Surprised Hiker Catches Grizzly Barreling Towards Mountain Goats

[WyoDoug]

Neat to watch. Wonder if that old grizz caught one?

Surprised Hiker Captures Video of Grizzly Barreling Down on Two Mountain Goats

No word if the mountain goat survived. The hiker, for some reason, chose not to run after the grizzly to get the footage.

cowboystatedaily.com

 

[RidgeRoamingRichard]

WyoDoug, you always find the best videos. Thanks for sharing.

 

[bobbydean]

That grizzly looked pretty fast. Would not want one barreling down on me.

 

[WyoDoug]

Now admit it, if this hiker were you, would your drawers be clean?

 

[homers]

imagine trying to hit that with a pistol if it was coming at you

 

[WyoDoug]

imagine trying to hit that with a pistol if it was coming at you

LOL no way. Most hunters will not have that fast of reaction time, especially not expecting it.

 

[Shangobango]

Awesome! That would definitely be a "check your drawers" moment.

 

[WyoDoug]

I spent part of my time in the 3rd Infantry Division in the Marine Corps. They actually did a study on the reaction time of Marines to a hostile situation. Now some of these tested were hardened Vietnam vets including some that survived the Tet Offensive. It took the average Marine around 2 seconds to recognize an actual hostile actor in video imagery. It took an additional 1.5 seconds for them to react to it. If I remember right, the video test resulted in about 10% friendly fire incidents too. Now putting that in real encounters with bears, most civilians will take at least twice that before they recognize danger. There is a risk of someone trying to shoot a bear and shoot a fellow hunter instead. Bravado is not the ideal behavior if you face a bear. I am not even sure what I would do if I faced a full on charge rather than bluff charges I faced so far.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Those goats were secretly laughing at that silly bear. The bear was secretly laughing at the guy recording him crapping his pants. lol

 

[LoveBirdDogs]

Well the bear had a back up meal if he didn't get goat.

 

[LaSportsman]

Good thing the bear didn't realize the humans can't run

 

[WyoDoug]

Good thing the bear didn't realize the humans can't run

Specially chubby ones like me. I got to get into better shape LOL

 

[F250]

WOW !!! That could have ended badly !!

 

[noharleyyet]

Me driving thru GNP....

 

[SG25]

That’s insane! I would have looked like a human squid crapping my pants.

 

[mtmiller]

Those goats were secretly laughing at that silly bear.

Those goats still had quite a distance to the security of cliff cover. They were closer when they crossed the trail.