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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  • @richardlee1972
    @richardlee1972 6 років тому +118

    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 +12

      And he asks it as a question. What a weirdo

    • @adrianaboga8361
      @adrianaboga8361 2 роки тому +3

      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

  • @brianfarmer6223
    @brianfarmer6223 6 років тому +225

    “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 Рік тому

      Made my day.

  • @davidmangels634
    @davidmangels634 4 роки тому +133

    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!

  • @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.

  • @wesleybickel4640
    @wesleybickel4640 6 років тому +276

    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.

  • @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 3 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.

  • @nbdy4780
    @nbdy4780 6 років тому +44

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

  • @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.

  • @Harlem139Convent1
    @Harlem139Convent1 6 років тому +24

    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

  • @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”

  • @verablexitasap858
    @verablexitasap858 4 роки тому +24

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

  • @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

  • @Dan007UT
    @Dan007UT 6 років тому +19

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

  • @tomhoang3189
    @tomhoang3189 4 роки тому +12

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

  • @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

      😂😂😂😂

  • @AlaskaPatty907
    @AlaskaPatty907 3 роки тому +7

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

  • @373axle
    @373axle 6 років тому +30

    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,

  • @bigblock4298
    @bigblock4298 4 роки тому +17

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

  • @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.

  • @louismorano1585
    @louismorano1585 6 років тому +167

    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 :)

  • @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!

  • @wesmundle5871
    @wesmundle5871 4 роки тому +7

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

  • @lilacsandtulips8904
    @lilacsandtulips8904 5 років тому +3

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

  • @susanmurphy7319
    @susanmurphy7319 4 роки тому +8

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

  • @ThaOneChrisJONES
    @ThaOneChrisJONES 4 роки тому +10

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

  • @TacoStacks
    @TacoStacks 6 років тому +28

    Nope.

  • @tmcge3325
    @tmcge3325 4 роки тому +10

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

  • @BarryMDHo
    @BarryMDHo 3 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! 😁👍

  • @Ena48145
    @Ena48145 4 роки тому +3

    I can't stop watching bear stalking videos

  • @billyrock8305
    @billyrock8305 6 років тому +24

    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.

  • @markanderson6639
    @markanderson6639 3 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.

  • @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 ...

  • @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!

  • @clemenza24
    @clemenza24 4 роки тому +3

    That reporter is just gorgeous

  • @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 !

  • @jaggerstepmc7941
    @jaggerstepmc7941 4 роки тому +4

    He bearly made it out of that one.

  • @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

  • @andrewm3961
    @andrewm3961 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @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!"

  • @cuccamunga
    @cuccamunga 4 роки тому +3

    I was rooting for dead Elk

  • @JasonGafar
    @JasonGafar 6 років тому +7

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

  • @maurixiogarciasanchez7187
    @maurixiogarciasanchez7187 6 років тому +4

    People are in love with wild animals until the ani animals come against u .

  • @danielmastin3606
    @danielmastin3606 6 років тому +4

    Thank God the made hunting them illegal! This will happen more often!!

  • @johnsonvideos1450
    @johnsonvideos1450 4 роки тому +1

    After watching them speak I kind of want them to be eatin

  • @andrewmoonbeam321
    @andrewmoonbeam321 4 роки тому +1

    It could have been Squeamish. LOL! Get it, Squeamish? Just forget it!

  • @langstonrowe8243
    @langstonrowe8243 4 роки тому +2

    Bears don't bite, neither do sharks🤦‍♂️

  • @youtubepro9201
    @youtubepro9201 4 роки тому +3

    It is stupid like playing Russian roulette without having a gun in Bear territory play stupid games Win stupid prizes if anybody disagrees please reply

    • @bobore7061
      @bobore7061 4 роки тому

      The grizzly bear 🐻 wanted a hug!

    • @danielgasperko
      @danielgasperko 4 роки тому

      Just out of curiosity. Have you ever encountered any bear? While hiking or being out in the bush.

  • @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!

  • @malimedved100
    @malimedved100 5 років тому +1

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

  • @crosswire7777
    @crosswire7777 6 років тому +4

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

  • @nmelkhunter1
    @nmelkhunter1 Рік тому +1

    Kayaker gets squeamish in Squamish. Sorry, I couldn’t resist…

  • @haywoodjablowne3239
    @haywoodjablowne3239 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @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.

  • @aktrapper6126
    @aktrapper6126 4 роки тому +1

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

  •  4 роки тому +3

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

  • @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

  • @Englandsbestlover
    @Englandsbestlover 3 роки тому +1

    News flash: Bear crosses river near human

  • @Tone58
    @Tone58 4 роки тому +3

    Rooting for the bear.

  • @patrickbush9526
    @patrickbush9526 4 роки тому +1

    If I had a dead elk on the other side of the river I would have done the exact same thing

  • @ovechkin100
    @ovechkin100 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @playinragz
    @playinragz 6 років тому +3

    When you go where they live your looking for trouble. Hellooooo

  • @uncleheffe309
    @uncleheffe309 5 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.

  • @killsomuch
    @killsomuch 4 роки тому +1

    Meditation ad before a bear swinging across the water to kill a kayaker

  • @lukaswint7067
    @lukaswint7067 6 років тому +1

    is everyone in squamish stoned?;)

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

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

  • @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.

  • @TylerL2023
    @TylerL2023 6 років тому +5

    “Had barely seen the bear”

  • @darthvader7450
    @darthvader7450 4 роки тому +1

    Rare? Just search bear encounters on UA-cam

  • @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.

  • @sihonglin980
    @sihonglin980 4 роки тому +1

    10 second footage became over 2 min talking of nonsense

  • @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!

  • @MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV
    @MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV 4 роки тому

    At least most Americans in the USA have the option to carry a firearm for self Defense against Apex Predators. Something Canadian's inside Canada generally do not have!

  • @swisstrader
    @swisstrader 4 роки тому +1

    Squamish reporter woman is en fuego 🔥

  • @ClubMayview
    @ClubMayview 6 років тому +5

    Stay tuned for soiled underwear spotted floating down the river near Squamish B.C.

  • @verdadesejadita373
    @verdadesejadita373 3 роки тому +1

    and he didnt move, very smart lol

  • @krrrruptidsoless
    @krrrruptidsoless 4 роки тому +1

    Interesting, that this will probably never be seen or has never been seen by humans before🤔
    Except I was scrolling through bear encounter videos

  • @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.

  • @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”

  • @appletree8441
    @appletree8441 6 років тому +1

    Wait until they spot the local sasquatch..pissing in pants will be expected.

  • @liftingweights
    @liftingweights 4 роки тому

    i was rooting for you Mr Bear. Get 'em Boy ! Better gore & luck next time with these fattened noisy invasive "wildlife tourists"

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

    I thought bears only ate honey

  • @blakemeadows8019
    @blakemeadows8019 6 років тому

    OVERBLOWN FOOTAGE ... ---------> No need to get squeamish in Squamish! Then again... THE KAYAKER COULD HAVE BECOME AN ESKIMO ROLL! Alas, the bear was out for a bigger tastier carcass.

  • @Henlarious
    @Henlarious 6 років тому +4

    Hello reporter. 😉

  • @everettkitley8528
    @everettkitley8528 5 років тому

    Squamish, B.C. feels like a fun town to get drunk in.

  • @Learninghowtodougie
    @Learninghowtodougie 6 років тому +1

    The Kayaker's undies were Squamish after that

  • @BunderaKZT
    @BunderaKZT 4 роки тому +1

    Jack Bauer was never scared.

  • @maeguk1
    @maeguk1 4 роки тому +1

    Sarah Macdonald you are pretty beautiful!

  • @Korronus
    @Korronus 6 років тому +18

    The bear is a Russian bot

  • @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”?

  • @fcelle
    @fcelle 4 роки тому +1

    no place for the squeamish in squamish

  • @AnnaLVajda
    @AnnaLVajda 4 роки тому

    Yeah don't mess with the bears food supply they can swim they can climb and they can maul you to death.

  • @bomark2002
    @bomark2002 3 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!!

  • @fionnbelieveable
    @fionnbelieveable 4 роки тому +1

    Straight outta squampton

  • @michaelshapiro1543
    @michaelshapiro1543 3 роки тому

    Well, thanks for the TV-manufactured NON-Encounter. Nobody lost "face". Journalism points....

  • @lawngevity3295
    @lawngevity3295 Рік тому

    It's crazy how we always make excuses for wild predatory animals. I mean, if you're out in wild, you become part of the menu. It shouldn't be taken lightly. If that one person didn't know how to whistle loud it'd be a different story.

  • @morteparla6926
    @morteparla6926 5 років тому

    Bear and "Apex predator" don't belong in the same sentence... because they aren't apex predators. They're opportunistic predators. They eat vegetation far more than they eat meat, and they eat carrion (already dead animals) more than they predate animals themselves.
    So no... bears aren't apex predators.

  • @oldseer6936
    @oldseer6936 6 років тому

    The very second you start thinking your safe just cause the bear did attack.. this time... your putting yourself and those, your responsible for .. & around you in danger.

  • @nandorba
    @nandorba 3 роки тому +3

    This bear is a Jim Morrison fan, was breaking thru to the other side.

  • @louisefrance9967
    @louisefrance9967 3 роки тому

    Everybody wants go be centre of attention. It's the kayaker's 15mins of fame! The bear was just crossing the river minding his own business