was doing what a hungry bear does. Eat whatever he has an opportunity to.
Grizzlies usually will only attack if you threaten their food source or are in their territory. I think this is a case of wrong place and the wrong time. Preventable if they were prepared for bear country.
@@rickyrichards7596 lol 😆, that bear was hungry, smelled something edible and went for it. It happened to be live human flesh this time. They found human remains in it's poop. We ain't never gonna fully understand just what exactly precisely caused the attack. Many people like to think they got everything perfectly figured out. They call em "smart ass", " know it all's" 😉
I am no bear expert, in fact I live in the UK so the most dangerous animal is a man or a rutting stag/deer. It's just when the reporter said 'there was no food in the tent', what is he going on about, there is a 220lb sleeping defenceless animal in the tent, very tasty if you are a raw meat predator!
I've never understood the false sense of security that hikers, campers etc. have going into wild country unarmed, some alone, only to become victims to predators. Chalk it up to ignorance of the dangers I guess. I take the insurance along when I venture awood, makes the experience so much more enjoyable with that piece of mind. I've enjoyed coming across bears, wolves, etc. (and I'm sure that I've been observed unknowingly many times) with mutual respect being shown but nice having the edge if I ever needed it.
Well stated. As well, the likelihood of having to pull your sidearm on some human predator is far more likely than an animal that just wishes you weren't there in the first place. It's best to make noise, clear your throat, whistle, sing whatever. Most bear attacks happen when someone comes around a corner and a bear is right there with cubs... game over.
If there were food odors on their clothes or anything with a scent, (toothpaste, etc.) in the tent. That would have caused a curious bear to investigate. Plus, if they pitched their tent in an area where a previous camper had cooked or eaten a meal, scraps on the ground around or under the tent would attract a hungry bear. It's so important to keep a clean camp. Don't sleep in the area where you cook and eat. And don't sleep in clothes that might have a possible food scent. For example, if you carry candy bars in your shirt pocket while hiking during the day. Don't take that shirt inside your tent. Carry bear canisters in your backpack and use them to store any food or anything that might possibly fool a bear into thinking it's food. And keep those canisters away from your tent. Of course it goes without saying you should carry bear spray in Grizzly country but in this case, even if they had bear spray (and back in the mid 80s, they might not have had any with them) they might not have had time to use it.
@@RicardoRoams I spend a lot of time in bear country, and have had a fair number of close encounters with them. People tend to think (or assume without thinking) that when they're asleep and hidden away in a tent, they are kind of undetectable. If there are no food smells around, then the bears won't even notice them. They won't know they're there, or will barely know. Or they won't know what's in the tent - it's just a tent with nothing in it. But they know perfectly well what's in it. They can smell your breath. They can smell your body. They can hear your breathing. They can smell the food you just ate. They are part carnivore. Sometimes they're hungry. And at times they can be very hungry. If they can get a big juicy steak they'll go for it. There are more deaths from black bears than from grizzlies. Which is not to say that grizzlies aren't worse on a per-encounter basis. It's just that the black bears can be dangerous too.
So sad to hear of this horrible way to die. Terrifying. Moral of the story: Don't sleep outside, on the ground, in a flimsy tent, in grizzly bear country.
Stupid is, as stupid does. I go to the park every year and do not sleep on the ground or go without my 50 cal. In my mind, camping unarmed is stupidcide.
I remember when this tragic incident happened. Back in '82, I traveled in a VW camper van. When I got to Glacier National Park in Montana, the ranger said I would be allowed to stay in the campground ONLY if I slept in my camper van. Only hard sided vehicles were allowed in that particular campground because of Grizzly problems. No tents, or tent trailers. I slept without incident in my camper van that night.
Media people are baffled as to a lot of observable things. And yet, they buy into crazy explanations when the obvious explanations are right in front of them.
Baffled by the bears behavior? Give me a break. A Great White shark also baffles these people when someone gets bit in half. Wild animals are "ALWAYS UNPREDICTABLE." Oh wait, the shark thought the person was a seal, the Grizzly thought ????
@@johnnym4400 Bears don't venture too far from bear country. The idiots put themselves in the woods dressed up as the main course and then we are "Baffled" The bear was just being a bear.
@@johnnym4400 actually they do ive seen one walking along a dry creek bed bloody miles from water . They go in the ocean , on land, all over the place . Difference is people have been known to bluff bears and they run away. Nobody in history has ever ever once done that with an Australian giant saltwater crocodile . Also they are harder to stop with a rifle
I am no bear expert, in fact I live in the UK so the most dangerous animal is a man or a rutting stag/deer. It's just when the reporter said 'there was no food in the tent', what is he going on about, there is 220lb sleeping defenceless animal in the tent, very tasty if you are a raw meat predator!
Dude, food in the tent increases the likelihood of attracting a bear but dont believe the propaganda and think it saves you or its always somehow the humans fault. Bears do what bears do, and that includes eating people. And frankly anyone dumb enough to go into grizzly country unarmed should be eaten, we dont need their myopic and weak-minded genes spreading
@@shawn5780 we could hunt them down to extinction, we have done it to other animals. What you got to say about that? Who is the idiot now. The Tasmanian Tiger needs to talk to you. But you keep believing that nature has dominion over the earth, in reality MAN has dominion over the earth.
@@thereisnopandemic Shawn is attacking me because I hurt his feelings. And that’s because he’s low in testosterone and high in empathy as most woman are. Shawn’s the hippy type who’d attempt hand feeding a bear and quickly discovering it’s tearing the flesh off his face lol. Stupid hippy
Without weapons & ignoring posted caution signs. These two [2] gentleman delivered themselves as bait to this alpha predator. Yes, it is very sad what happened. Though just as sad to see such blatant ignorance known as the cause. The bear; "You wanna act like bait? My entire species is gonna treat you like bait" ;-- (
I just don’t understand why they say they don’t know why the bear killed a human. You mean we can build Skyscrapers, go to space, free people from concentration camps….but we can’t figure out why the predator ate food?!?! This just happened in Northern Az, too. Same stupid response from “authorities”
Bears are very territorial and this one may have seen these two men as intruders. But its pretty rare for a bear to eat humans, they normally kill and move on. But what I can't understand is why they weren't armed. I can also think of other reasons why you should be armed.
Another thing these novice idiots don't think about.They may see a Bear out on the trail.He will walk by and not pay any attention.So they think everything is fine.Then before they know it, he's backtracked, turned around and stalking them.Bears are not stupid animals.Before hibernation they have one thing on their mind....a food source.
@@k1j2f30 Ya it is actually pretty rare. Usually it is inexperienced outdoorsmen who are not paying attention or just plain desensitized people who try to get too close get attacked if at all. To get eaten doesn't happen much. Very rare actually to see anyone with any kind of woods skills even get approached by a bear.
@@k1j2f30 It's very rare. Yellowstone has millions of visitors a year not including the rest of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Alaska the entire United States averages less than 2 grizzly fatalities a year and most get mauled not ate. Wolves haven't killed a single person in 100 years in the United States. The whitetail deer is the most dangerous animal in America. Everyone has been tricked into thinking predators are man eaters. In reality its more dangerous walking into any walmart in America than going into bear country. Statistically it's more dangerous in school, college, work ,your car, gas station then bear country. Humans Mosquitoes mice dogs and deer are the real dangers
Feel bad for the bear actually. Humans have the ability to read signs that say "Bear habitat - stay away" and heed the warning. These two knuckleheads ignored the sign, camped out and one was mauled. Seems to me like that is what bears so. They kill and eat.
Pitiful that people can’t listen to warnings , while I’m deeply saddened by this it wasn’t like they weren’t warned . I pray others will take note of this very tragic event .
Bears don't eat humans? Really? They're meat eaters aren't they? So what do they say to themselves? . . . "Nope. That's a human. Not eating that. Let's go find a deer."
@@rockie307 well also humans don’t live in the woods like animals do animals have no way out of the outdoors so yea I’d say humans die less you have the right idea just a terrible point
@@tannersines1319 I've watched grizzly attack and eat elk. I've also watched them go the other way of me. Obviously grizzlies don't look at humans as food unless there injured starving or protecting cubs. They flea from me maybe your experience is different maybe you look more tasty. There not dumb the ones that don't fear humans don't live long they know we are trouble.
Watch the saga of Timothy Treadwell who thought he could live with bears, and arrogantly so. He ended up being dinner (or breakfast I forget what time of day he was devoured). Of course they killed the bear then, what a waste of a fine animal.
@@rockie307 yea they don’t I agree but it’s because they aren’t used to us if we lived in the woods like cavemen they would most definitely eat us more often ? Do you see my point I see urs that’s why I’m asking ? Btw thanks for being mature
@@NannupTiger Exactly. The sheer audacity of humans thinking it's OK to just kill wildlife because they were dumb enough to choose to invade the animal's territory. A fierce wild animal walks into populated area and gets killed, so why can't it be the same when a human walks into an animal populated area?
Once again the inability to follow simple instructions lead to a person’s death. It seems very logical, don’t sleep in a tent in grizzly country, especially a spot were people often eat food at. I’m never shocked when I see a video of someone mauled by a bison, elk or bear in and around Yellowstone because the person didn’t follow simple instructions and keep a large distance between the animal and themselves. Too often the lure of a picture or video is stronger than the desire to live
It doesn’t seem fair that the Bear had to die for the sake of someone else stupidity (harsh words I know) when there was signage advising people not to pitch tents.
Once a bear attacks humans it will always attack humans. STUPID PEOPLE WIN STUPID AWARDS . think back to the first time you tasted something that you really liked 🤔 A bear doesn't have Anybody on earth telling it they can't have it. Other than Smith& Wesson or a few other choice thunder sticks.
Get educated. Animals will always die when humans don't think. I am in the Arizona desert and I see another animal that is going to have it's life cut short because a woman is giving this coyote food on a daily basis and it is loosing it's fear of humans
@@nofriendofmine9880 There is absolutely nothing to back up the statement in your first sentence. Serial man-eaters are remarkably rare. Also, how _dare_ that bear see an easy (and stupid) meal and take advantage? What on Earth was he thinking? It's not like they were in _his_ woods, waltzing in and pitching a tent like they owned the place.
I've thought since I was a kid I wouldn't want to sleep in a tent in bear country, that included trailer tent, popup tents, only a hard sided all included vehicle, but those have been breached by bears too. I lived in Whitefish, Montana as a kid, I had bear nightmares of them stalking outside at night, didnt want to sleep outside of house. So I had no illusions of bears and communing with them! Two Black Bear teens came into our picnic area in Glacier Park snatched some of our picnic goodies and ran into woods, it left all of us with amazing memories.
Grizzlies are a different animal. As a very young adult I worked as a gunner for MK (Morrison Knudsen) in Ak. I had to deal with black bears and both coastal and inland grizzlies. Grizzlies have a very difficult time co-existing with humans. We both tend to be hell bent on destroying each other. Believe it or not black bears are actually a bigger problem and are harder to deal with than their humpbacked cousins. You see black bears quickly adapt to human presence, Grizzlies never do. I’ve actually witnessed black bears take up residence under structures inhabited by people. Bears are bears, they are predictable right up until the time that they aren’t. Their strength pound for pound is tremendous compared to a human’s. A combination of firearms and OC is good thing to have when in bear country, however most individuals don’t realize what’s happening until the animal is on them. God bless!
even our strongest powerlifting strongman doesnt compare in strength to the smallest grizzly.. i guess only eating salmon and berries turns testosterone into pure steroid power lol.... im not sure if animals aside from humans possess test.
Does bear spray a better effective defense for grizzlies than sidearm? Or spray will make it attack even more and eventually need to be shot, hope one can react quickly to pull the trigger.
@@rrtds9378 Bear spray way better unless extreme wind. Bears sense of smell is its greatest asset but also it's downfall. Bear spray usually works immediately. Guns work but usually takes a few seconds and a few seconds being mauled by a grizzly is enough to die. Best to carry both just in case.
@@rrtds9378 I’ve never deployed OC on a bear however I have deployed it more times than I can count on humans and have also been directly hit in the face with it a couple of times. Pretty nasty. Nowhere near as bad as CS but every bit as effective as CN. Unless an individual trains regularly with their weapons none will be effective in a stressful situation. If I had to choose between a firearm or OC my choice would be the firearm. But that’s me. Others might prefer the OC. I still live in bear country here in the lower 48 and spend hundreds of hours in the backwoods and wilderness areas of the Rockies. Where I live we just have black bears, the Grizzlies are east and a little north of where we are.
@@rrtds9378 Bears will set the land speed record getting away from the spray.They hate it.You need to practice putting it where you want it.Bears are very quick.
This seems to be an example of how to win a Darwin Award. However, what I don't understand is, why did they have to kill the bear?! Bears don't only shit in the woods, they also eat in the woods. Place yourself in their natural environment, and you automatically become prey.
The bear obviously has lost its fear of humans. Once a bear kills and feeds on a human, it must be destroyed. The Park Service can't take a chance with such a dangerous bear attacking someone else.
@@nerblebun And it’s always irked my squid why some humans would question other humans for wanting to protect their own species from other species.......... like bears do.........
Once they get the taste, they are more dangerous. Humans are way easier prey than any wild animal and the bear will take the path of least resistance for din din.
They're baffled That the bear did what God designed him to do. Eat you with a smile on his face? Really? Poor bear. He paid the ultimate price for somebody's foolish decision.
I've read reports by bear experts that a black bear and a grizzly will generally try to avoid people when they can, but if a polar bear pays any attention to you at all, he's trying to figure out a way to eat you.
This is why Native Americans kept camp fires lit through the night, slept next to weapons, & had a dozen wolf hybrids. Could have been a decline in prey animals during that time or was out competed by other predators. A machete would be the minimum I'd take camping. Even a primitive spear would be carved just incase. That's natural selection at work.
It's the ultimate contrast to think; in the mid 1980s while I was enjoying a peaceful life as a kindergartener...just a few states away...unimaginable horror was happening...
most bears don't kill or hunts people. this one clearly does, so they can't risk letting him live. If they let him live he will still do it because he sees people as food. what's so hard about that to understand?
@BanDeano Bear do view us as food. Bear attacks happen every year because there are no laws in place that stop novice hunters entering their territories. And in a lot of cases trying to kill them for sport. Bears don’t leave there territories to hunt us specifically however if we enter their land then we are just a hairless monkey to them. If people stay out of their lands then these type of incidents won’t happen. I don’t support killing a bear for being itself. If a bear attacks a person in its territory then that person has every right to defend themselves even if that means taking the bears life. But if the persons life is taken that doesn’t mean we should now start a culling of the area to revenge that persons death. Stay out of their territories and this won’t happen.
I would love to see pictures of Moore and May, before May was taken out for dinner, of course. Members of the man-bun, granola brigade I suspect, to whom firearms are abhorrent.
Grizzly bears are highly territorial. These campers were in his home range. Also consider this. Hyperfacia is a bear eating three times more during Summer and Fall. They have to pack a lot of weight for Winter. Male Grizzlies are the perfect example. Fact.
I watch bears withnother animals , Im amazed bears dont attack more humans to be honest , theyre a tiger / lion sized predator & you wouldnt mess with those
Likely a combination of things: hungry, likely pushed by other stronger bears away from good food sources, possibly felt threatened and also brain damage.
Ursus Arctos Horribilis, the American INTERIOR Grizzly Bear...one of the most ferocious animals on the planet. More aggressive than they northern cousins, brown bears, thus the word " Horribilis " added. Anyone to go into their lands without some type of serious protection is stupid, period. They strength, power and speed are unimaginable. Portable electric fences are easy enough to carry in and setup, and generally are a good deterrent. Each camper should have a minimum of a large WORKING bear spray canister, and be familiar with its operation ( practice, practice...PRACTICE) Where legal a firearm should also be carried....there's an old saying that everyone should be familiar with " I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6 " but you always follow the law..
Yeah, right! Bear spray is going to stop o 1,000 pound grizzly! Get real! You want protection? then carry a 44 magnum rifle or hand gun. THAT'S PROTECTION!
I remember when this happened. After the authorities had a chance to investigate this a bit more, turns out the two men had chicken for dinner that night, and mr May wiped his hands on his T-shirt. He smelled like chicken. That what the bear was smelling when he tore into the tent. At least that is what I remember hearing about this incident.
Back in 2018, all by myself I hiked the entire Yellowstone National park, from the north east entrance to the south entrance, took me 15 days of hiking and sleeping in remote campsites. I will never forget the night in campsite 6Y6 in the Thorofare, a grizzly came to my campsite and started growling outside my tent at 1am in the morning, it did that for maybe 30 minutes. Maybe I am crazy but I thought this was cool. This was the best hike I have ever done in my life, the experience was incredible, so happy I had this amazing opportunity to see such a beautiful place so few people get to see with their own eyes
I wouldn't press my luck if I were you unless you did have a 45 or a 44 in your hand or at least tucked-away conveniently that's the situation with wild animals is you never know if they're the one or you're the one wild animals are unpredictable and hardly ever seen or heard if they're going to attack you if they're in the mood for a meal with a little Bushcraft knowledge you can put up alarms on the perimeter of your campsite and always keep a fire burning in front of the tent even with that there's no guarantee but I understand that is the excitement of being in the wild
Putting a sign up that says camping is not recommended is kinda pointless, either it's permitted (in which case it should be safe) or it's prohibited if there are bears in the area that might cause harm. Saying "not recommended" does not achieve anything.
I live in Idaho. I'd be interested to see how many more incidents have happened since this old reel. It happens all the time. Usually the 'victims' are tourists from California, Washington, Oregon, Germany or China... seriously. Warning sheets are handed out right at the front gate in all languages. They are all idiots basically. They fall in hot pools, get gored by bison then of course there are the bears. The rule of thumb is if it's a grizzly? Drop, cover your neck and play dead. They usually only want to dispatch the threat. A black bear that attacks you? Fight for your life. A black bear mostly attacks because it sees you as a meal.
@@kathismith7441 clearly you exist in one of the overpopulated shitholes that I mentioned... Kathi with an "i". Enjoy your commute tomorrow... assuming your employed.
Well put and good information. I totally agree. And you're right on point as what you say falls in line with science and is good sound information to keep in mind.:)
@@kathismith7441 , Ever actually been to Idaho? Has some awesome places. Did you know the biggest Grizzly ever killed in the U.S.was in Idaho. By accident. Hit by a high speed Harley racing down the mountainside hit the bear breaking its neck. Buckled the bike in half. Check out " Harleys are only good for ONE bearhunt."
I will never camp in bear country, nor hike or fish either. Im glad where i live there are no bears. They scare the shit outta me, and ive swam with gators and owned a cheetah for a while.
that's why any hiker/camper needs to be educated on proper handling/storing of food, scent control, wearing bells on clothes, tent site strategy, and most important....always have a weapon.
Weve traveled from mexico to Alaska in our van camping in remote areas. 2 words, Shotgun & DOG. Bear slugs in the shotgun & the dog to wake you up in time. 😁
This is why we always camp in a camper. We’ve had it rocked by bears fresh out of hibernation before. They can’t get in, but sometimes they try. That’s not a safe time to camp. They’re hungry and unpredictable. After a few months of foraging and building up fat they’re a lot “safer” to be around. My heart goes out to this poor woman’s family. I truly hope that they can find some peace with this tragedy. It’s a horrible way to go.
@@dave-yeahthatsme3925 Clearly they can't, since I've distinctly heard them try. Maybe an OPEN door they can, but not a closed, locked and bolted door.
@@marksalver1765 clearly they can't? How is that clear? It gets pretty murky when there are 1000s of bear breakins a year. I had some chocolate in the trunk of my car, the bear broke through the window and when he realized the goodies are back in the trunk, he removed the back seat of my car, which is welded to the chassis. Peeled the metal back like an orange. He had more trouble with the chocolate wrapper. If you are camping in a place where bears regularly try to break into your camper you'd be an idiot, but methinks you're just a liar.
@@marksalver1765 please man. Go tell that bullshit to someone that will believe it. Any camper door would be ripped off in an instant if one wanted to. Ive seen some doosies but this idiotic comment takes the cake.
@@marksalver1765 lmao...idiot..a 2 second search shows a ton of photos& stories of Bears ripping apart trailers..ffs. But keep living your in your own stubborn mind..probably a Liberal. Hope he gets in next time.
So much for Bill and Ted's wild Adventure. People should really stay in hotels if they are not sure how to properly prepare them selves. Poor kid, and so sorry for the loss of the Bear . 1.Stay in a hotel... 2.Never bring a tent pole to a Bear Fight 3.Stay home with parents until you know how to take care of yourself, out in the wild !
Guess it must have been dark when they got into the campground and they missed seeing the warning sign. Or they were like another guy I know that always says the bears won't bother you. Either way, the bears have no where else to be other than their next meal. And after seeing the damage they can do high up on the side of a tree or seeing the size of a grizzly paw track it would make most people think twice.
Why euthanize the Bear? Euthanize the guy who lived for not knowing better than to camp in notorious Bear country.Damn, humanity is upside down.They were in the Bears habitat.
Your comment is upside down. A bear can't defend our country or turn on the heat to your home. Make your a Sammy or rub your back. Humans are Devine as are the bears but we are king. Humans. Fuck that bear
@@deezsquuezeorg Hey Vanilla Ice's bad dream, what if somebody came to your mommy's house where you live and gunned down your mangy mutt pit bulldog? I bet that would be different.lol You hippity hoppers make me laugh.You think your some OG and you wouldn't last 5 minutes in the real world.Keep drinking the snoop dog pee flavored kool-aid.lol
Bears are natural predators. They do what nature designed them to do. Dimwitted people should not put themselves in harm's way, in the bear's home. Then they act outraged and surprised. What did they expect?
“The bear was given a lethal injection” Hopefully it was a lead injection- but really bears like this should be made an example of, and by that, of course I mean chain it up in full view of the other bears, show the bear pictures of the tastiest looking humans posing in the most alluring and appetizing manner- then beat the hell out of the chained bear every time it looks at the pictures with that ravenous twinkle in its eye Cheaper than injection, and could really help the bears as a community learn
PATHETIC! where are bears supposed to live? F you and every other human who thinks that all of the wilderness is for people only..it's not! Your ridiculous notion of punishment wouldn't/doesn't work on humans, let alone wild animals
@@derickchristensen3219 : Please educate yourself and stop spreading dangerously false information. 18 USC §930 prohibits carrying firearms into any NPS BUILDING. Carrying firearms in the field is OK.
ummm apparently people are bear food ............. what we do need along with bears , wolves , sharks , alligators and any other predators that eat people are .......... tyranasaurus rex's , we need to find a way to bring those back so they can eat people also .... just kidding , i say get rid of bears and wolves , we dont need them ..... we can start eating all the animals that they would eat and they would die from natural causes , diease/starvation whatever ..... we don t need shit that eats people
I use to like hiking with my family but now knowing more, it is making me hesitate. We can't enjoy nature if we know there are these bears and wolves put there.
@@mildred2109 They have been there for eons. Animals, even predators have suffered many times the loss of numbers form humans than we have to them. Predators are a important and necessary part of any natural and healthy ecosystem! Don't think yourself so special, that all the predators drool when you walk past. Lol
You know when I was a kid my grandparents brought us grandkids to Yosemite. When hiked over 12 miles in and set up plastic tube tents. I had my own tube tent. and the food was roped high into a tree.. in the late night hours when all asleep a bear came into camp sniffed my tent inches from my head. I was so scared I did not move and I could see his shadow outside my tent.. I just went to sleep and he never attacked us.. He did rip the food bag out of the tree we discovered soon upon awaiting in the morning. We had no breakfast or food and had to walk the 12 miles back to car and food... it was crazy!! We were lucky...
@@AkChiVibes Agreed. Some bears could suffer from mental disorders and attack simply out of hostility. But this bear certainly was hungry and would've preyed on other humans as well if it hadn't been euthanized. If this incident occurred in autumn, then this couple shouldn't have been camping unprotected in bear territory, since this would be feeding time before hibernation.
THIS WHY YOU KEEP DOGS AND A SHOTGUN AND MAGNUM HANDGUN ALWAYS WITH YOU IN BEAR COUNTRY. I SPEAK FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE WHEN I HAD TO FEND OFF AND KILL TWO NORTHERN GRIZZLY BEARS IN 1991 . Bear spray is crap...... Get a firearm
In all my years of sleeping indoors, in my home, in my own bed... I’ve not once encountered a hungry grizzly bear. I never was much for gambling, so no tents in rural Montana for me, thanks.
Here's a clue to the animals behavior, he's a grizzly bear & eats whatever the hell he wants to
Lol
It s called an omnivore. I believe that means " all " .
I like how you described them however. There ya go.
Yes
Hunger is a bitch.!?!?
Humans are not allowed to carry a gun in the park . If the campers would have shot the bear , what do you think the law would have done to the campers ?
If authorities are baffled as to why the bear attacked, they are definitely not too bright.
LMAO😅 He saw them as a food source, nothing more, nothing less!!!
Doesn't take a genius to figure that out!!!😉
EXACTLY, yeah " baffled" 🤣😂 duhhhhh, even a domesticated dog will attack, kill and eat a human. 😉
It is not true that a bear eats a human every single time that it has the chance. There are surely reasons why bears attack at certain times and not other times. And these people are around the bears alot, and if they can not with certainty identify why a bear attacked at any particular time, then I believe that they probably know what they are talking about.
@@anthonygreene4938 No one ever said that bears will eat a human every single time it possibly can! Dude any carnivorous animal may attack any other animal whenever it damn well decides to!! And human beings are animals. Humans can only take guesses as to why or when it's gonna happen. We ain't never gonna be able to read another animal's mind 😉
@@Hundert1 tell me something I don't know. Bears eat when hungry. They also feel threatened at times. But evidently the authorities were not 100 percent sure why the bear launched the attack. Maybe the bear believed the people were in its space, then they got hungry afterward. I wasn't there.
I was living in Bozeman at the time and was part of a crew building a home on the south shore of Hebkin Lake just a short distance away from where this happened. We were in the middle of a Grizzly habitat and they were coming out of hibernation, half starved, mangy and completely unpredictable. We were all packing and had extra guns at the lumber pile eyes in the back of our heads. Unbelievable that anyone would curl up in a tent and go to sleep….
@Montana Style exactly! Wonder if they put out cookies and milk for him also? Nothing says please come and eat me like laying down right next to a grizzly bear and saying please come and eat me! Especially right during this time of year. Then they report it saying that the "EXPERTS" are "BAFFLED" as to why this happened? 🤔
Some people man...OOPS!
A lot of people man...
It's unbelievable that anyone would want to live anywhere near Grizzly bears. It's their home not ours.
@@Tacoman1967 We live here as well. Just part of life and extra level mindset and carrying weapons. If one lives in a city they have predators as well but you can't carry weapons.
@@ldn0224 Yes, you can still carry weapons in the city. And many responsible people do. Your a fool if you don't.
@@ldn0224 well that's true! Predators much more unpredictable than a Grizzly bear!
It’s a bear, a grizzly at that.. what the hell do you think was his reason for eating him? You think that bear was really sitting there contemplating whether or not to eat that guy for fear of death himself? Yeah no, not like they have intellectual properties to study humans the way we study them. He was doing what a hungry bear does. Eat whatever he has an opportunity to.
Lol the campers WERE food
Yogi was not looking for a picnic basket!
Grizzlies usually will only attack if you threaten their food source or are in their territory. I think this is a case of wrong place and the wrong time. Preventable if they were prepared for bear country.
@@rickyrichards7596 lol 😆, that bear was hungry, smelled something edible and went for it. It happened to be live human flesh this time. They found human remains in it's poop. We ain't never gonna fully understand just what exactly precisely caused the attack. Many people like to think they got everything perfectly figured out. They call em "smart ass", " know it all's" 😉
If I was a grizzly I’d rather catch the human who can run like 12mph versus the deer that can run 35mph
I am no bear expert, in fact I live in the UK so the most dangerous animal is a man or a rutting stag/deer. It's just when the reporter said 'there was no food in the tent', what is he going on about, there is a 220lb sleeping defenceless animal in the tent, very tasty if you are a raw meat predator!
The most ridiculous statement the narrator said was, “...food was not in the tent.” To whom does that statement apply? To us or the bear?
I disagree, The bear found a couple of Sandwiches!!
It was for the bear
My thoughts exactly.
LMAO!😅 I'm guessing the Bear thought different! To the Bear this was nothing more than a Drive Thru!!😉
It means, there was no food to entice the bear to come into the tent, as is often the case in drawing bears.
I've never understood the false sense of security that hikers, campers etc. have going into wild country unarmed, some alone, only to become victims to predators. Chalk it up to ignorance of the dangers I guess. I take the insurance along when I venture awood, makes the experience so much more enjoyable with that piece of mind. I've enjoyed coming across bears, wolves, etc. (and I'm sure that I've been observed unknowingly many times) with mutual respect being shown but nice having the edge if I ever needed it.
Well stated. As well, the likelihood of having to pull your sidearm on some human predator is far more likely than an animal that just wishes you weren't there in the first place. It's best to make noise, clear your throat, whistle, sing whatever. Most bear attacks happen when someone comes around a corner and a bear is right there with cubs... game over.
@@poppycock6572 Agreed, I am much more at home with our 4 legged brethren in their home than some 2 legged hooligan with ill intent
.....and PEPPER AIR FRESHENERS DO NOTHING! 😊👍
Seems like the skunk has it figured out.
Natural selection
0:56 "Wildlife experts are baffled...food was not present in the tent"???
Hard to explain.
Baffling.
Undoubtedly, government wildlife experts.
@@Automedon2 Yes, they were the food.
@@ralphholiman7401 - These ‘experts’ need to look at it from the wildlife’s perspective.
If there were food odors on their clothes or anything with a scent, (toothpaste, etc.) in the tent. That would have caused a curious bear to investigate. Plus, if they pitched their tent in an area where a previous camper had cooked or eaten a meal, scraps on the ground around or under the tent would attract a hungry bear. It's so important to keep a clean camp. Don't sleep in the area where you cook and eat. And don't sleep in clothes that might have a possible food scent. For example, if you carry candy bars in your shirt pocket while hiking during the day. Don't take that shirt inside your tent. Carry bear canisters in your backpack and use them to store any food or anything that might possibly fool a bear into thinking it's food. And keep those canisters away from your tent. Of course it goes without saying you should carry bear spray in Grizzly country but in this case, even if they had bear spray (and back in the mid 80s, they might not have had any with them) they might not have had time to use it.
@@RicardoRoams I spend a lot of time in bear country, and have had a fair number of close encounters with them. People tend to think (or assume without thinking) that when they're asleep and hidden away in a tent, they are kind of undetectable. If there are no food smells around, then the bears won't even notice them. They won't know they're there, or will barely know. Or they won't know what's in the tent - it's just a tent with nothing in it.
But they know perfectly well what's in it.
They can smell your breath.
They can smell your body.
They can hear your breathing.
They can smell the food you just ate.
They are part carnivore.
Sometimes they're hungry. And at times they can be very hungry.
If they can get a big juicy steak they'll go for it.
There are more deaths from black bears than from grizzlies. Which is not to say that grizzlies aren't worse on a per-encounter basis. It's just that the black bears can be dangerous too.
So sad to hear of this horrible way to die. Terrifying. Moral of the story: Don't sleep outside, on the ground, in a flimsy tent, in grizzly bear country.
Pretty tough to NOT do this if you want to experience the beauty of wilderness and mountains.
I also know of a story of a British student killed by polar bear in similar circumstances.
DARWINISM DOES WONDERS
beta
Unless you are armed.
Reporter: "food was not found in the tent"
Bear: uh, "burp"
Hahaha
Of course food was not found in the tent⛺ , the bear dragged the food out the tent.
"The bear had ingested human flesh"
* THEN PROCEEDS BY SAYING "THERE WAS NO FOOD IN THE TENT"
"Food was not present in the tent" Correction: The dude eaten by the bear was the food in the tent.
Stupid is, as stupid does. I go to the park every year and do not sleep on the ground or go without my 50 cal. In my mind, camping unarmed is stupidcide.
humans are so smelly - the bear smelled them miles away
I remember when this tragic incident happened. Back in '82, I traveled in a VW camper van. When I got to Glacier National Park in Montana, the ranger said I would be allowed to stay in the campground ONLY if I slept in my camper van. Only hard sided vehicles were allowed in that particular campground because of Grizzly problems. No tents, or tent trailers. I slept without incident in my camper van that night.
Your baffled as to why the wild animal attacked a human ?????
Media people are baffled as to a lot of observable things. And yet, they buy into crazy explanations when the obvious explanations are right in front of them.
The bear was hungry! Media must expect the Grizzly to act like Winnie the Poo!
Baffled by the bears behavior? Give me a break. A Great White shark also baffles these people when someone gets bit in half. Wild animals are "ALWAYS UNPREDICTABLE." Oh wait, the shark thought the person was a seal, the Grizzly thought ????
So this is like how people deliberately go into crocodile territory, here in Australia....
No not the same.... crocodiles don't venture too far away from the water.
@@johnnym4400 Bears don't venture too far from bear country. The idiots put themselves in the woods dressed up as the main course and then we are "Baffled" The bear was just being a bear.
@@littlepalomino You're absolutely right
@@johnnym4400 actually they do ive seen one walking along a dry creek bed bloody miles from water . They go in the ocean , on land, all over the place . Difference is people have been known to bluff bears and they run away. Nobody in history has ever ever once done that with an Australian giant saltwater crocodile . Also they are harder to stop with a rifle
They might not have had food in the tent but if they had cooked in those same clothes they wore in the tent, that is enough to trigger a bear.
They were in fact food themselves.
Yeah, there was definitly food in the tent. Those men. 😓
I am no bear expert, in fact I live in the UK so the most dangerous animal is a man or a rutting stag/deer. It's just when the reporter said 'there was no food in the tent', what is he going on about, there is 220lb sleeping defenceless animal in the tent, very tasty if you are a raw meat predator!
Dude, food in the tent increases the likelihood of attracting a bear but dont believe the propaganda and think it saves you or its always somehow the humans fault. Bears do what bears do, and that includes eating people. And frankly anyone dumb enough to go into grizzly country unarmed should be eaten, we dont need their myopic and weak-minded genes spreading
@@whiteyfisk9769 Well put and the Bear was in his habitat.He should not have been put down.I wish he would have chose the double platter.
What do you mean "no food in the tent"? We are made of bear food....lol
The dude was the food. 😎🐻
It's not the bear's fault, it's bears behaving like bears
its the food chain, we are higher then bears and now and again we need to remind them of that. Unless you prefer being at their mercy instead.
Bears are lucky we allow them to exist at all. The ones who do attack humans need to be eliminated
@@thomaspayne6866 "we allow them to exist"???? What an idiotic comment.
@@shawn5780 we could hunt them down to extinction, we have done it to other animals. What you got to say about that? Who is the idiot now. The Tasmanian Tiger needs to talk to you. But you keep believing that nature has dominion over the earth, in reality MAN has dominion over the earth.
@@thereisnopandemic Shawn is attacking me because I hurt his feelings. And that’s because he’s low in testosterone and high in empathy as most woman are.
Shawn’s the hippy type who’d attempt hand feeding a bear and quickly discovering it’s tearing the flesh off his face lol.
Stupid hippy
They couldn't explain what caused the animal attack, He Was Hungry perhaps.
Most people don't know enough about the wild to be out there. Big bore handgun be a little better than a tent pole.
True, "a little"
Bear spray is enough. Many guns wouldn't stop a bear but the stinging blindness of getting sprayed will
@@pfftwhut7638 This, in spades.
@@pfftwhut7638
@@midway27272727 A lot.
What caused the attack? Simple... Food was planted in its territory in the form of dumbass humans who refused to listen to warnings 🙄🤬
Without weapons & ignoring posted caution signs. These two [2] gentleman delivered themselves as bait to this alpha predator. Yes, it is very sad what happened. Though just as sad to see such blatant ignorance known as the cause. The bear; "You wanna act like bait? My entire species is gonna treat you like bait" ;-- (
Right?
Just like surfers dressing up as seals and wondering why they are of interest to sharks?
Did you not listen? he was armed with a tent pole
Why do you talk like the readers of your comment are stupid or some shit??
@@screetart1338 because most of them are indeed stupid
I just don’t understand why they say they don’t know why the bear killed a human. You mean we can build
Skyscrapers, go to space, free people from concentration camps….but we can’t figure out why the predator ate food?!?! This just happened in Northern Az, too. Same stupid response from “authorities”
Bears are very territorial and this one may have seen these two men as intruders. But its pretty rare for a bear to eat humans, they normally kill and move on. But what I can't understand is why they weren't armed. I can also think of other reasons why you should be armed.
Another thing these novice idiots don't think about.They may see a Bear out on the trail.He will walk by and not pay any attention.So they think everything is fine.Then before they know it, he's backtracked, turned around and stalking them.Bears are not stupid animals.Before hibernation they have one thing on their mind....a food source.
Not rare for Grizzlies to eat humans!! At least not in Montana, Wyoming and Alaska!
@@k1j2f30 Ya it is actually pretty rare. Usually it is inexperienced outdoorsmen who are not paying attention or just plain desensitized people who try to get too close get attacked if at all. To get eaten doesn't happen much. Very rare actually to see anyone with any kind of woods skills even get approached by a bear.
@@k1j2f30 It's very rare. Yellowstone has millions of visitors a year not including the rest of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Alaska the entire United States averages less than 2 grizzly fatalities a year and most get mauled not ate. Wolves haven't killed a single person in 100 years in the United States. The whitetail deer is the most dangerous animal in America. Everyone has been tricked into thinking predators are man eaters. In reality its more dangerous walking into any walmart in America than going into bear country. Statistically it's more dangerous in school, college, work ,your car, gas station then bear country. Humans Mosquitoes mice dogs and deer are the real dangers
@@knifelyfe6565 Food when they are ready to go into hibernation and food when they wake up.
Feel bad for the bear actually. Humans have the ability to read signs that say "Bear habitat - stay away" and heed the warning. These two knuckleheads ignored the sign, camped out and one was mauled. Seems to me like that is what bears so. They kill and eat.
BreckenridgeRob,
"...one was mauled."
Mauled and Eaten, while Alive (but not for long) ...
@@fjb4932 yeah, no doubt it was a horrific ending and very sad but one that could have been avoided.
No, one was mauled, and partially eaten...
Food was in the tent. Unarmed humans are prey.
Food was present in the tent
Two legged food...
Pitiful that people can’t listen to warnings , while I’m deeply saddened by this it wasn’t like they weren’t warned . I pray others will take note of this very tragic event .
Don't worry, this tent will protect us against a 600 lb Grizzly , don't you feel safe ...?
😂
Your in there world. He was just grabbing a easy sleeping snack . Could have been an old bear and wasntvgoing to miss this golden opportunity
Lol….that’s ur golden years for ya
It was an older bear
@@kathismith7441 , Read several of your comments. Ever been told youre a real B
Bears don't eat humans? Really? They're meat eaters aren't they? So what do they say to themselves? . . . "Nope. That's a human. Not eating that. Let's go find a deer."
Yeah humans carry boom sticks and wear clothes. Less than 2 grizzly fatalities a year in America they must know something.
@@rockie307 well also humans don’t live in the woods like animals do animals have no way out of the outdoors so yea I’d say humans die less you have the right idea just a terrible point
@@tannersines1319 I've watched grizzly attack and eat elk. I've also watched them go the other way of me. Obviously grizzlies don't look at humans as food unless there injured starving or protecting cubs. They flea from me maybe your experience is different maybe you look more tasty. There not dumb the ones that don't fear humans don't live long they know we are trouble.
Watch the saga of Timothy Treadwell who thought he could live with bears, and arrogantly so. He ended up being dinner (or breakfast I forget what time of day he was devoured). Of course they killed the bear then, what a waste of a fine animal.
@@rockie307 yea they don’t I agree but it’s because they aren’t used to us if we lived in the woods like cavemen they would most definitely eat us more often ? Do you see my point I see urs that’s why I’m asking ? Btw thanks for being mature
Wouldn’t consider camping in Grizz country without a weapon. Personally I would want a shotgun.
Just don't go into their territory... are they permitted to LIVE in their own forests?
@@NannupTiger Exactly. The sheer audacity of humans thinking it's OK to just kill wildlife because they were dumb enough to choose to invade the animal's territory. A fierce wild animal walks into populated area and gets killed, so why can't it be the same when a human walks into an animal populated area?
Once again the inability to follow simple instructions lead to a person’s death. It seems very logical, don’t sleep in a tent in grizzly country, especially a spot were people often eat food at. I’m never shocked when I see a video of someone mauled by a bison, elk or bear in and around Yellowstone because the person didn’t follow simple instructions and keep a large distance between the animal and themselves. Too often the lure of a picture or video is stronger than the desire to live
It doesn’t seem fair that the Bear had to die for the sake of someone else stupidity (harsh words I know) when there was signage advising people not to pitch tents.
Once a bear attacks humans it will always attack humans. STUPID PEOPLE WIN STUPID AWARDS . think back to the first time you tasted something that you really liked 🤔
A bear doesn't have Anybody
on earth telling it they can't have it.
Other than Smith& Wesson or a few other choice thunder sticks.
Get educated.
Animals will always die when humans don't think.
I am in the Arizona desert and I see another animal that is going to have it's life cut short because a woman is giving this coyote food on a daily basis and it is loosing it's fear of humans
@@nofriendofmine9880 There is absolutely nothing to back up the statement in your first sentence. Serial man-eaters are remarkably rare.
Also, how _dare_ that bear see an easy (and stupid) meal and take advantage? What on Earth was he thinking? It's not like they were in _his_ woods, waltzing in and pitching a tent like they owned the place.
I pitch a tent every morning. I hope I don't get eaten by a bear.
@@grbmajor6645 I knew some asshole would make that inappropriate joke.
The grizzly is in his own habitat, we as human gotta b careful going in and around these beast, I'm sorry for anyone lost
Gosh, I thought for sure that tent pole beating would've saved him🤦♂️
🤣🤣 was my first thought.
@@SlykRyk666
When I heard that, I couldn't believe it 🤦♂️🤣🤣
Who goes camping where Grizz are known to frequent without a firearm.
I've thought since I was a kid I wouldn't want to sleep in a tent in bear country, that included trailer tent, popup tents, only a hard sided all included vehicle, but those have been breached by bears too. I lived in Whitefish, Montana as a kid, I had bear nightmares of them stalking outside at night, didnt want to sleep outside of house. So I had no illusions of bears and communing with them! Two Black Bear teens came into our picnic area in Glacier Park snatched some of our picnic goodies and ran into woods, it left all of us with amazing memories.
Unironically, smartest person in the comment section.
Grizzlies are a different animal. As a very young adult I worked as a gunner for MK (Morrison Knudsen) in Ak. I had to deal with black bears and both coastal and inland grizzlies. Grizzlies have a very difficult time co-existing with humans. We both tend to be hell bent on destroying each other. Believe it or not black bears are actually a bigger problem and are harder to deal with than their humpbacked cousins. You see black bears quickly adapt to human presence, Grizzlies never do. I’ve actually witnessed black bears take up residence under structures inhabited by people. Bears are bears, they are predictable right up until the time that they aren’t. Their strength pound for pound is tremendous compared to a human’s.
A combination of firearms and OC is good thing to have when in bear country, however most individuals don’t realize what’s happening until the animal is on them.
God bless!
even our strongest powerlifting strongman doesnt compare in strength to the smallest grizzly.. i guess only eating salmon and berries turns testosterone into pure steroid power lol.... im not sure if animals aside from humans possess test.
Does bear spray a better effective defense for grizzlies than sidearm? Or spray will make it attack even more and eventually need to be shot, hope one can react quickly to pull the trigger.
@@rrtds9378 Bear spray way better unless extreme wind. Bears sense of smell is its greatest asset but also it's downfall. Bear spray usually works immediately. Guns work but usually takes a few seconds and a few seconds being mauled by a grizzly is enough to die. Best to carry both just in case.
@@rrtds9378
I’ve never deployed OC on a bear however I have deployed it more times than I can count on humans and have also been directly hit in the face with it a couple of times. Pretty nasty. Nowhere near as bad as CS but every bit as effective as CN.
Unless an individual trains regularly with their weapons none will be effective in a stressful situation. If I had to choose between a firearm or OC my choice would be the firearm. But that’s me. Others might prefer the OC. I still live in bear country here in the lower 48 and spend hundreds of hours in the backwoods and wilderness areas of the Rockies. Where I live we just have black bears, the Grizzlies are east and a little north of where we are.
@@rrtds9378 Bears will set the land speed record getting away from the spray.They hate it.You need to practice putting it where you want it.Bears are very quick.
Spitting out the fabric must have been a pain in the ass...
shitting out fabric would be way worse.
This seems to be an example of how to win a Darwin Award. However, what I don't understand is, why did they have to kill the bear?! Bears don't only shit in the woods, they also eat in the woods. Place yourself in their natural environment, and you automatically become prey.
@By name & nature: It's always irked my squid humans will kill a wild animal for acting like a wild animal.
@@nerblebun but yet humans that act like wild animals are protected
The bear obviously has lost its fear of humans. Once a bear kills and feeds on a human, it must be destroyed. The Park Service can't take a chance with such a dangerous bear attacking someone else.
@@nerblebun And it’s always irked my squid why some humans would question other humans for wanting to protect their own species from other species.......... like bears do.........
Once they get the taste, they are more dangerous. Humans are way easier prey than any wild animal and the bear will take the path of least resistance for din din.
Very unfortunate indeed. Some learn, others never do..or have the 2nd chance to.
Bear just wanted a midnight snack, he only ate just one!
They're baffled That the bear did what God designed him to do. Eat you with a smile on his face? Really? Poor bear. He paid the ultimate price for somebody's foolish decision.
"did what God designed him to do"
Nonsense. That animal did what he evolved to do...eat, sleep, and make baby bears.
I've read reports by bear experts that a black bear and a grizzly will generally try to avoid people when they can, but if a polar bear pays any attention to you at all, he's trying to figure out a way to eat you.
This is why Native Americans kept camp fires lit through the night, slept next to weapons, & had a dozen wolf hybrids. Could have been a decline in prey animals during that time or was out competed by other predators. A machete would be the minimum I'd take camping. Even a primitive spear would be carved just incase. That's natural selection at work.
Next time don’t fart inside the tent while u slept and don’t ask for extra beans either
The bear was just craving fresh take out.
It's the ultimate contrast to think; in the mid 1980s while I was enjoying a peaceful life as a kindergartener...just a few states away...unimaginable horror was happening...
How you kill a bear for being a bear. Even if it ends up killing a person. That area should not be open to the general public without expert guides.
Yeah, expert guides know to stay away from places frequented by grizzly bears.
Who upvotes this drivel, are you a bunch of basement dweilling shtposters?
@@BootsEditor11 Wtf are you even saying?
most bears don't kill or hunts people. this one clearly does, so they can't risk letting him live. If they let him live he will still do it because he sees people as food. what's so hard about that to understand?
@BanDeano Bear do view us as food. Bear attacks happen every year because there are no laws in place that stop novice hunters entering their territories. And in a lot of cases trying to kill them for sport. Bears don’t leave there territories to hunt us specifically however if we enter their land then we are just a hairless monkey to them. If people stay out of their lands then these type of incidents won’t happen. I don’t support killing a bear for being itself. If a bear attacks a person in its territory then that person has every right to defend themselves even if that means taking the bears life. But if the persons life is taken that doesn’t mean we should now start a culling of the area to revenge that persons death. Stay out of their territories and this won’t happen.
I camped at Rainbow Point in 2017. The mosquitoes are more likely to eat you than the bears.
I would love to see pictures of Moore and May, before May was taken out for dinner, of course.
Members of the man-bun, granola brigade I suspect, to whom firearms are abhorrent.
Lol Biff and Muffy go camping....
Man bun granola brigade 🤣
This is a several decades old story. Don't you mean hippies?
@@minacat7929 : How about just "dumb asses"? Happy now?
@@henryrodgers1752 👍
Ranger: What would like for your last meal. Bear: human…….
Grizzly bears are highly territorial.
These campers were in his home range.
Also consider this. Hyperfacia is a bear eating three times more during Summer and Fall. They have to pack a lot of weight for Winter. Male Grizzlies are the perfect example. Fact.
Hyperfagia from the Old Greek verb fagein = to eat
A very true and significant fact!
"Food was not present in the tent" .
Except for 2 Ding-Dongs.
I watch bears withnother animals , Im amazed bears dont attack more humans to be honest , theyre a tiger / lion sized predator & you wouldnt mess with those
“Food was, in fact, present in the tent.”
~ The Bear
So a bear died because two people decided to ignore the warnings - how is that fair - my whole hearted sympathy goes to the bear 😞😞
You know you have a good friend when they are chasing a bear down with a tent pole for you.
I have to disagree with your take on no food being in the tent when clearly there was was unfortunately that food was a person.
Camping in Grizz habitat is like going to a bear chain restaurant and putting yourself on the menu.
Their home range being invaded from all sides ! 🐻
"Experts" were "baffled" but no one else was
Why is that bear punished for peoples stupidity
Agreed
because a human life is much more precious than a bears life. that is why
Gandhi said even a lamb is as precious as a human being
@@captainron1960 well Gandhi was wrong
@@fingersmcoy Horseshit.Not when we're in their habitat.Foolish thought.
Likely a combination of things: hungry, likely pushed by other stronger bears away from good food sources, possibly felt threatened and also brain damage.
Ursus Arctos Horribilis, the American INTERIOR Grizzly Bear...one of the most ferocious animals on the planet. More aggressive than they northern cousins, brown bears, thus the word " Horribilis " added. Anyone to go into their lands without some type of serious protection is stupid, period. They strength, power and speed are unimaginable. Portable electric fences are easy enough to carry in and setup, and generally are a good deterrent. Each camper should have a minimum of a large WORKING bear spray canister, and be familiar with its operation ( practice, practice...PRACTICE) Where legal a firearm should also be carried....there's an old saying that everyone should be familiar with " I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6 " but you always follow the law..
Yeah, right! Bear spray is going to stop o 1,000 pound grizzly! Get real! You want protection? then carry a 44 magnum rifle or hand gun. THAT'S PROTECTION!
Ken,
I Always follow the law ( when they're watching me ).
The rest of the time ...
I remember when this happened. After the authorities had a chance to investigate this a bit more, turns out the two men had chicken for dinner that night, and mr May wiped his hands on his T-shirt. He smelled like chicken. That what the bear was smelling when he tore into the tent. At least that is what I remember hearing about this incident.
And now we can never ask the bear if it thought he tasted like chicken too...
Back in 2018, all by myself I hiked the entire Yellowstone National park, from the north east entrance to the south entrance, took me 15 days of hiking and sleeping in remote campsites. I will never forget the night in campsite 6Y6 in the Thorofare, a grizzly came to my campsite and started growling outside my tent at 1am in the morning, it did that for maybe 30 minutes. Maybe I am crazy but I thought this was cool. This was the best hike I have ever done in my life, the experience was incredible, so happy I had this amazing opportunity to see such a beautiful place so few people get to see with their own eyes
Won't be long, and you will be a meal too
I wouldn't press my luck if I were you unless you did have a 45 or a 44 in your hand or at least tucked-away conveniently that's the situation with wild animals is you never know if they're the one or you're the one wild animals are unpredictable and hardly ever seen or heard if they're going to attack you if they're in the mood for a meal with a little Bushcraft knowledge you can put up alarms on the perimeter of your campsite and always keep a fire burning in front of the tent even with that there's no guarantee but I understand that is the excitement of being in the wild
"1am in the morning"
As opposed to 1am in the afternoon? Dumbass.
Putting a sign up that says camping is not recommended is kinda pointless, either it's permitted (in which case it should be safe) or it's prohibited if there are bears in the area that might cause harm. Saying "not recommended" does not achieve anything.
I live in Idaho.
I'd be interested to see how many more incidents have happened since this old reel. It happens all the time. Usually the 'victims' are tourists from California, Washington, Oregon, Germany or China... seriously. Warning sheets are handed out right at the front gate in all languages. They are all idiots basically. They fall in hot pools, get gored by bison then of course there are the bears. The rule of thumb is if it's a grizzly? Drop, cover your neck and play dead. They usually only want to dispatch the threat. A black bear that attacks you? Fight for your life. A black bear mostly attacks because it sees you as a meal.
Oh Idahole? How unlucky for you.
@@kathismith7441 clearly you exist in one of the overpopulated shitholes that I mentioned... Kathi with an "i". Enjoy your commute tomorrow... assuming your employed.
Well put and good information. I totally agree. And you're right on point as what you say falls in line with science and is good sound information to keep in mind.:)
@@kathismith7441 , Ever actually been to Idaho? Has some awesome places. Did you know the biggest Grizzly ever killed in the U.S.was in Idaho. By accident. Hit by a high speed Harley racing down the mountainside hit the bear breaking its neck. Buckled the bike in half. Check out " Harleys are only good for ONE bearhunt."
@@donniehubleythebrokenartis7544 😊 thx.
These Park Rangers need a lesson as to what is "food" to a 600 lb. grizzly bear.
I will never camp in bear country, nor hike or fish either. Im glad where i live there are no bears. They scare the shit outta me, and ive swam with gators and owned a cheetah for a while.
You owned a cheetah for a while... I'm not gonna ask.. tf 😑
that's why any hiker/camper needs to be educated on proper handling/storing of food, scent control, wearing bells on clothes, tent site strategy, and most important....always have a weapon.
Weve traveled from mexico to Alaska in our van camping in remote areas. 2 words, Shotgun & DOG. Bear slugs in the shotgun & the dog to wake you up in time. 😁
Bear, "where's the bread, I wanted to make a sandwich"?
This is why we always camp in a camper. We’ve had it rocked by bears fresh out of hibernation before. They can’t get in, but sometimes they try. That’s not a safe time to camp. They’re hungry and unpredictable. After a few months of foraging and building up fat they’re a lot “safer” to be around.
My heart goes out to this poor woman’s family. I truly hope that they can find some peace with this tragedy. It’s a horrible way to go.
bears can rip a door right off its hinges if it wants to.
@@dave-yeahthatsme3925 Clearly they can't, since I've distinctly heard them try. Maybe an OPEN door they can, but not a closed, locked and bolted door.
@@marksalver1765 clearly they can't? How is that clear? It gets pretty murky when there are 1000s of bear breakins a year. I had some chocolate in the trunk of my car, the bear broke through the window and when he realized the goodies are back in the trunk, he removed the back seat of my car, which is welded to the chassis. Peeled the metal back like an orange. He had more trouble with the chocolate wrapper.
If you are camping in a place where bears regularly try to break into your camper you'd be an idiot, but methinks you're just a liar.
@@marksalver1765 please man. Go tell that bullshit to someone that will believe it. Any camper door would be ripped off in an instant if one wanted to. Ive seen some doosies but this idiotic comment takes the cake.
@@marksalver1765 lmao...idiot..a 2 second search shows a ton of photos& stories of Bears ripping apart trailers..ffs. But keep living your in your own stubborn mind..probably a Liberal. Hope he gets in next time.
A *popular* campsite that had warnings posted that you're not advised to use it?
So much for Bill and Ted's wild Adventure. People should really stay in hotels if they are not sure how to properly prepare them selves.
Poor kid, and so sorry for the loss of the Bear .
1.Stay in a hotel...
2.Never bring a tent pole to a Bear Fight
3.Stay home with parents until you know how to take care of yourself, out in the wild !
What gives? I mean a paper-thin tent should have been enough to stave off a 1000 pound hungry grizzly.
Bears will adapt and hunt anything it’s amazing
Me reading sign: warning grizzly bears are present in the area. Me: well hello Tom can ya leave the light on for me?
Guess it must have been dark when they got into the campground and they missed seeing the warning sign. Or they were like another guy I know that always says the bears won't bother you. Either way, the bears have no where else to be other than their next meal. And after seeing the damage they can do high up on the side of a tree or seeing the size of a grizzly paw track it would make most people think twice.
It's a grizzly bear, it's what they do.
This looks really old. Why is everyone arguing over it? Bears rule the forest. Man rules the city. End of subject.
Not true..although the forest is home to wildlife.....it is to be shared by humans too
I would never wish to hurt a bear but I would also never go to bear country unarmed, that would be simply foolish.
Why euthanize the Bear? Euthanize the guy who lived for not knowing better than to camp in notorious Bear country.Damn, humanity is upside down.They were in the Bears habitat.
Your comment is upside down. A bear can't defend our country or turn on the heat to your home. Make your a Sammy or rub your back. Humans are Devine as are the bears but we are king. Humans. Fuck that bear
@@deezsquuezeorg wannabe ₩|&&£》
@@deezsquuezeorg Hey Vanilla Ice's bad dream, what if somebody came to your mommy's house where you live and gunned down your mangy mutt pit bulldog? I bet that would be different.lol You hippity hoppers make me laugh.You think your some OG and you wouldn't last 5 minutes in the real world.Keep drinking the snoop dog pee flavored kool-aid.lol
"Food was not present in the tent."
The food was in the tent, sleeping.
Quit killing these bears. Go into bear country,live by bear rules.
A bear that kills a human will stop hunting anything else man is easy prey
@@Mrinthewind haha..bullshit
Bears are natural predators. They do what nature designed them to do. Dimwitted people should not put themselves in harm's way, in the bear's home. Then they act outraged and surprised. What did they expect?
“The bear was given a lethal injection”
Hopefully it was a lead injection- but really bears like this should be made an example of, and by that, of course I mean chain it up in full view of the other bears, show the bear pictures of the tastiest looking humans posing in the most alluring and appetizing manner- then beat the hell out of the chained bear every time it looks at the pictures with that ravenous twinkle in its eye
Cheaper than injection, and could really help the bears as a community learn
PATHETIC! where are bears supposed to live? F you and every other human who thinks that all of the wilderness is for people only..it's not! Your ridiculous notion of punishment wouldn't/doesn't work on humans, let alone wild animals
Huh? Bears aren’t that damn smart. They just wonder around, kill and eat then take s big shit and repeat.
It's ridiculous to kill the bear for being a bear.
if they don't kill him he will attack people in the future. most bears don't see people as food, this one apparently does
Wildlife Experts? hahaha. Fu
The media: American Grizzly bear, a ferocious predator!
Also, the media: Why did this American Grizzly bear eat this camper? 🧐🤔
Carry a gun with you in the backcountry were weak race without steel and gunpowder
How about staying out of there habitat?
Sorry i love the outdoors. Been canoe camping for 20 years never had to shoot a predatory animal yet . But have protection incase
Guns aren't allowed in national parks.
@@backcountrycanada Serious question, what's your take on big foot ? ?
Ever see one or hear one??
@@derickchristensen3219 : Please educate yourself and stop spreading dangerously false information. 18 USC §930 prohibits carrying firearms into any NPS BUILDING.
Carrying firearms in the field is OK.
That could possibly be the worst way to go out, getting ate alive by a Huge Grizzley Bear
ummm apparently people are bear food ............. what we do need along with bears , wolves , sharks , alligators and any other predators that eat people are .......... tyranasaurus rex's , we need to find a way to bring those back so they can eat people also .... just kidding , i say get rid of bears and wolves , we dont need them ..... we can start eating all the animals that they would eat and they would die from natural causes , diease/starvation whatever ..... we don t need shit that eats people
I use to like hiking with my family but now knowing more, it is making me hesitate. We can't enjoy nature if we know there are these bears and wolves put there.
Brilliant!! Mankind needs more deep thinkers like you!
@@mildred2109 They have been there for eons. Animals, even predators have suffered many times the loss of numbers form humans than we have to them. Predators are a important and necessary part of any natural and healthy ecosystem! Don't think yourself so special, that all the predators drool when you walk past. Lol
You know when I was a kid my grandparents brought us grandkids to Yosemite. When hiked over 12 miles in and set up plastic tube tents. I had my own tube tent. and the food was roped high into a tree.. in the late night hours when all asleep a bear came into camp sniffed my tent inches from my head. I was so scared I did not move and I could see his shadow outside my tent.. I just went to sleep and he never attacked us.. He did rip the food bag out of the tree we discovered soon upon awaiting in the morning. We had no breakfast or food and had to walk the 12 miles back to car and food... it was crazy!! We were lucky...
Stupid, but lucky
That's lame that killed the bear
It is sad,but once a bear gets a taste for human flesh they won’t stop.
@@AkChiVibes thats more urban legend and an excuse to kill a prime apex predator only because it is doing exactly what is in its nature to do.
@@crazypath573 That has been my experience from living here in Alaska. Ask ANY Park Ranger. They have to be put down.
@@AkChiVibes Agreed. Some bears could suffer from mental disorders and attack simply out of hostility. But this bear certainly was hungry and would've preyed on other humans as well if it hadn't been euthanized. If this incident occurred in autumn, then this couple shouldn't have been camping unprotected in bear territory, since this would be feeding time before hibernation.
@UCyFCP5D1trxxGWhOPHNLQqg I know exactly what Bear you’re talking about lol.
What year was this? Does anyone know?
THIS WHY YOU KEEP DOGS AND A SHOTGUN AND MAGNUM HANDGUN ALWAYS WITH YOU IN BEAR COUNTRY. I SPEAK FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE WHEN I HAD TO FEND OFF AND KILL TWO NORTHERN GRIZZLY BEARS IN 1991 .
Bear spray is crap...... Get a firearm
In all my years of sleeping indoors, in my home, in my own bed... I’ve not once encountered a hungry grizzly bear. I never was much for gambling, so no tents in rural Montana for me, thanks.