Grizzlies stalking hikers on video

[CWSmith]

This made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Two grizzlies stalked a small group of hikers for 20 minutes remaining 10 to 15 meters behind them on the trail.

It's from Field and Stream:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/travel/watch-giant-grizzly-bears-stalk-hikers-in-canadian-national-park/ar-AA1gTy1v?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=87749e3a59054bdf95a591c1accc803f&ei=76

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

It's different here....

[Bill Fisher]

LOL!! I shouldn't have played that at work, now everyone is looking at me....
(my kind of humor)

[George.]

Nicholson was the only person carrying bear spray. At one point, the smaller of the two grizzlies bluff charged the group. "From my training, I know that that is a normal thing," Nicholson said of the bear's bluff charge. "The best thing to do is, of course, to stay calm and keep a slow, slow pace, so that's exactly what we did."

Fancy that. 20 people meet 2 bears in the woods and nobody gets mauled and nobody gets shot.

[TerryLL]

Fancy that. 20 people meet 2 bears in the woods and nobody gets mauled and nobody gets shot.

Not unusual. The best defensive activity in bear country is to travel in a group. The larger the group the better. A single hiker may have had a different outcome.

[George.]

The best defensive activity against any large predator is to be in a group. It has been so since we climbed down from the trees.

[JimD]

Near Moraine Lake, next to Lake Louise, probably the most photographed mountain lake in Canada. Been there a few times.

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[Ralphie Boy]

Fancy that. 20 people meet 2 bears in the woods and nobody gets mauled and nobody gets shot.

So insightful!

[CWSmith]

A friend of mine spent a few years living and working in Alaska. Where he lived, a hike meant carrying a gun.

He told me of the time he came over a rise and found a decapitated moose on the trail, still warm, and knew that the grizzly that took it down was in the brush watching him. He backed away slowly and left the area, never saw the bear, and never had to use his gun.

Personally, I appreciate that they exist and I am content to see them through binoculars. Thirty feet behind me and dogging my trail is way too close for comfort.

[skuthorp]

Humans never like being part of the food chain…………….

[John Meachen]

Humans never like being part of the food chain…………….

I suspect its not only humans....

[TerryLL]

The best defensive activity against any large predator is to be in a group. It has been so since we climbed down from the trees.

Gee George, what a novel concept. Do you ever read the thread before you post?

Nope? Thought so.

[skuthorp]

Am I banned? No 'new post' on the top of my page???

[TerryLL]

Am I banned? No 'new post' on the top of my page???

You seem to still be with us.

[skuthorp]

I had to log out and log in again……….