Grizzly Encounter with Mother and 5 Cubs - Yellowstone National Park 

Amazing what GOD has created for us to enjoy. Let us give Him Praise & Worship daily.

Truly National Geographic level work.

Thank you very much for your nice comment. Bear jams are always entertaining because most of these people have come a long way to see a bear, and when they do, they throw all caution to the wind because they are so excited.

@@StanMills Hate to say it but I remember the excitement as a child for my family to drive to the dump to see the bears pick over the garbage. My family and I always read many books on wildlife. Watching the bears, there was often one person, always a man, who would get out of his car and attempt to hand feed the bears in front of all of the spectators is their cars. Of course I would never participate in this type of a scene now, but it was a different time then. We were thrilled to see the bears, as you stated.

@@heather-cz8yk I, too, remember this exact scene in Yellowstone back in the 1950’s. People were feeding bears and a bear cub walked up to my 5 yr. old brother and bit his closed hand thinking it held a treat. My brother wasn’t hurt and it made our vacation a memorable one. Watching the bears eating at the park dump was like watching a movie!

She's an old pro. Her strategy is to raise her cubs in the vicinity of cars and people to keep the big boards from killing them

@@PKShader You may be thinking of 399. This seems to be an unknown bear.

In my country we have a lot of attacks by islamic immigrants with knifes. Last week a police-man died in Mannheim (Germany) because of a knife attack. Humans are MUCH MORE dangerous than all bears together. .

Everything right including pepper spraying the bear? Where was this attack. If it's the one I saw a while back, I would not say he did everything right. But it seems like that one was more than a week ago.

@billsmith3250 he DID pepper spray the bear. Read the story. The bear grabbed it and it exploded in its mouth

He did not have time to use pepper spray, the bear bit into the can while attacking him.

@@donnazawacki3449 "Everything right would be either having the pepper spray easy to grab if you'll have time to grab it. If you're in say thick vegetation, or some other location where you might not see a nearby bear, then you should have the canister in your hand with the safety off. It is true that even under those circumstances, there is a very small chance that the bear will hit you before you can spray it. But it's a tiny chance. However, if you don't know much about bears, then the chances go up some. There are signs you should be aware of that could give you additional warning if you know them. I strongly suggest that people read Tim Rubberts' book Hiking With Grizzlies. There you can find out if someone did everything right. A lot of people attach the canister to the back of their pack, or worse, inside. You'll never have time to get to it if a grizzly attacks. But the bear might bite the canister. All that said, I don't know which bear attack this was. The one I was remembering turned out to be a black bear attack where the black bear actually ate the person after killing them. It was maybe a month ago. It's getting to be that your chances are sometimes better if a grizzly attacks you. Black bears seem to be getting less predictable by the year. At least grizzlies tend to be very predictable and rarely crazy like black bears have been in recent years.

It did I just got a news alert for it!

I agree!! Momma bear must be tired!

No. It's legal to carry a gun, but illegal to discharge.

Very good point. It is very depressing.

But this is not the mom with 3 cubs. I didn't realize there were 5 cubs until I looked at the video. Every thing was happening fast so I didn't have time to count the cubs.

Really, that is great. This is actually the first grizzly I have seen around in this open area here.

Don't see the big deal about moving things around. People always say it's nature leave it be, but human beings are ALSO part of nature & it's in our nature to want to explore & touch things!

I suggest leaving things in their natural place so that other people can experience the natural beauty of Yellowstone that is undisturbed by people as much as possible. I also suggest not stepping on grizzly tracks on a trail so that other people can have the experience of seeing them.

Thank you Stan for your respect for Yellowstone, your love of wildlife and the beauty there is perfection to me 💙🩵💙

These 5 are the most I ever seen.

Awesome! ​@@StanMills

Not true. Grizzlies almost always avoid humans. Stan was hiking in his usual respective manner and he was fine.

​@@michaelgutkoski6584 I think you miss read what he said. I don't believe, based on how I read it, that he said bears usually attack. I took his meaning that when\if they attack, they often circle around and do it that way. How true that actually is, I am not sure, but not the first time I have heard that. I would also note that outcome does not really validate the decision making that went into it. Yes, he, thankfully, was 'fine', but that does not mean it was a sound decision any more than crossing a road with your eyes shut and hands over ears is justified by the fact that one safely made it to the other side of the road.

@@RebelByNature I agree that a bear may circle - generally out of curiosity rather than malice. Regarding your analogy - poor choice.

@@michaelgutkoski6584 Making too many assumptions about a bear's intentions - poor choice. Yes, my analogy was intentionally exaggerated for illustrative purposes. The idea that one has engaged in risky, reckless, behavior and nothing bad happened, therefore, the decision to do it was sound - poor logic.

Maybe this video will help your perceptions. Thanks for your comments. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qe_N5ua6EU0.htmlsi=jGM1nanZjRY50Cjw

You cannot camp anywhere. You have to get a backcountry camping permit and camp in a specific campsite. I have always felt good and sleep well camping in Yellowstone. If you camp outside of the Yellowstone boundary, then you can basically camp anywhere without a permit.

90% of the time I solo hike. Been doing it a large part of my life. I have never had a bad experience with grizzly bears or black bears so I can only say things from my own experiences and knowledge obtained from them. I know a lot of people are against solo hiking and but have never done it. They seem to be the very people handing out advice on something they know nothing about. All I am doing is going out and exploring God's beautiful creation. Thank you for your comments and have a wonderful day.