Hikers encounter bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park

[RaytheGrayt]

Hikers: Hello bear/Hey bear
Bear: Hello sandwich

[Chad-sphq]

Hikers: go to the left
Bear: nothing will be left

[brianthesnail]

Two bears, they weigh 1500lbs, run 40 miles an hour, climb trees, can rip open a truck with their claws. I am glad I live in the UK sometimes.

[magnus]

Tourist: Hello Bear!
Bear: No thanks. I just ate 2 hikers a ways down that trail. I'm full.

[JamesLDurham]

I’m sure it’s been said, but bears love the easy walking trails as much as humans. It gets them from one place to another with ease, and there maybe opportunities for foraging on the way.

[davec]

Once in a lifetime experience etc., but in that moment I'd be thinking, "I could be at home watching TV, instead I CHOSE to go for a walk in a forest full of bears!"

[Lord_OTD]

Meanwhile in Yellowstone some idiots would’ve ran up to the beast and took a selfie 🤦🏿‍♂️

[em]

Anxiety level through the roof just watching this

[paulstewart]

When the bears huff like that they are not happy.

[garydouglas]

How close is too close? That is too close.

[mirkokraovac]

Love how bears act aloof, blind, never looking at humans, all the way tryna figure out how to end them all

[jolenecreech]

Did I hear that bear huffing? That’s not a good sign. Huffing and clacking teeth are signs of an aggravated bear.

[patricknesbit]

That is a young bear. Its head is big in comparison to the body. If it was fully mature and fully developed the head would appear slightly smaller. When I was a child I saw some absolutely massive grizzlies in Denali park with my parents that had pin heads in comparison to their bodies.

[OliverTrist]

I spent 5 days in Canada once. And, all I saw was a bloody hamster!

[DoggieFosters]

Awesome! I hope to make it back to the Brook's Falls area myself again one day.
The bears are so gorged on & focused on eating salmon during the summer, the humans around are just those odd 2-legged animals always walking slowly backwards.

[petersiegfriedkrug]

Very nice talk with the lovely bears. They were so well-behaved and look so cuddly.

[KINGACE]

Alternative title: "Bear encounters hikers..."

[gcruishank]

Did exactly what you should do. Don't run, talk in a calm voice. They probably had spray or firearms ready but even if they charge, brown bears usually bluff.

[enesdapo]

Remember: you don't have to outrun a bear.. You just have to outrun her ..

[DdDixon-eqnd]

That's why when I want to relax. .I go Hiking in bear country.. what a calm, peaceful and cereal experience.