Watch black bears chase tourists at Yellowstone National Park

[Liberal_in_LA]

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Sightseers in Yellowstone National Park got an up-close look at a family of black bears — probably a little too close for comfort.

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks posted this video on Facebook.

The black bear and her cubs found themselves in the middle of a bridge among a large group of onlookers.
http://wgntv.com/2015/05/09/watch-black-bears-chase-tourists-at-yellowstone-national-park/

[Ex Lurker]

1. Idiots NT.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. not sure if it was their fault. the ranger is w them, telling them to run

[alphafemale]

4. A ranger would never tell anyone to RUN from a bear.

Are you out of your mind? At the the end of the video you can see the Ranger had stopped on the bridge with the people that weren't idiots.

[alphafemale]

3. They WERE NOT chasing anyone.

One small group of shrieking people escalated the situation.

They should never be allowed to enter a national park again.

Most of the people reacted calmly to the situation.

[okasha]

5. Most of the people did exactly what they should have done--

walked away slowly and quietly. At least the screamers didn't get between mom and her cubs. They broke the first rule of behavior in any natural setting, though: do not stress the wildlife.

[haikugal]

6. I was amazed at the lack of sense exhibited by people at Yellowstone. Most were ok but damn...

[olddots]

7. I support the right to arm bears

[imnew]

8. By the sound of the article

The bears were not on in the road or on the bridge at first.
They might have been off the road some where and people driving by stopped to film and take photos
of the bears.

This is what happens when wild animals get used to humans

[JonLP24]

9. My mom & grandparent has often retold a story

where they were at Yellowstone and there was bears 3 of them charging toward them. She got in the car without being told to but the problem was the golden retriever stayed idle barking away had to be ordered several times before hauling him into the car. I don't think she remembered Yellowstone as a kid but she remembered that bear story very well.

[newfie11]

10. People do the same thing here with buffalo

Idiots is right. They get out of their car to take a picture or some unknown reason and are charged and in some cases gored.
Every year a tourist is injured. Keep in mind the head of some of these guys is the size of my car door.
I've never understood this mentality.

[BreakfastClub]

11. It seems less like chasing...

and more like the bears are thinking, "where is everybody going? I better run too!" I found it slightly amusing, except, yeah, they're bears and I guess they could rip your throat out, etc. Stupid humans.