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You typically don’t want to cross paths with any kind of bear in the wild, and that’s especially true if it’s a grizzly. One woman in Canada was unfortunate enough to attract the attention of one of them while walking her dog, and they were lucky to walk away unscathed based on the stand-off she captured on video.
No country has more brown bears in the wild than Russia, as the upwards of 120,000 that roam the country account for half of the world’s population. The United States and Canada are neck and neck for second place, as experts peg the population in both of those nations at around 30,000.
Those massive beasts, which are commonly referred to as grizzly bears, can weigh close to 600 pounds and stand as high as eight feet tall when they’re on their hind legs. They can also run as fast as 35 miles per hour, and they are known for being much more territorial and aggressive than the black bears that are usually content to let humans be when they encounter them.
Alberta and British Columbia are the only provinces with a permanent population of grizzlies (they can also be found in three of its northern territories: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut), and they have been responsible for three fatal attacks on humans in the former in the past five years.
They have also been at the center of a number of incidents where a victim was treated for injuries of varying severity, and one woman was lucky to avoid falling into either of those columns while walking her dog.
A woman and her dog had a scary encounter with a grizzly bear in Alberta that she captured on video
According to Rocky Mountain Outlook, the incident in question unfolded in Kananaskis, Alberta earlier in the vicinity of Mount Engadine Lodge and Rummel Lake Trail.
It involved a woman who was walking her dog in the area and pulled out her phone to record their encounter with a grizzly that spent close to a minute stalking them as the pet’s owner repeatedly attempted to ward it off while successfully dodging multiple charges.
The bear eventually made its way into the woods before she and her dog made a hasty retreat to safety. Alberta Parks issued a warning in connection to an incident as well as another one in the area where a family of grizzly bears tore up a tent at a campground, although there’s no way to know if this animal was involved in both of them.
The woman did take the proper approach by making noise to scare the creature off, although it is highly recommended that you carry bear spray when you wander into grizzly territory.