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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsGrizzly not a fan of surveillance state:
Trapped Grizzly is Grouchy || ViralHog
ViralHog
Published on Jul 31, 2019
Occurred on September 21, 2016 / Whitefish Mountains, Montana, USA
"An award-winning outdoor writer and photographer, I captured this video while on assignment for Sierra Magazine documenting the expansion of Montana grizzlies into lands they hadnt inhabited in a century. This is the release of a 22-year-old male grizzly bear in Montanas northern Whitefish Range. Hed been getting into chicken coops that were not secured with electric fencing, a must in grizzly country.
Bear biologists set out a culvert trap for him, kept him overnight, drugged and assessed him with measurements, blood tests, etc. A grizzly had recently killed a local man who was mountain biking near the border of Glacier National Park and they suspected this might be the bear. This bear had been captured before and as a result, had a rice-sized microchip implanted under its skin. They read the chip and were able to look at records to compare the bears DNA to the DNA of the killer bear. In the end, it was not the same bear. Consequently, he was released the next day in a more remote area with fewer troublesome temptations.
I expected him to bolt into the creek and set my camera up accordingly. But he had his own idea which involved a bit of revenge on the damn humans with the audacity to trap him. Hes damn eager to get out and explodes from the trap as soon as the door is high enough. Then he almost takes my camera with him. Amazingly, the camera still works, though its now scored with grizzly teeth marks.
For more information and background, see my corresponding article in Sierra Magazine: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201..."
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ViralHog
Published on Jul 31, 2019
Occurred on September 21, 2016 / Whitefish Mountains, Montana, USA
"An award-winning outdoor writer and photographer, I captured this video while on assignment for Sierra Magazine documenting the expansion of Montana grizzlies into lands they hadnt inhabited in a century. This is the release of a 22-year-old male grizzly bear in Montanas northern Whitefish Range. Hed been getting into chicken coops that were not secured with electric fencing, a must in grizzly country.
Bear biologists set out a culvert trap for him, kept him overnight, drugged and assessed him with measurements, blood tests, etc. A grizzly had recently killed a local man who was mountain biking near the border of Glacier National Park and they suspected this might be the bear. This bear had been captured before and as a result, had a rice-sized microchip implanted under its skin. They read the chip and were able to look at records to compare the bears DNA to the DNA of the killer bear. In the end, it was not the same bear. Consequently, he was released the next day in a more remote area with fewer troublesome temptations.
I expected him to bolt into the creek and set my camera up accordingly. But he had his own idea which involved a bit of revenge on the damn humans with the audacity to trap him. Hes damn eager to get out and explodes from the trap as soon as the door is high enough. Then he almost takes my camera with him. Amazingly, the camera still works, though its now scored with grizzly teeth marks.
For more information and background, see my corresponding article in Sierra Magazine: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201..."
Contact licensing@viralhog.com to license this or any ViralHog video.
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Grizzly not a fan of surveillance state: (Original Post)
sl8
Jan 2020
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Cirque du So-What
(25,939 posts)1. Don't mess with Mr. Bear
Good reminder of the futility of trying to outrun an adult grizz.
2naSalit
(86,634 posts)2. I remember that
I worked for the USFS at the time and it was one of our LEOs that was killed. Those bears are fast and when they decide that you're gonna get beat up, that's it unless you can be proactive, and there's little time for that even with warning.
Bayard
(22,075 posts)3. Bad idea to piss off a grizzley
sarge43
(28,941 posts)4. Especially if they don't have their morning coffee n/t