Tourists sprint towards a mama bear and cubs at Yellowstone National Park with one man carrying a child in his arms in ‘absolutely insane’ dash to see the animals
Tourists sprint to a mother bear and cubs in Yellowstone National Park with a man carrying a child in his arms in ‘absolutely insane’ sprint to see the animals
- A video of tourists sprinting toward a bear in Yellowstone Park has gone viral
- In the shocking clip, one of the men carries a toddler in his arms
- Social media comments call the group ‘absolutely insane’ and ‘crazy’
A shocking video of tourists sprinting towards a bear in Yellowstone National Park has gone viral and sparked reactions on social media.
The clip shows a mother black bear and her two cubs prowling in the grass, along a road full of waiting cars.
Suddenly, a group of tourists jump out of their vehicles, point and then start sprinting towards the bears.
Four men run, one of whom appears to be carrying a toddler in his arms, while a woman comes into view approaching the animals with a camera.
Fortunately, the mother bear and her cubs seemed to be startled by the approaching humans and quickly ran away from the cars.
A shocking video of tourists sprinting towards a bear in Yellowstone park has gone viral and sparked reactions on social media
However, people on social media have been quick to point out that the situation could have turned out very differently.
Twitter user Yashar Ali brought attention to the video, calling it “absolutely insane” and “sick.”
Commenting on the video, someone else wrote, “We witnessed this happen 12 years ago when we visited Yellowstone. People shout at their children to run to mother and cubs. CRAZY.’
Another said: ‘The many things that could go wrong here. Wow.’
In response to comments, Yashar added: “How do people really get to the point where they behave like this? Have they learned nothing? Do they think they’ll be different?’
Viewers were shocked by the tourists’ lack of knowledge of the danger they were in, writing “This could have ended so badly” and “About today’s episode of a thousand ways to die…”
Another added: ‘For people so interested in seeing bears it is disturbingly obvious that none of these clowns have ever seen a documentary about them.’
While shockingly, tourists putting themselves in life-threatening situations like this are actually a common occurrence in Yellowstone.
Suddenly, a group of tourists jump out of their vehicles, point and then start sprinting towards the bears
People on social media have been quick to point out that the situation could have turned out very differently
So much so that there is an entire Instagram account dedicated to it called Tourons of Yellowstone – a play on words combining ‘tourists’ and ‘idiots’.
The account owner says he “continues to amaze” them how stupid people are! and they regularly share videos of tourists doing questionable things in the national park.
It has more than 410,000 followers and its videos often go viral.
In the most recent post, another tourist is seen approaching a black bear to take a photo, with the caption “step AWAY from the bear, touron.”
The account also posted three separate videos of an unknown man persistently harassing bears in Yellowstone.
But by the third time the bear had had enough and charged back at him.
The video was captioned: ‘This is now the THIRD video from the same tour going around harassing black bears…
‘This behavior is unacceptable, we all know that. Even this touron knows that. Do not harass wild animals in or outside the park.’
Just last month, another Yellowstone tourist was reprimanded for cornering a huge bison while holding a baby.
Visitors are expected to maintain a distance of at least 25 meters from a bison
Viewers online were left stunned, with more than 200 comments expressing outrage at the man’s carelessness.