“Never run from a charging bear, even though your instinct is to run. This is a bluff charge. They are just trying to get you to run. They have a natural chase instinct.” -Scenic Bear Viewing
Absolutely heart pounding footage out of Alaska where a grizzly bear was in a full on sprint charging at a group of photographers before diverting at the last second as they yelled to scare it off.
Scenic Bear Viewing, an outfit that flies tourists from Homer to Katmai National Park and Lake Clark National Park to experience grizzly bears, says this isn’t the first time this type of charge has happened in their 10 years of operations and advices you hold your ground if a grizzly decides to make a run at you.
With nerves of steel, they heeded their own advice and thankfully this encounter ended peacefully but goodness gracious was that ever a scary situation.
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Never run from a charging bear, even though your instinct is to run. This is a bluff charge. They are just trying to get you to run. They have a natural chase instinct.
Don’t get close to bears in the wild. Make sure you have an experienced guide with you! We do not get closer than 50 yards. These bears came to us.
We have been Bear guiding for over 10 years. This happened a few days ago, and it’s not the first time. We are trained exactly for this situation. We are a professional bear guide operation. Although we will try to avoid this at all costs.
In this area, the bears have been visited by humans for over 30 years. It’s a part of their daily lives in the summer to see us every day of their 20-25 year life. These bears are not fed or hunted by humans. No harm is being done to these bears and we want to keep it that way. We take photos of the bears and leave no trace. We want the bears to stay protected. There has never been an attack in this area in the 30 years people have visited. We follow a strict set of rules while guiding and bring protection.
-Scenic Bear Viewing
