{"id":271030,"date":"2025-11-19T05:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/271030\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T05:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:04:09","slug":"watch-yellowstone-tourist-gets-close-to-grizzly-bear-in-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/271030\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Yellowstone tourist gets close to grizzly bear in National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_1_url\" class=\"video-link\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/43575592945\/992\/558\/wr5f3asa1060rvqk.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc3b TOO CLOSE: Tourist comes face to face with grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/a>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\">\ud83d\udc3b TOO CLOSE: Tourist comes face to face with grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">HAYDEN VALLEY, Wyo. &#8211; A tourist decided to take a walk on the wild side in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/wyoming\/yellowstone-national-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yellowstone National Park<\/a> when he got a close encounter with a grizzly bear.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In the video, the man wanders off the marked trail, and away from the group, towards a bear in the Hayden Valley area of Yellowstone National Park.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/lifestyle\/7-things-to-know-about-yellowstone-national-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">7 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Onlookers say the man made it within only a few yards of the massive animal before he stopped to take some pictures.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Yellowstone National Park website recommends that visitors never approach any of the wildlife in the area, and to keep over 100 yards away from bears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/grizzly-bears-trapped-yellowstone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WHY GRIZZLY BEARS WILL START TO BE TRAPPED IN PARTS OF YELLOWSTONE<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Although surprise encounters do happen, it&#8217;s your responsibility to maintain this distance,&#8221; the site states. &#8220;Stay on maintained trails.\u00a0Research in Yellowstone has shown that people are more likely to be attacked by a bear when hiking off-trail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The greater Yellowstone National Park area is home to approximately 1,030 grizzly bears, with females weighing between 200-400 pounds and males reaching up to 700 pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/yellowstone-national-park-sign.png\" alt=\"The wooden entrance sign to Yellowstone National Park, USA.. (Photo by: Jon G. Fuller\/VWPics\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">The wooden entrance sign to Yellowstone National Park, USA.. (Photo by: Jon G. Fuller\/VWPics\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The onlooker who took the video says the man is very lucky that the bear was &#8220;feeling chill.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc3b TOO CLOSE: Tourist comes face to face with grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. 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