Giant Bear Casually Walks Past Tourists in Alaska's Katmai National Park

A massive brown bear casually walking along a hiking path in Alaska’s Katmai National Park on July 14 stopped and turned around when faced with a park sign showing the kind of animal populating the park – bears.

In this video, taken by park visitor Cara Siciliano, the giant bear strolls past her tour group as her seaplane captain is overheard greeting the creature, saying, “Hey, big boy!”

Speaking to Storyful, Siciliano said that she was walking down a path in the park with her friends when the bear suddenly appeared behind them.

Siciliano said the captain, who has guided trips in the national park hundreds of times, said he had never witnessed anything like this before in his life.

Credit: Cara Siciliano via Storyful
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[tylerhilker]

He just had to make sure his face was still on the sign.

[efree]

The bear was making sure his "employee of the month" picture was still on the board.

[jeremylloydgamboa]

Bear: *looks at photo of himself*

"Still got it"

[ego]

He turned around like "oh nah there's bears around here" 😂😂

[DarrenStarr]

Look how smart he was, he was lost, came looked at the map and headed off in the direction he wanted to go 👍🙌

[Harley]

Bear sees the sign: "Don't go that way, there's bears over there."

[sidkamble]

Given the amount of scars on his body, these are some truly lucky people that he wasn't in the mood.
What a behemoth. A true sight to behold.

[temujinever]

Man you can feel the immense power of that bear!!

[nachmanlebel]

He’s like oh there’s a Bear warning signs, it’s too risky, let’s just turn back and be safe

[zosmanovic]

"I'm still top employee of the month...back to hibernation"

[quienvive]

Man: "Hey big boy."
Bear: "Hey big sandwich".

[Wil_Dasovich]

Legends say he is still calling big boy and waiting for a response

[Ash_Wen-li]

If anyone's wondering why he didn't attack it's cause he was still full from the last tourists he had in the morning

[TacShooter]

He's just making sure they haven't replaced his picture with that of another bear.

[kgunitkeese]

I don’t know about the rest of you, but if I was less than 7 feet from a full-grown brown bear, my heart would be in my throat.

[Jesthomas]

Can't blame him. If my sandwich starts greeting me like "Hey human, hey big boy", I would rather walk away too.

[hammysmyths]

Bear: “Hey guys, this park is beautiful… what’s this? …BEARS??? I’m out.”

[allopez]

Bear: "Y'all are lucky I just had lunch."

[ryudragonpunch]

Bear: Hey guys make sure to pay attention to these signs, there are dangerous bears out here 🐻

[snipex]

This is the biggest proof that cameraman never dies