Bear chased tourists in the mountains for half an hour

In a Canadian national park, a grizzly bear caught up with a group of tourists in the mountains and began to chase them.

A difficult situation developed in Waterton Lakes National Park in the province of Alberta. A group of about 30 people were walking along the Crypt Lake Trail, a mountain hiking trail, when a large grizzly bear appeared behind them. This route runs along the edge of a cliff, so the tourists could not step aside and wait for the predator to pass by. In the absence of alternatives and seeing that the bear had simply joined them and was not showing aggression, the group members continued walking along the trail without panic. The walk along the cliff took about half an hour, all this time the grizzly pursued the tourists. Then the bear went into the forest.

Experts note that the absence of panic is an important factor when encountering a bear. If the tourists had started to run away, the predator could have instinctively started to catch up with them, as if chasing prey.