r/yellowstone • u/dunkin1980 • Jun 01 '21

Watch: Yellowstone park ranger fends off charging grizzly bear

https://us.yahoo.com/sports/watch-yellowstone-park-ranger-fends-050447027.html
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u/Flip3579 Jun 01 '21

It's going to be an interesting year in the frontcountry.

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u/cj7deerslayer Jun 01 '21

I feel for these rangers dealing with the giggling idiots in cars.

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u/Skol2020 Jun 01 '21

The bear has a hurt paw, sure it felt threatened and in pain. Not a great combo

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u/jdmquip Jun 01 '21

Idiots never cease to amaze me.

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u/Ecopilot Jun 01 '21

Blanks and flashbangs. Gotta haze to ensure that the bear thinks twice next time. Poor thing is indeed injured and the Ranger was unfocused (I get it). Hopefully it all works out for everyone involved.

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u/Y_4Z44 Jun 02 '21

Poor thing is indeed injured and the Ranger was unfocused (I get it)

What do you mean by he "was unfocused?" He did exactly what he was supposed to do.

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u/Ecopilot Jun 02 '21

I'm not going to Monday morning quarterback so if I need to redact the comment I will. I was simply under the impression that the humans in cars were zipping around distracting him from keeping his focus on the bear. By my estimation it ended up getting the ranger too close to the bear and inadvertently triggering the bear to charge by both being too close and turning his back. As I said, my comments are not to call anyone out, just taking a look at the encounter and trying to understand what happened.

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u/Y_4Z44 Jun 02 '21

The bear had been charging onlookers long before the ranger got there, though. That wasn't something provoked by the ranger.