Close encounter with a Grizzly Bear while biking in Jasper Alberta 

No some get eatin while filming

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Timothy tredwell didnt

Lol, any bear can easily run faster and farther than a horse, any horse and that is without the dead weight on it's back.

HOPE YOU HAD A BEAR GUN WITH YOU.

incorrect, the only reason you lived is because the bear allowed it and was not hungry. bears can easily out run horses for speed and with enough duration to catch them.

​@@Freeontheland2030 the horse is generally faster, not so much over short distances but much more stamina. With a rider can be different.

Don’t be so sure

I agree, he didn't seem aggressive but just wanted to get by me. I don't think moving anywhere would have helped I just wanted to stay still and make sure he knew I was a human.

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Not how bears work but ok

This bear was circling him and showing a lot of interest rather than running away. Being well fed is not whatever saved his life here.

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You can boost your position up a fair amount with an automatic rifle

I would love to hear your fear. Many people are too pretentious and deserve some fear inducing experiences.

@@johnnyfrankenstein0123 & yet you know your position without firearms

@@johnnyfrankenstein0123 Use bear spray first. Bear will stop on spot.

We are top of the food chain, because of our intellect and inventions. Man has killed literally everything that lives. Nothing else can say that.

Yes, that's exactly how it felt

@@pull_pitch6012 i'm glad that you are ok, great experience my friend

Me either! I'm in Australia and everybody, not Australian, says everything here is trying to kill you. They aren't. If you go hiking you wear boots that cover your lower legs and you regularly stomp to let any snakes know that you're coming and they'll get out of your way. There is nothing here like a bear that might attack. North Americans are in far greater danger going into the wild than anyone here is!

My fear would smell like BBQ... Serious.

@@stellalush4547 when I’m out in the woods after a few days I stink so badly the bears run away from me

@El Sucio Federali The point is to talk to the bear so it knows you are human and talk in such a way that it doesn't sound threatening. Obviously, the bear doesn't understand what I'm saying or that I'm talking in a kind voice, but it can hear that the tone is non-threatening. I stood my ground so that bear didn't see me as prey and I think the bear was a little nervous about approaching me as a result. If you act afraid, then grizzlies may see you as food but otherwise, they aren't sure what to expect and will steer clear 99% of the time. Would love to know what you think a person in this situation should do.

@El Sucio Federali I had bear spray in my other hand, if you read the description. I wouldn't face a grizzly without at least bear spray.

@@stellalush4547 I have body odour that apparently smells awful. Kinda like the weasel family or reptiles like snakes, lizards when threatened they musk which gives off such a bad smell it repels all would be predators. Mine smell so bad at times people and animals alike find it hard to be around me or near me, much less eat me lol. But the extent of which my scent could be that bad is usually quite rare. Or well, just not that often. I guess when I am anxious or afraid and I start sweating, alot, I would smell bad. So in situations like this where a bear or whatever that's after me would be not interested, in fact, it would be repulsed or put off by me instead.

Calm because the bear is not bothered him. it's not even on his trail. He stops and starts taking pictures and then wants the bear to leave his own feeding ground.

Yup one of the biggest fears in life getting mauled by a Grizzly with nobody to help and no escape

@@misguidedangel6550 who can help you when a grizzly bear is mauling you

@@pexoz2747 Your friend Smith and his buddy, Wesson, could always lend a hand.

There are bears all over Jasper. The last time I went to there, just on the drive to the town and back, I saw 9 bears. They're everywhere in Jasper. Just this past summer, the town was asking people to cut down their fruit trees because so many of them were coming into town to eat the fruit.

@@pexoz2747 Don't be an idiot.

Apparently thats what you do with them, talk softly calmly to them, and let them know where you are and slowly give way a bit, don't run or they will just chase you. And with black bears you have to be more forceful in your demeanor and language to them, still talking and letting them know where you are and give way if need be. Saw this in an intructual video, it made sense.

What exactly did he handle like a pro? He was cycling by, saw a bear grazing on vegatation, stopped and is trying to force him from a area he wants to be in. Should have passed up his photo op and cycled on leaving him allone.

how does food behave?

@@pokerman9108 If it has legs, it runs away.

Global warming and to much human activity is quickly messing Jasper up. Nowhere as beautiful and as pristine as it was in the 80’s when I lived there.

Jasper/Banff/Alberta Rockies are amazing. Used to always vacation there as a kid with the family and go on camping trips. Mountains were always so breathtaking

@@cherobinson6371 Yeah, I’ve noticed that myself. Nature is not strong enough to handle it all. It’s slowly getting worse and worse, especially because so many people are irresponsible as hell

Ok ranger rick... he did fine.

I was thinking the same. The bear showed no fear at all.

At around 0:20 looks as if the bear is going to proceed forward toward the guy but because he stands his ground the bear decides not to… I’m not an expert by any means just my 2 cents based of what I know about grizzlies

The best practice when you encounter a brown or grizzly bear is to slowly back off. But whatever works. Speaking calmly and quietly is also a best practice and he did that very well.

Dude was very close to a very horrible death.

He could be on you in 3 seconds if he wanted, but they're unsure of human's power.

Good joke sasquatch

It's called living in Canada bud. Bears wander into your neighborhood from time to time if you live in the mountains. Even deer and elk walk around downtown lmao. This guy probably had Bear spray. There are many trails that Animals and People share respectfully.

Don't live in Canada then where bears are....

Canada is the alternate US. Everything is slightly different but the same….

I've had encounters with black bears that had me continually watching for them afterward, during the hike. The craziest one, was with a cougar. Crossed his path in the snow. He wasn't 50 yards away. I carefully continued on. I was on about a five hour hike. I was constantly stopping and doing a 360 degree scan, searching for it. I could just feel that it was watching. I was hunting, so wasn't terrified or anything. Sat and had lunch, at one point, and watched for it everywhere. Never once spotted it. Continuing on my hike, i made my way back down below, from the mountain/hill i had been on most the time. I was hiking upward when i crossed the cat. Now, back down below, i eventually crossed the bush road and did a long hike on the other side. I did a big loop, and i froze when i cut my own track again. There, walking right alongside my tracks in the snow, were cougar tracks. No way was it a second cat. I followed my tracks back out to where i crossed the road, and sure enough, the cat had followed me the entire time. But it was out of curiousity, probably wondering wtf i was doing walking through his territory. It's den would have been on that hill somewhere. There were rabbits everywhere, and plentiful with deer too, so it would never go hungry. But it was an eye-opener, as to how stealthy they can be. It was there the whole day, and i could sense that. And even scanning for him through the whole hike, knowing he was watching, i couldn't spot him once.

You probably have a better chance of survival this way as oppose to yelling and being aggressive

Hey sure could it destroy you in minutes but at the end of the day it’s just a bear…people act like they’re demons…

@@christianb8228 I agree

52 of you clearly dont know how to encounter a grizzly. You are supposed to be calm, being polite gives a calm voice. Try yelling or being aggresive like an idiot at a grizzly and youll not love those animals so much. As for black bears, those bears you need to be aggressive with and yell.

​@@marcinspace Uhm you are wrong, the guy was not trespassing in the bears territory, wasn't hungry, or just didn't have cubs, if this guy did trespass or the bear was hungry/had cubs the bear would of f'ed him up. Doesn't matter if you try to "calm voice" that don't work, the bear would either chase the person away or the bear would attack the human. Most bear attack's are mostly fatal (grizzly's.)

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As a tourist I took a shortcut ( on foot) in Chicago just as it grew dark, this video reminds me of the fear I experienced from my stupid decision, that’s where WE need to carry, I was un-armed.

That circling looked like a flanking move. Like he was looking for a good place behind cover to launch his surprise attack.

He'd already shit his pants. Why do you think the bear didn't attack?

I would of sounded like a 10 year old girl, camera woulda been dancing around as if in an earthquake!

Best thing would probably be to ride your bicycle out of there asap. Stayed there a long time, too risky

@@tumultuousgamer It's not good to appear like you're running away from a grizzly. That's what food does.

@@pull_pitch6012 yeah, but still it felt like you stood there too long. Scary! May be the terrain was not good for a fast ride on the bicycle, that's why..

@@tumultuousgamer Indeed, the trail was pretty technical and full of roots. It's not an easy getaway.

@@tumultuousgamer they can run as fast as a horse. He wasn't gonna outrun it.

yep...notice how bear never looked at his prey...just kept moving sniffing.... bear must have changed his mind

Sam I agree totally! Those damn bears are insanely unpredictable! You couldn't pay me to hike or bike that trail!!!

bear sightings are very common. bear attacks are very rare. stop being scared of your shadow, clownboy.

the bear saw him, mentioning scent is completely ridicules. If you knew anything about bears, its behavior showed that he was in its path, and he should have known to step aside and not stand in her path. The bear was confused trying to figure out how to get around him (because it´s unlikely the bear will just run somewhere it has not walked before). She was trying to find a scent of any other danger and something familiar to her.

depending on age I think black bear are more predatory on human

The white ones are the worst

Black bears are way more unpredictable.

Doesn’t seem to be sizing him up at all!

What is that supposed to mean I need to be scared ,oh please ,I'm past all of that tosh 😡

Far more dangerous than hiking in Grizzly country

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Good one Paul! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I thought the same thing.

Agree, probably the scent of a lady bear.

@@pam-gw6uk This bear IS a lady bear. Maybe sniffing out a gentleman bear.

Okay, I'm not a bear expert, but I read everything I can about safety in bear country. Biking is definitely a big problem, at least with black bears. Deer are their natural prey, and a mountain biker (or, for that matter, a fast runner) streaming through the woods is a very close mimic of a deer. If you believe that running away from a bear triggers their predatory response, then the same logic applies to (unknowingly) running or biking nearby a bear. ... I have hiked in black bear country (upper peninsula of Michigan), but I would never go jogging or biking there.

I had bear spray. Never enter bear country without it!

Why would anyone? I seriously don't understand why people feel the need to, especially with their kids and elderly relatives. Find a park without any apex predators ffs

@@ba8898 Wise! The food chain ALWAYS wins!

Scary!! I would never take my little ones out hiking without some sort of weapon. I know most national parks don’t allow guns which is stupid but I’d risk it & bring one anyway lol. & have some bear spray handy, always gotta be prepared.

its been proven that guns arent very helpful when it comes to bears

Not that you know everything. It's our planet, too.

Good comments Runn...

I pick door number three. Another viewer pointed out the Bear sniffing the air as she heads into the trees. Oh and T.Treadwell was tetched I think, whacko as in not all intact mentally. The movie Grizzly Man says it all. ☮

Interesting comment. What makes you think I'm tetched & "whacko"? Lol.

@@pull_pitch6012 NOT YOU! TT as in Tim Treadwell was wacko! Now you? You're too funny! You did everything right with the above bruin! 😊

Agreed 💯 %

funny how some of us feel more safe in places like this than in a city like that. experience

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Samuel you are too funny! I read all 455 comments and I like yours the most! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Just bear spray

It's illegal to carry a gun in a Canadian Federal Park. You can only transport a firearm, in a case, not loaded, in your vehicle.

@@kiYAKER741 fuck that

Able Rides: Everything you said is totally true! Look up Timothy Treadwell! He lived with Alaskan bears for years but one male grizzly ate him alive! Horror of horrors!!