Bear charges at kayaker in river near Squamish, B.C.

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  • A kayaker quickly became face-to-face with a grizzly bear when the animal charged into the water in his direction. Sarah MacDonald reports.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 556

  • @richardlee1972
    @richardlee1972 6 років тому +119

    The one guy said "you're kind of rooting for the guy on the kayak to get away?" Kind of ?

    • @shanny4306
      @shanny4306 4 роки тому +1

      Richard Lee lol

    • @foch3
      @foch3 4 роки тому +13

      And he asks it as a question. What a weirdo

    • @adrianaboga8361
      @adrianaboga8361 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah; it speaks volumes of that guy! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

    • @spicytakichip2215
      @spicytakichip2215 2 роки тому +1

      When ur in a river it’s kind of all you can do

  • @not2tees
    @not2tees 4 роки тому +72

    According to the bear, it was all a misunderstanding, as it was only protecting its dead elk carcass that the kayaker seemed to want to eat. "You always think it's all about you," said Smokey.

    • @smokey6455
      @smokey6455 Рік тому +4

      Exactly! Thank you for telling my side of the story.

  • @brianfarmer6223
    @brianfarmer6223 6 років тому +226

    “Your kinda rooting for the guy”... yeah your rooting for the guy, definitely don’t want the bear to win. Crazy kanooks

    • @tjw5747
      @tjw5747 4 роки тому +18

      Lol I was rooting for the bear.... Get him! Go go go!!!!

    • @minoozolala
      @minoozolala 3 роки тому

      I'm rooting for "you're".

    • @moniquemonicat
      @moniquemonicat 2 роки тому

      @@minoozolala Since you're correcting him, it's *"you're."* not "you're". --> (quotation marks go on the outside of the period).

    • @chairlesnicol672
      @chairlesnicol672 2 роки тому +1

      @@moniquemonicat that's the problem with too much "education" We worry about dotting the "I's"n crossing the "t's" but sometimes missing the point altogether No?

    • @lizgoldstein4256
      @lizgoldstein4256 2 роки тому

      Made my day.

  • @davidmangels634
    @davidmangels634 4 роки тому +132

    Looks more like a bear crossing the river.

    • @paulhomsy2751
      @paulhomsy2751 4 роки тому +6

      No, the bear was after the kayaker, they cross at a different pace. That bear was on a mission. The kayaker is lucky the river was wide in that area and deep enough where he was forcing the bear to swim to reach him.

    • @Kriptoker
      @Kriptoker 4 роки тому +12

      @@paulhomsy2751 oh the ignorance.....they even said in the video there was an elk kill on the other side.

    • @patstaysuckafreeboss8006
      @patstaysuckafreeboss8006 4 роки тому +2

      @@Kriptoker That's according to the random guy who recorded the video but if you'd rather be gullible and believe everything you hear instead of using your eyes and a dash of common sense, by all means.

    • @peterdarlington4117
      @peterdarlington4117 4 роки тому +7

      Bear crossing the river

    • @mikeef747
      @mikeef747 4 роки тому +3

      ​@@Kriptoker "oh the ignorance." Just your statement alone shows your ignorance. You brought up the "elk", well the bear slowed down his pace considerably after he closed-in on the other side of the river and was closer than the Kayaker was. So he clearly thought the Kayaker was a threat to this food!

  • @wesleybickel4640
    @wesleybickel4640 6 років тому +277

    Placing your news logo over the action shot is poor editing and should be redone.

    • @redrock1963
      @redrock1963 6 років тому +6

      Ya see that happen a lot in news reports when they block the action they are reporting on or when there are subtitles used for international reporting.

    • @MrJamberee
      @MrJamberee 6 років тому +15

      Yeah. That was high school production level. Or maybe they think the logo is the most important part of the story.

    • @bard1250
      @bard1250 6 років тому +6

      We all read their logo... maybe it was by design

    • @niall441
      @niall441 6 років тому +9

      Could not agree more, really annoying!!

    • @csleclerc57
      @csleclerc57 4 роки тому +5

      Screwballs right? Then the video cuts off just before the raft they are filming from, drifts towards the bear. Did the bear cross to the other side? Did the bear 180 back to shore. Did it maul the raft. We just won't ever know.

  • @nbdy4780
    @nbdy4780 6 років тому +44

    0:42 “Barely sees the bear coming” good unintentional pun

  • @laughtoohard9655
    @laughtoohard9655 6 років тому +47

    Dead Elk makes more sense than going after a kayaker.

    • @roscoeelcocko1863
      @roscoeelcocko1863 4 роки тому

      Does it?

    • @MacNmey
      @MacNmey 4 роки тому +2

      Well, if the Griz was protecting his food source (Elk) then this Kayaker may have indeed been in the bears sights.

    • @MacNmey
      @MacNmey 4 роки тому +1

      @@darcyperkins7041 Well sure,...the bear observes the kayak continuing down river (not a threat to mess with the bears food source any longer) thus, the bear continues to where the dead Elk is.

  • @TacoStacks
    @TacoStacks 6 років тому +28

    Nope.

  • @Harlem139Convent1
    @Harlem139Convent1 6 років тому +25

    That bear was not interested in the kayaker at all!!

    • @Sara-jy2bt
      @Sara-jy2bt 4 роки тому +3

      he just charged him are you kidding lol

  • @Alsatiagent
    @Alsatiagent 6 років тому +53

    Breaking News! Nothing really happened here. Still, bills must be paid.

    • @canucklehead4463
      @canucklehead4463 4 роки тому

      tell that to the guy in the kayak.

    • @cali2468
      @cali2468 4 роки тому +5

      @@canucklehead4463 You mean the guy in the way of the Bear crossing the river?

    • @foreverblessed6443
      @foreverblessed6443 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂

  • @tmcge3325
    @tmcge3325 4 роки тому +10

    I love Sarah! If only we could only give her a bear hug!

  • @verablexitasap858
    @verablexitasap858 4 роки тому +24

    " 'Barely' sees the bear coming...."

  • @Dan007UT
    @Dan007UT 6 років тому +19

    "Youre **kind of** rooting for the kayaker" ??? Just kind of!!??

  • @prybarknives
    @prybarknives 4 роки тому +9

    Bears know how to cut an angle, but he didn't. I'm thinking he was crossing the river.

  • @jjiacobucci
    @jjiacobucci 4 роки тому +6

    Bear was not attacking the kayak. Seen this dozens of times in Alaskan river fishing. Nothing unusual at all

  • @AlaskaPatty907
    @AlaskaPatty907 3 роки тому +7

    When he finally heard the word bear his paddles took off like a airplane propeller 🤣🤣

  • @FV-uu7iz
    @FV-uu7iz 4 роки тому +1

    What did he leave behind in his kayak when he got out?

  • @373axle
    @373axle 6 років тому +31

    Lol, a bear defending its kill will kill a human who's too close to it. That's one of the few main reasons for fatal attacks from bears...

    • @shanny4306
      @shanny4306 4 роки тому

      373axle FOOD is their everything,anyone's,

  • @ianinvan
    @ianinvan 4 роки тому +1

    I live in West Vancouver. The greater Vancouver area has about 2.5m residents. Squamish is 47 minutes away (56km). And that’s a Grizzly Bear ... welcome to Canada!

  • @ThaOneChrisJONES
    @ThaOneChrisJONES 4 роки тому +10

    "Barely sees the Bear coming." I see what you did there news lady.

  • @IceSlushi
    @IceSlushi 6 років тому +40

    "Barely sees the bear coming". This report needed more bear puns and/or a bear suit reenactment.

    • @MrJamberee
      @MrJamberee 6 років тому +2

      Ice Slushi Indeed. One lousy pun and no re-enactment-- and they call themselves journalists!

  • @doomdude3034
    @doomdude3034 6 років тому +12

    I appreciate that they logically try to deduct why the bear acted as it did instead of just saying "ahhhh! it's a monster, put it down!"

  • @tomhoang3189
    @tomhoang3189 4 роки тому +12

    If he had been its intended target, he wouldn't live.

  • @robertracy6860
    @robertracy6860 6 років тому

    incredibly beautiful location...wow

  • @wesmundle5871
    @wesmundle5871 4 роки тому +7

    Barely sees the bear... I see what you did there. Very clever news lady, very clever lol

  • @thedwightguy
    @thedwightguy 4 роки тому +13

    Not ONE "JUST SHOOT IT" comment, but this bear was exercising his "Right" to bear arms.....on his own property. Go Canada.

  • @kuipan5968
    @kuipan5968 5 років тому +7

    You kind of rooting for the guy in the kayak.. right, kind of ...

  • @susanmurphy7319
    @susanmurphy7319 4 роки тому +8

    I've had more bear encounters in the very short time I lived in Squamish, than ANYWHERE else

  • @malimedved100
    @malimedved100 5 років тому +1

    1:05, has Kawhi Leonard moved to Squamish ? He is going to play for Squamish next season?

  • @bigblock4298
    @bigblock4298 4 роки тому +17

    Sarah MacDonald is a very very beautiful, drop dead gorgeous woman!

  • @haywoodjablowne3239
    @haywoodjablowne3239 4 роки тому +2

    What a joke. . That bear wasnt even close or going in his direction 😂😂😂

  • @garypeterson3628
    @garypeterson3628 4 роки тому +1

    Forget the kayaker and the bear. That lady reporter was smokin hot.

    • @kimphilby7999
      @kimphilby7999 4 роки тому +1

      It's a sin to look other people's women!But,if you do it from thousands of miles away,it's not a big one...Nice gal!

  • @louismorano1585
    @louismorano1585 6 років тому +168

    Reporter is a babe!

    • @JaybayJay
      @JaybayJay 6 років тому +4

      That's nothing new... All reporters are babes now for the most part... I like Marcia Macmillan

    • @tiebear1
      @tiebear1 6 років тому +41

      they need good looking reporters to feed people all the propaganda

    • @abstractdaddy1384
      @abstractdaddy1384 6 років тому +5

      Best part of the video

    • @coinraker6497
      @coinraker6497 6 років тому +6

      And the newscaster looks really fem.

    • @Kenny-vy1do
      @Kenny-vy1do 6 років тому +1

      Just my words :)

  • @clarencethomas5311
    @clarencethomas5311 4 роки тому +19

    “Youre kind of rooting for the guy in the kayak” ? Ya, unless youre a psycho and want to see a dude get eatin alive, lol

    • @azazel1502
      @azazel1502 4 роки тому

      He said. Rooting for him as in "get away"
      Hes rooting for him to get away

    • @clarencethomas5311
      @clarencethomas5311 4 роки тому

      @@azazel1502 i understood, its funny because he began with “ kind of”

  • @lionelhutz5137
    @lionelhutz5137 4 роки тому +1

    he's smarter than the average bear, he stole my picnic basket

  • @shellyclark5834
    @shellyclark5834 2 роки тому +5

    I love how the one resident says. It’s something that is unlikely to happen again but yet “you have to expect that when you live in a place like Squamish”

  • @JasonGafar
    @JasonGafar 6 років тому +7

    I had NO idea bears were capable of doing things like this. So scary.

  • @WhitetailFit
    @WhitetailFit 6 років тому +4

    *bans Griz hunting in B.C. then is surprised and terrified when encounted by a griz. This is and will be a frequent event in B.C. so long as ethical management of these predators, is not sought out. (hunting)

    • @davidmarklein
      @davidmarklein 6 років тому

      Rata 4U
      This is NOT "their home" its OUR home.. Maybe you just are not one of US

  • @clemenza24
    @clemenza24 4 роки тому +3

    That reporter is just gorgeous

  • @snugbug5067
    @snugbug5067 6 років тому +15

    Charging is charging no matter the cause.

  • @crosswire7777
    @crosswire7777 6 років тому +4

    I can't bear to watch anymore of this, im terrified!

  • @mirsad96
    @mirsad96 6 років тому +1

    Squamish is absolutely beautiful wow

  • @jaggerstepmc7941
    @jaggerstepmc7941 4 роки тому +4

    He bearly made it out of that one.

  • @BarryMDHo
    @BarryMDHo 4 роки тому +6

    Odd how the locals and the news reporters downplay the risks involved. Bears are wild animals, which are carnivorous, territorial, predatory, and can be unpredictable. Everyone going in or near their natural habitats should be fully versed in expert advice, precautions, and responses. Take all encounters seriously, and keep maximum distance. Be safe! 😁👍

  • @RomperRoom-ck7sw
    @RomperRoom-ck7sw Рік тому

    5yrs ago?

  • @guillermomontoyo
    @guillermomontoyo 6 років тому +1

    What he talking aboot

  • @billyrock8305
    @billyrock8305 6 років тому +25

    Putin in a grizzly bear suit.

    • @ManuelGuzman067
      @ManuelGuzman067 6 років тому +2

      Billy Smith. 😂

    • @kNINER-tj6mq
      @kNINER-tj6mq 4 роки тому

      Putins probably somewhere in the distance riding bareback on a swimming bears back. All while holding his rifle across his lap like the gangster he is.

  • @thedwightguy
    @thedwightguy 4 роки тому +5

    "never seen before and likely never seen again"?? uh, you're in BC and in Howe Sound waters; you going to see LOTS OF THIS again.

    • @thedwightguy
      @thedwightguy 4 роки тому

      the Squamish Hospital is close by. Cougars, bobcat, and bear are often seen within sight of the Emergency Entrance!!! (I did the reno before the 2010 Winter Olympics there. January was hilarious and full of livestock; freezing snow cover brought the cats into the hospital and town grounds looking for meece. Bears were fast asleep.

    • @maryh9812
      @maryh9812 4 роки тому +1

      No kidding ! I came face to face with a Cougar in North Van and survived! My encounter made the news too !

  •  4 роки тому +3

    That kayaker is lucky the water got as deep as it did near him, he would've been toast!

  • @jiannelegere8320
    @jiannelegere8320 4 роки тому

    I can I see your film if you put up the words.

  • @offthebeatenpath7966
    @offthebeatenpath7966 4 роки тому +6

    Just goes to show how unpredictable wild animals can be. Whether or not the bear is just crossing the river or not, this is a grizzly bear, if and when it is hungry it will go after anything for a meal.

  • @Aranck-kcnarA
    @Aranck-kcnarA Рік тому

    The best part of this story was seeing Sarah's beautiful face while hearing the Beatles "Get Back" in the background..

  • @lilacsandtulips8904
    @lilacsandtulips8904 6 років тому +3

    Tourists are great, they keep feeding the wildlife one way or another

  • @PanChod-ct7ou
    @PanChod-ct7ou 4 роки тому +1

    I thought bears only ate honey

  • @moniquemonicat
    @moniquemonicat 2 роки тому +2

    It seems in Grizzly bear attacks and encounters, or even wild animal attacks and encounters, they always say "this is so rare, it just never happens here." Meanwhile thousands of bear and wild animal attack accounts and videos abound!

  • @Ena48145
    @Ena48145 4 роки тому +3

    I can't stop watching bear stalking videos

  • @twohawk1203
    @twohawk1203 3 роки тому +1

    'Kind of' rooting for the guy in the kayak??

    • @EvilEyeGypsy
      @EvilEyeGypsy Рік тому

      I thought the same thing. “Kind of”?

  • @1PerfectAgony
    @1PerfectAgony 2 роки тому

    Bears are literally the ultimate predator, there is no outrunning one 💀 .

  • @zikriyakhan5259
    @zikriyakhan5259 4 роки тому +1

    The first guy interviewed: "extremely rare situation to encounter" and afterwards "You should expect that kind of situations when you are living in places like that" 😂

  • @andrewm3961
    @andrewm3961 4 роки тому +1

    Why did the bear cross the river.
    To get to the other side.

  • @uspeh1
    @uspeh1 6 років тому

    The bear was just swimming to the other side, and it happened to be between the two kayakers. You can clearly see that he is focusing on the other side.

  • @lizmclean5342
    @lizmclean5342 4 роки тому +6

    The frigging bear is swimming across the river. All he has to do is get out of his direction of travel.Stop the drama already

    • @Sara-jy2bt
      @Sara-jy2bt 4 роки тому +1

      That's actually pretty crazy. That guy would have been killed 100%. The bear looked like it was about 15 feet away max and they are FAST.

    • @paulsawczyc5019
      @paulsawczyc5019 4 роки тому +1

      If the bear wanted the bear could easily get the boat.

  • @TylerL2023
    @TylerL2023 6 років тому +5

    “Had barely seen the bear”

  • @otherworld11
    @otherworld11 3 роки тому

    what river?

    • @squamishfish
      @squamishfish 3 роки тому

      This is halfway between Vancouver BC and Whistler the Ski resort ,

  • @idn
    @idn 6 років тому +1

    Sorta looks like the bear was just running to build up speed to swim across the fast moving water and the current carried him close to the kayaker. That or the bear though the kayaker was also going for the dead elf and charged to ward him off.

  • @BunderaKZT
    @BunderaKZT 4 роки тому +1

    Jack Bauer was never scared.

  • @Tapajara
    @Tapajara 6 років тому +1

    Looked like the bear was just crossing the river to me. The Kayaker just happened to be near by.

  • @darthvader7450
    @darthvader7450 4 роки тому +1

    Rare? Just search bear encounters on UA-cam

  • @uilanirivera7792
    @uilanirivera7792 4 роки тому +3

    Honestly I think he was trying to just cross the river

    • @stephenpain9236
      @stephenpain9236 4 роки тому +1

      You took the words right out of my mouth!

    • @shanny4306
      @shanny4306 4 роки тому +1

      Uilani Rivera if he was after the kayak this would have turned out very different

  • @happycanadianguy
    @happycanadianguy 6 років тому +2

    "You are kinda rootin' for the guy in the kayak"...

  • @aktrapper6126
    @aktrapper6126 4 роки тому +1

    Why did the bear cross the river? To eat the guy in the kayak!

  • @bomark2002
    @bomark2002 4 роки тому

    AND AS USUAL the news has to throw a deceiving comment in!!!
    This bear was clearly just after the kayaker, why was he on the other side of his food source, well you know the cliche’ when your the hammer everything looks like a nail? If you’re a grizzly everything looks like a salmon!!

  • @langstonrowe8243
    @langstonrowe8243 4 роки тому +2

    Bears don't bite, neither do sharks🤦‍♂️

  • @markanderson6639
    @markanderson6639 4 роки тому +2

    Looks like the bear is just crossing the river. And if there was a dead elk on the other side, as indicated in the commentary, I'm sure the bear was more interested in the dead elk than the kayaker.
    Clickbait, nothing more than clickbait.

  • @joeguzman3558
    @joeguzman3558 6 років тому

    the man eating grizzly bear was just going to kiss the kayak guy

  • @YAOMINGOWNS
    @YAOMINGOWNS 4 роки тому

    "That kayaker on the right side of your screen who was leading a group of river rafters with a locally based adventure group on the E-level river on Thursday *BEARLY* sees the bear coming."

  • @uncleheffe309
    @uncleheffe309 6 років тому +9

    This bear is obviously trying to get attention. It saw the camera crew and a chance to make a name for itself.

  • @zeze7578
    @zeze7578 Рік тому +3

    looks like the bear just wanted to cross the river and got a little curious lol

  • @AWildBard
    @AWildBard 4 роки тому

    After watching the video, the bear might have just been spooked by a bunch of rafts and was running to get across the river most likely. Obviously, you don't want to stick around in your kayak, but that doesn't mean the bear was really going for him. It was a narrow section, relatively safe to swim across.

  • @PorcupinePantsMGee
    @PorcupinePantsMGee 6 років тому

    The bear charged!, trying to assert dominance. Little did the bear know that the man in the kayak was Khabib, and that the mock charge would be met by excruciating grappling and swift defeat.

  • @Framer_Mike
    @Framer_Mike 6 років тому

    shot 15 times with a 10mm... kayaker says "worst case of suicide I ever seen or heard of"...

  • @sandreawhite7534
    @sandreawhite7534 3 роки тому

    Whoa. Scary.

  • @btpearce
    @btpearce 4 роки тому

    I think the bear was just spooked by the raft and was trying to cross the river to get away from them , the kayaker just happened to be in line of sight of the raft and the bear.

  • @c.a.greene8395
    @c.a.greene8395 4 роки тому +1

    The salmon start entering the streams and rivers in early summer and continue to do so until long after the first rains begin.
    Male bears will start protecting their spot on the river where the best fishing can be had and will chase anyone who comes within spitting distance of their spot. They will use this fishing sight to gain favor with females and protect it to the death against other male bears.
    While working for a hatchery I have been charged many times on the rivers from bears during and before spawning season begins. Bear mace does nothing in dissuading them from charging once they set their minds on charging you. I recommend using bear bangs instead

  • @Bin-Bin-Vinsuke
    @Bin-Bin-Vinsuke 4 роки тому

    0:14 what's Sinjin? his name?

  • @dhowto3005
    @dhowto3005 4 роки тому

    Scary. Glad no one was injured.

  • @civilian8697
    @civilian8697 3 роки тому

    Love the Led Zeppelin in the background at 1:05

  • @fionnbelieveable
    @fionnbelieveable 4 роки тому +1

    Straight outta squampton

  • @anodyne57
    @anodyne57 4 роки тому +6

    Looks like the bear was just crossing the river. But you want to think he was attacking the kayaker, well bless your heart.

  • @Lord_of_The_World
    @Lord_of_The_World 4 роки тому

    Bear instinctively followed the kayaker because it was crossing rapid waters. The beast needed to be 'lead' to make it across.

  • @sihonglin980
    @sihonglin980 4 роки тому +1

    10 second footage became over 2 min talking of nonsense

  • @ovechkin100
    @ovechkin100 3 роки тому +1

    Bear thought the humans may take his food hahaha!!!

  • @ST-xg3gy
    @ST-xg3gy 4 роки тому

    "Get Back" in background very appropriate.

    • @ST-xg3gy
      @ST-xg3gy 4 роки тому

      Also heard some Zeppelin!

  • @dijin456
    @dijin456 6 років тому +1

    Big deal...

  • @joshmarauder
    @joshmarauder 6 років тому

    that wasnt recorded with a gopro..it was with a rock

  • @mujbosnadom5970
    @mujbosnadom5970 6 років тому

    Face to Face....cmon CTV quit with the sensationalization.

  • @elcajondavid1
    @elcajondavid1 6 років тому +1

    "Never likely to see again?" More likely "don't want to actually see it happen again."

  • @JS-ew1my
    @JS-ew1my Рік тому

    That kayaker went from 0-100 in 60 seconds

  • @Stinkysniff1
    @Stinkysniff1 6 років тому +1

    I rooted for the Kayaker, too.

  • @el90skid32
    @el90skid32 4 роки тому

    1:33 “it was not concentrated solely on the kayaker” 😝. If he was guarding his food, I am sure he was well concentrated on who is taking his food. 🤣