Katmai bear & cubs encounter (708 Amelia), Bear Selfie!!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Monday July 5th, 2021 at Katmai National Park, Brooks Camp. Momma bear (708 Amelia) walks the Brooks Falls trail with two 2-year cubs and I got a bear selfie. Once we saw them approaching, we grouped up and pushed off the trail as best we could. By chance, most folks were behind me and I couldn't really push back off the trail much further. It was breath taking to have such a cool encounter with these beautiful and wild animals.
I would never ever EVER let my child get that close to a mother bear. It’s almost like asking for it.
This particular place hasn’t had an incident except for a bear that knocked someone over accidentally. If there’s any place that’s safe to view brown bears, Brooks falls is the place to be. They’re so hyper focused on the salmon run they don’t have time for anything else. They also don’t associate humans as threats or as food in this highly controlled park.
Now you know how the mama bears feel about humans! Shes just protecting her own youngins also!
I was thinking the same!! 😱😱😱
Reviewing people's comments really shines light on how naive, a lot of people are. In Yellowstone NP, and Glacier NP, and many many, more places if I recall correctly from memory. When you leave the domain of people, and you chose too trek, hike, bike, skateboard, or stroll, plus do any number of other activities in nature. You are, I say "voluntarily" choosing to do it. On your "OWN". No one is forcing you to do it. There is usually no one guiding you, unless you pay them too. My point is this. These Parks, and remote locations, places unique in nature, are still basically the way they were created. Except for a few comforts, amenities, that we as humans have provided, they are unaltered. Some of the comments below made no sense, what so ever. As the person or persons? Who made them obviously had no clue of what they the individuals in the video clip were dealing with, or where they were at the time. Please forgive me if I seem rude, outspoken, or unkind? I'm not trying to be that way. In light of the previous video, I just wanted the other people, too realize, how exceptionally fortunate those people, and there families were, in thier encounter with the Bears.
Again I Thank You for your Video.
Pure luck or God watching over you, she could have easily ripped the heads off of everyone.
Except bears don't just go around doing that for no reason.
@@skeletalsimon see my reply here
You people are way to close to the bears. It’s a good thing that momma is tolerant of humans. No selfie is worth to a bear or human.
I would love to go to Brooks Lodge. Between McNeil River and Katmai are the two places that people can get near the coastal brown bears. I envy you.
It is amazing how many people have not at least googled Katmai before making stupid comments.
Amelia and her big cubs! Amazing experience, Katmai definitely on my bucket list.
That's it....keep the kids in the front....LOL
at 0:25 it looked like the bear was displaying the early stages of aggressive behavior, or at the very least starting to consider the people as a threat, which may be why the group started getting louder, because they could also sense it.
Very very beautiful Animals, thank you for sharing your video with us! 👍🤗
Come on viewers! I agree with Sue trubit a commentor below. Let's quit being so judgemental, on the encounter? The Bears, Amelia n her cubs, and the hikers and the spectator's are sharing a mutual trail or path in the encounter. By the look of it there was very little room too allow right of way. This I mean by both parties! Thank God in the outcome it turned out the way it DiD. FYI and by observation I think this proves that animals in nature, and generally, will abide, and co-excist with us when we allow them too. Great 👌👌 video you got there "Man", and Thank You for sharing it with US. Wyo, Robert, 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸👍👍🌈🌈🙏🙏😎😎
It's breathtaking. Yes, the mother almost took them from the group.
Wow, that size on live cam and actual encounter looks so different. these yearlings do not look like 2.5 years old at all over here, but actually they are.Amazing ..... lol idk Jake Gyllenhaal recording this. anyway Thx for posting :)
🤔Courage, or Fools???🐻💀🐻☝️
Fools.
Let's ask ourselves, if someone is is in my house with my children. What would I do? Most assuredly I'd do my best to kill that person.
These people are complete fools!
My goodness, everyone is a judge here. Nobody is encroaching, just walking a marked path that happens to be the same path the bear and her cubs are walking. No point running away, that would make things worse. Getting off the path as far as you could, was the wise move. It was a crazy encounter that 'could' have gone one of two ways. Thankfully it went the good way. Great video! And if you're not fazed by the bears, I'm sure the negative comments won't be of of any concern.
godamn fools
Good it was sweet Amelia and not Grazer.
You endanger the bears who will pay with their lives if they attack because you were so ignorant to encroach on their space and act like you’re in a petting zoo.
You've obviously never been to Katmai National Park and don't know what you're talking about.
And didn't read the video description
The Nomad, Amen!!
Why are the little kids right in front?! 😱😱😱
Easiest to push down while running away
@@skeletalsimon Omg!! 😅🤣🤣
My mistake, she was embracing another younger boy.
With all due respect you were fortunate. You could not have stopped that mother bear , had she attacked. And she is would be doing what we humans fail , by protecting our younger ones
We were well equipped to stop the bear and did not go to Katmai underprepared. We were thoroughly vetted and cleared by the Park Rangers who were also present.
@@skeletalsimon The bear was 10 feet from you and kids.you were not equipped for jack shot! Once within 10 feet it’s over if she decides to attack ! you have zero chance !
youre an idiot
Okay don’t attack me for saying this but I was wrong about this situation and I apologize for what I said initially. I have since learned that these Grizzlies become habituated during these times of the year and commonly come close to people on these trails without incident.
It's amazing with how much authority you comment and throw insults at people with no idea what on Earth you've been talking about. You should go back and read your original comment. Very cringey.
Thank you for your apology. You should delete your initial comments. As a reader who stumbled across this page in my research about Katmai, I almost stopped scrolling before I saw this little footnote.
Wow
There are no victims only volunteers...
Are we supposed to be so loud and yell at grizzly bears? I know we should toward black bears..Shouldn't we just keep calm and quiet until they leave? The men in the video sound so loud and annoying even to me. lol Don't trigger bears in order to protect them and humans. I love bears and nature but after watching and reading how dangerous and strong grizzly bears are...I can't go to Alaska.
According to the Katmai National Park Rangers, yelling/shouting/clapping are appropriate in this scenario when a bear walks up on a people hiking trail so that the bear is aware of people presence throughout the entire time they are in proximity. Trying to avoid any surprise of where people are and stay obnoxious so that the bear wants to leave.
@@skeletalsimon Great info, thank you. but the bears were already so aware of humans when men were yelling at them. It might have been different if it was a huge male bear...you get too scared to yell..haha
Why was that grown woman backing off, BEHIND the younger person?
Children run slower than adults. If a bear attacks you push down the child. It's common sense.
@@skeletalsimon Oh now its time to make jokes. This video sucks ass!
Are these groups guided by a ranger? I’m assuming that’s what you’re supposed to do when you encounter a grizzly: group together & make loud noises?
There are rangers around the park, but they're not escorting groups around or guiding or anything. When you arrive at Katmai you check in to the ranger station first and go through a bear training. The rangers advise that bears often walk the people trails out of convenience. All you can do is group up and step off the trail to let it pass.
@@skeletalsimon very cool. Y’all were so calm & clearly paid attention to the bear training. Thanks for respecting nature!
@@dnali1077 To answer your question is that how your supposed to act during an extremely close encounter with a grizzly sow with cubs. This is a prime example on how you're NOT supposed to act! These people are fools!
@@dnali1077 You're about as stupid as they are for thinking they reacted appropriately. I feel like Im surrounded by morons!
@@WildlifePatrol oh no! You should definitely let the Katmai park rangers know their bear encounter training is not correct! You obviously know what you’re talking about because your youtube handle says Wildlife Patrol & you’re calling everyone fools. Thanks for educating us fools, including the Katmai park rangers! Doing an excellent service.
Grazer. And. Her cubs.
Amelia
Grazer would definitely killed all these fools!! She's known to attack her bear friends when she has her Cub's!!
People would definitely set her off.
No go away bear would get her to leave!!