{"id":301436,"date":"2025-11-19T15:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/301436\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:51:08","slug":"man-approaches-pack-of-wolves-at-yellowstone-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/301436\/","title":{"rendered":"Man approaches pack of wolves at Yellowstone National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/87339638007-trnd-man-get-too-close-to-yellowstone-wolves.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>See Yellowstone visitor approach wolf pack; hear onlookers&#8217; commentary<\/p>\n<p>Video captured two tourists approaching wildlife in Yellowstone National Park on two different occasions in October.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/experience\/national-parks\/2024\/12\/15\/yellowstone-national-park-history\/76310629007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/experience\/national-parks\/2024\/12\/15\/yellowstone-national-park-history\/76310629007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Yellowstone National Park<\/a> were horrified when a man recently got dangerously close to a pack of wolves.<\/p>\n<p>In a now-viral video shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPfVXr4Ap4S\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPfVXr4Ap4S\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Keith Allen Kerbs<\/a> on Oct. 6, an unidentified man wearing a white scarf is seen approaching a pack of five black wolves in the middle of the national park. Kerbs can be heard yelling, &#8220;What an idiot!&#8221; as he films the man, who first runs towards the wolves, then sprays something believed to be bear spray at them while backing away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe almost didn\u2019t make it out alive,\u201d Kerbs wrote in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>See the video here<\/p>\n<p>According to Yellowstone regulations, visitors should stay at least 100 yards away from wolves and never approach wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf an animal moves closer to you, back away to maintain a safe distance,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\/planyourvisit\/safety.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">park\u2019s website<\/a> says. \u201cIt\u2019s illegal to willfully remain near or approach wildlife, including birds, within any distance that disturbs or displaces the animal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at fernando.cervantes@gannett.com and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"See Yellowstone visitor approach wolf pack; hear onlookers&#8217; commentary Video captured two tourists approaching wildlife in Yellowstone National&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1686,22190,13716,228,22181,88,47871,4136,3729,13723,20576,983,6377,34645,6779,14883,3,41543,15360,29821,13470,34647,6206,6107,6207,47873,79,2427,3795,13692,1977,201,10758,10759],"class_list":["post-301436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-accidents","tag-accidents-u0026-disasters","tag-affiliate","tag-arts","tag-disasters","tag-entertainment","tag-gardens","tag-instagram","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-local-affiliate-travel","tag-local-news","tag-national","tag-negative","tag-network","tag-network-trending","tag-news","tag-offbeat","tag-online","tag-online-video","tag-overall","tag-overall-negative","tag-park","tag-parks","tag-regional","tag-regional-parks-u0026-gardens","tag-science","tag-travel","tag-trending","tag-u0026","tag-video","tag-wildlife","tag-yellowstone","tag-yellowstone-national-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}