Must See!!!! Huge Brown Bear walking past Brooks Lodge Ranger Station. HD

[charlosgibson]

im scared of your video, take it off youtube or i'm calling the cops playa jk lol

[jziban1]

Whooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaa­h!!!!!!! Great post, mate, thanks.

[mb1968ca]

@jziban1 Thanks, you are very welcome.

[66SiK]

I didn't realize how big it was til I compared it to the picnic tables behind it. That thing is huge!

[jazevox]

good thing the bear just went pass the cabin/house and not tried to get in to look for food

[ColdSideOfPillow136]

lol the man got no idea that a fucking thousand pound grizzly bear was walking 20 feet behind him  :)

[Tuxster3]

He wasn't very hungry, because he walked right by that ranger. =)

[66SiK]

It's like an everyday thang there. Fuckin crazy.

[chillaxer1993]

look ron a furry tractor!

[PRiiZEFallenRebel]

Be glad it wasn't pedo bear.

[woofinfinity]

Bears are foragers, I don't think he would have attacked that man unless provoked, too much of a hassle.

[seapeddler]

This will inspire Ford to make a 6WD Katmai F900.2 SuperDuty afterburner pickup. Will this be its' hood ornament?

[yamahakid450]

hes on the happy trail C:

[ferryvanextel]

would have pooped my pants if i encounterd that mofo walkin'behind me!!!

[LS1camaro97]

thats prolly the last time anybody has seen that guy walking up the road

[S4M4R1T4N]

I had a dream one of these about that size attacked me. It took me about a dozen 9mm to put it down.

[williamcbo]

Look at Yogi sniffing around for pic-i-nic baskets. Better not let Mr. Ranger catch you dude!

[EngrishSongs]

Thats Racist

[dragonette420]

Are you sure it isn't a grizzly?? looks like one to me

[mb1968ca]

@dragonette420 A brown bear is a grizzly, a coastal  grizzly to be exact. Coastal grizzlies because of the food available to them grow quite a bit larger than inland grizzlies, so they are called brown bears. Kodiak bears are also grizzlies as are the brown bears of Siberia and Kamchatka.

[dragonette420]

@mb1968ca You learn something new everyday!! lol. Thank you for replying to my question. :) love the video btw! ♥

[mb1968ca]

@dragonette420 My pleasure. Have a wonderful day.

[autoexec2000]

@mb1968ca according to wikipedia, grizzly bear is the same as north american brown bear or silvertip bear, which is a sub species of brown bear. I dont see how the brown bears of siberia and kamchatka can be grizzlies too, since they are two separate sub species of brown bears, even though they are probably decendents of the same type of pre-historic brown bear: the Ussuri. We have brown bears in norway too, but they are not grizzly bears. Why?

[mb1968ca]

@autoexec2000 According to biologists the inland grizzlies in Alaska and the ones in Montana and some other states are the same exact species as the coastal grizzlies of Alaska which are termed brown bears. And the brown bears of Alaska are the same exact bear as the as the ones you find on the Russian coast. The Kodiak bear also is identical although because they are an entirely isolated population of bears they were given it's own sub-species grouping.

[autoexec2000]

@mb1968ca ah.. so its actually wrong to have different latin names for those bears then, since they are biologicly the same species.. oh well, somene somewhere is wrong about something! ;-) (as far as I understood, even the latin name "horribilis" is "wrong", as the namer confused grizzly with grisly).

I've just always been confused about what bears that goes under the term grizzly bear, but I guess its clearer now.

[mb1968ca]

@autoexec2000 Even though the grizzly bear(Ursus arctos horribilis) and the coastal brown bears of Alaska( Ursus arctos) and the Kodiak bears of Kodaik island(Ursus arctos middendorffi) have different latin names at best the Kodaik and grizzly are sub species of the brown bear. But from what I am told if any of those breed with the other you stil have a brown bear(Ursus arctos), so I think we may be splitting hairs. What are your bears in Norway referred to,and how big do they grow?

[autoexec2000]

@mb1968ca The scandinavian brown bear is simply referred to as Ursus Arctos Arctos, which is the 'eurasian brown bear' that can be found from scandinavia to russia and mongola. There is an, "Ursus Arctos Scandinavicus", but the DNA is apparently not eunique enough to officially define it as a separate sub species. All my life I've heard it referred to as pecificly NOT a grizzly bear, and that grizzly bears live in north america. The males can grow to a maximum of about 660Lbs (300Kg).

[mb1968ca]

@autoexec2000 Are you very interested in bears or just curious about them.

[autoexec2000]

@mb1968ca hehe, no, just curious really.. although, they are superb animals, and always a hot topic in norway because of their conflicts with sheep farmers.. The original norwegian sheep knew how to defend themselves against predators, but the modern sheeps, bred for producing the most wool possible, only has the skill of running and breaking their legs. There has been some incidents where a bear has killed a whole flock of sheeps and only eaten their hearts because they are so easy to kill.

[mb1968ca]

@autoexec2000 Wow that story about the sheep, and the bear only eating their hearts! What is amazing is that we used to have grizzly bears here in California, even southern California where I live. Too bad they are all gone. Now we just have black bears left . The male black bears can grow to about 400-500 pounds but they are not very aggressive thank goodness.

[autoexec2000]

@mb1968ca but DNA and latin names aside, what I have understood to be the main difference, apart from the size, is the temper. Bear attacks in scandinavia are extremely rare, and only happens if you really bother a mother with cubs, while the alaskan brown bears are larger and a temper more similar to the north american bears. The other thing is that "grizzly" apparently refers to a color variation in the fur between brown and gray, while the eurasian bears are completely evenly brown.

[mb1968ca]

@autoexec2000 You are absolutely correct about where the name grizzly came from.If you ever look up any pictures of brown bears from Denali National Park in Alaska you will always see them referred to as grizzly bears and you will notice that they are noticeably smaller than the coastal brown bears.So in reference to your comment about temper there is a National Geo video of an inland grizzly scattering a bunch of bigger polar bears.So the polar bears also must realize this aspect of the grizzly

[lucifersgarden]

I'd literally shit myself.

[JacksInn]

Gentlemen....

[STsixx]

lol and nobody thought to yell to the guy right up the road, "hey! dude! death is right behind you!"

[Landoforpresident]

@STsixx lool that was just in my mind! anyway looks more like a kodiak bear

[British0Pixie]

@STsixx (lol) EXACTLY! I was saying the EXACT same thing as I watched the end

of this rubbish. I mean really. = /

Still, I would of shite meself if I was walking down that road and would of dropped dead

right there from a bit of fright.

[ktyfiend]

Scary stuff...I'd get the hell out of that area as soon as possible 

[townkevin59]

Atleast you weren't looking out your screened window of a tent watching that lumbering beast walk by, or you would need a fresh pair of underwear for sure!

[id493337]

What would of been really funny and a tad bit suicidal if the walker ran and jumped on the back of the bear and started riding it around.

[sdotsmitty89]

shit that guy is just standing out there with his back turned to it

[Langtry613]

AWESOME..

[leneyboo]

I'd poop my pants if that thing was outside my house.

[Slimer2x3]

DON'T GO INTO THE LONG GRASS!!!

...yes, that IS a Jurassic Park reference, lol!

[R3dT1g3rxS]

the dude at the end was like OMFG A BEAR RUN FOR IT

[TheGfg90]

I don't really know why, but i laughed my ass off with that bear walking like a boss

[myponiesmylifex]

there was a person walking aswell!!! OMG if i was walking and i saw a bear!!!......

[id493337]

@myponiesmylifex

You shouldn't run unless it start chasing after you, or else you would give it a reason to chase after you.

[myponiesmylifex]

@id493337 probably right :)

[theoriginalbillholt]

Did they get him from the pet store in the Mall? Oddly, I got a weird vibe just watching the video here in Upstate New York, and I'm no sissy. I've seen what a much smaller bear can do to a car door -- strip it down like a banana peel. If I'd been ahead of that teddy on the trail and seen it behind me, I'd have pissed my pants and called for my Mommy.

[mrliampep5i]

pedo bear approves

[lorileeky]

He's a big'un....

[benandrhonda]

Holy Hell..

[freedomrace1]

i carry a short 12g, the noise alone will send it fleeing up the mountain

[zelibober]

@freedomrace1 That is very wrong thoughts, if it will be in the range where it can see you and you will shoot you will turn it in to a crazy killing machine which will strike with full force. 12g is to week to kill it so you are doomed. You have to slowly back off and as long as it don't see you - run. Brown bears are very ppl friendly, smart and intelligent not like grizzly so usually ppl have nothing to worry about. In Ukraine bears often come to steel honey from my grand paps :)

[freedomrace1]

@zelibober Grizzlies are a subspecies of the brown bear and researchers who study bear behaviour here rightly state that black bears are most often timid, grizzlies are often aggressive. And when they need to 'put down' a problem bear, it's often done with 12g. Plenty of punch when loaded with 3" slugs. Every bear charge I've seen has quickly ended with the blast of any firearm. Bears here don't eat much honey. :)

[zelibober]

@freedomrace1 Don't want to get in to those kind of arguing but NO ONE IS HUNTING THE BROWN BEAR WITH AN SHOTGUN. Those slugs will be somehow effective on 20-30 fit range it is very dangerous distance. Usually ppl who going on bear shooting it from big distance with caliber not smaller 7.62x56. Even AK47's 7.62x39 not recommended ask any hunter, bear is not that easy target as you think.

[freedomrace1]

@zelibober you're right, it would be a poor choice of firearm for bear hunting. But, when did I say I was a hunter? I don't plan on engaging a bear at 200 metres plus, rather unexpectedly bumping into it on a trail at 30-80 metres or less, making my ultrashort 6lb 12g loaded with slugs the ideal firearm, equivalent to a .70 calibre weapon. Of course I'd prefer to NOT shoot the animal, and nothing compares with the muzzle blast from this shotgun.

[zelibober]

@freedomrace1 You are not getting my point. And the more you are writing the more i understand you don't know guns and overestimate power of it. Ultra short means less power, less accuracy. In 30meters with short barrel if you got lucky to hit the beat your slug will not make any serious damage to a brown bear. You are not realizing how hard it is to kill this creature. There is no such things as .70 caliber. Do not misunderstand caliber with bullet width it's totally different things.

[freedomrace1]

@zelibober i think you're defending your own strawman, which is why you're getting defensive. IN FACT I've hit targets at 50 metres with this gun, quite accurately too. no serious damage to a brown bear with a magnum slug?? r u kidding? you might want to tell that to bennelli who've created a slug gun for hunting. living in Alberta Canada, a hot bed of grizzlies and black bears, most research on bears was born here, and I've studied them. thanks for your advice tho ;p

[zelibober]

@freedomrace1 Ok. You do what you want and i'll keep it as i think is good. Hope you will never meet the brown bear in close and you won't have to use your gun and die :p

[freedomrace1]

@zelibober like I said, tell that to benelli who've made a slug gun for large mammal hunting. if a 1 oz slug can't kill a bear, or at least stop it, nothing can. this is what rangers here use to put down problem bears. i think your opinion ignores reality.

[id493337]

@freedomrace1

Could a 1 oz slug kill a mammoth?

[808Hea]

the most dangerious animals are the ones u cant see

[JStalin195]

at least it seemed calm and relaxed, just taking a casual stroll.

[Mrpracticaltactical]

Good thing that person down the road wasn't chewing on a turkey leg or eating some bacon. I would not live there, visit there, or even think about going there without at least a 45-70 marlin at my reach at all times. That thing looked as big as my car!

[tron19645]

YOGI COME BACK!!!!!!!

[misterbonzai08]

If you go down to the woods today... you better pack a Glock 17

[dahlberg123]

@misterbonzai08 - I wouldn't pack anything less than a .357, a 9MM just isn't enough even with +p loads.

[misterbonzai08]

@dahlberg123 There's too many syllables in Three Fif Ty Seven... it wouldn't make a good nursery rhyme.

[lorileeky]

@dahlberg123

That is why I carry my Pa Paw's Winchester 40/65

[TheRaellz]

@misterbonzai08 i suggest researching that before you end up like the few dozen people who thought the same thing. most bears that become man eaters have 9MM stuck in their hide that never penetrated. listen to what dahlberg123 says.

.357 does what 9MM cannot and then some.

[misterbonzai08]

@TheRaellz Researching what? Are we on the same wavelength... I am trying to crack a joke about nursery rhymes and you're going all G.I.Joe on my ass. Are you related to Sarah Palin?

[TheRaellz]

@misterbonzai08 sarah palin is for the extermination of wolves in alaska so i don't think so..

[cmb1400]

go feed him a peanut boi

[Argibon]

Nope, that bear was out on the town, tied one on came home drunk and she kicked him out look. :]

Great Footage guys, thks for sharing.

[strikername]

Must've felt unreal.

[mb1968ca]

The two dislikes must have been from Ranger Smith.

[grimlund]

That bear looked like it had been in a fight or something. Look at the left ear.

[intervention445]

YOGI! stealin picnick baskets from the campers

[Gh0stlyHous]

Where's the bear patrol!?

[mybluebelly]

See now this is why people get killed by bears, they neglect their own safety.

[Algonquin81]

The guy walking down the past looked like a Ranger. It's Alaska so he was probably armed anyways

[mb1968ca]

@Algonquin81 That was a Woman with the National Park service, but she carried no weapons. Only a few select Rangers at Brooks were permitted to carry firearms, and then only a pistol.

[Algonquin81]

@mb1968ca Thanks for the Correction. I was under the impression that anyone of legal age in Alaska was entitled to carry a firearm

[mb1968ca]

@Algonquin81 I do not know about the rest of Alaska, but Brooks Lodge is located in Katmai National Park, and in the park only officials are permitted to carry weapons. Also absolutely no hunting is allowed in Katmai, that is one of the reasons I suspect that the bears come so close to the people.

[Algonquin81]

@mb1968ca Oh ok, I knew hunting wasnt allowed. Im from Canada and the same rules apply in our parks, I just assumed rangers carried a 500 at all times

[JaleelJohanson62]

@mb1968ca For Christ's sake.... Why???? Are they afraid the Rangers are going to poach the bears if they have appropriate weaponry?? Such policies are absolutely ridiculous....

[mb1968ca]

@JaleelJohanson62 No, I think it is because they do not want or feel it is needed for Rangers to be walking around with shotguns and rifles. I did ask one of the Rangers at Brooks and he said that shotguns and rifles were available to them if needed but that they did not carry them around. I do not think that there has ever been a fatal bear attack at Brooks or any serious attack for that matter.

[JaleelJohanson62]

@mb1968ca My house has never been struck by lightening either, but I'm sure glad I have my TV antenna earth-grounded.....

[LeLeFRaiinO]

0:45 LOL imagine that person looking back XD

[ZekarPhoto]

The guy down the path lol. Hmm did I hear somthing.... takes a look, naaa nothing there la ta da de da not a care in the world.

[cobra29935]

Yogi!!!!!!

[HoodRobin1974]

@cobra29935 ahahah!!!

[goldeneyesofafrica]

Nice footage! Thanks!

[mb1968ca]

@goldeneyesofafrica I am glad that you liked it. It was a certainly a case of being at the right place at the right time.

[insidius87]

@AmolMuzz you're lucky not to have those tanks with fur coats, they would kill you at sight, black bears would just run away..

[cowboy2453]

i wonder what that person up the road would of thought if they turned around and that beast of a bear was behind them haha

[emilyj1987]

Need more rage...

[TheBourzoute]

Kodiak?



[mb1968ca]

@TheBourzoute No this was in Katmai National Park, just across the Shelikof Strait from the island of Kodiak. The bears in Katmai grow to similar sizes from the bears on Kodiak. Although I am told that the Kodiaks still grow a bit larger. I did visit Kodiak Island two weeks later.

[connor12345678bob]

yaba yaba doo

[UltimateThanos]

@connor12345678bob That's Fred Flinstone you putz! Yogi Bear say "Hay Booboo!".

[connor12345678bob]

@UltimateThanos true

[UltimateThanos]

@connor12345678bob Hay, I'm sorry I was rude.

[Diedhard]

wow the dude wasnt looking behind him that was luck man imagine if it saw him

[momheinan]

You think the GLASS is going to stop that bear from coming into the cabin? The DOOR? Guess again!!!

[JBicks18]

Annnnd the guy just chilling, walking with his earphones in has no fecking clue what's going on....

[t32fresh]

omg it woulda been priceless to see the guys face that was walking down the road probly woulda went a lil like this O.O *ok im slowly gonna walk away from the situation like nothing ever happen JK IM GETTIN THE FUCK OUT OF HERE*

[cabotribe]

hey Bobo!

[missmelman89]

OMGness....wow!!

[galveston19]

HAHAHAHAHAHHA! The guy in sport black pants it's like: HOLLY SHIT! *ruun*

[TheSerenityhuck]

holyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy shiiiiiiittt! dont fuck with him

[Jedtumble]

Good God! I'm from England and if something like that was wandering around in my woods  I don't think I could ever go outside alone again!

[SilentHeaven97]

Yep, definitly Carl.

[emersonvestal]

That dude walking on the trail had no idea!!

[lameKidification]

this video should be called: Meanwhile in Alaska...

[HaloGruntLover]

I can't imagine being that guy, stopping for second, then turning around. My heart would go through my chest.

[TSM8088]

Its like a passing automobile! Huge beautiful dominant animal! The bear knows it too..

[PrtHilBly]

He was just looking for his picnic basket

[mb1968ca]

@PrtHilBly That's funny. Did you notice that he walked right past the picnic tables.

[mb1968ca]

That particular bear was the dominant male in the area around the ranger station . He was just patrolling his territory. There is plenty for them to eat in that area so they leave the people alone. You would have to provoke them for one of them to attack you.

[chinary8]

Question; Is there a story behind this bear? Cause it's not like it didn't know you were there. It could have heard you and smelled you, and it SAW the one guy. But it was totally indifferent. Is that a resident bear or something?

[chinary8]

I take it you stayed inside that day....

[mb1968ca]

@chinary8 We actually had to go on to the beach at the lake later that day to catch our floatplane back to the little town of King Salmon.

[WiseInfant]

@mb1968ca Are you hiring I want a job there.

[mb1968ca]

@WiseInfant I do not live in Alaska I have just visited there, I live in California. But Alaska is very beautiful, and it is so big that you could spend your whole life exploring it. Not to mention how exciting it is to go walking through the forest with bears like that roaming around.

[WiseInfant]

@mb1968ca Ok can you arrange me an interview where you viseted in Alaska? I am willing to do anything. I will proudly scoop bear poop.

[mb1968ca]

@WiseInfant Sorry, I wish that I could but I have no affiliation with Brooks Lodge. You could always join the Park Service.

[potosi2]

u dont have to know much to tell thats a top predator

[vanhouten64]

OMFG that's a big ass bear!!!

[MrCheezified]

Ha! that guy walking had no clue

[700gsteak]

I thought it was going to attack that human.

[Heron001ful]

@700gsteak <if you leave animals alone than they'll not hurt you

[700gsteak]

@Heron001ful If only that were true that no human got attacked for minding their own business.

[chinary8]

@Heron001ful uh, that's not true.

[Heron001ful]

@chinary8 -- why?

[chinary8]

@Heron001ful because people get attacked by animals all the time. There's alot more too not getting attack than just not provoking or messing with them. It's best to be cautious and realize these things don't want to be your friend and you need to be aware they are around and act accordingly.

[Heron001ful]

@chinary8 -- Fuly right. Don't ever think you'll be save with wild animals around you, it's simply doesn't work that way!

[Heron001ful]

Respond to this video... -- that's a resident bear, clearly. -- if you don't wanna get hurt follow the instructions and don't mess with bears. Don't forget that they are not as stupid as you think they are. ;)