1,000lb Grizzly Bear on Man!

Bart the Bear™ was born in a zoo in 1977 and adopted by Doug and Lynne Seus and trained to be in films. The Seuses grand adventures with Bart took them from the Austrian Alps to the bejeweled backstage of the Academy Awards. Bart appeared in hundreds of films, including "The Bear", "The Great Outdoors", "Legends of the Fall", "Clan of the Cave Bear", and "The Edge", among others. He passed away in 2000. This video is a tribute to Bart, the Seuses, and the conservation nonprofit they created to protect habitat for wild grizzlies, The Vital Ground Foundation. Since its founding in 1990, Vital Ground has helped to protect and enhance over 416,000 acres of habitat in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska, and British Columbia. For more information or to make a donation to Vital Ground, visit: www.vitalground.org.
Vital Ground extends its sincere thanks to Manitou Motion Picture Company for the use of this short documentary. Visit them at: www.manitoupix.com.

[@VaughnJogVlog]

Anyone else tearing watching this?

[@ladihawke205]

love Bart, so sorry for your loss Doug and Lynne

[@SCeles]

This almost made me cry. So touching and moving and you don't see the kind of dedication these people showed to their animals and honestly they gave it right back. I still loved the end when bart just rolled over him in a hug. It is so heartbreaking that big lug died.

[@ELmaggo10]

I mean, seriously, it might be dangerous doing what this guy does, but you gotta love and respect his feelings for the animals. Just beautiful.

[@Jusarius83]

***** So, if you encountered thousands of bears daily instead of people, you were less likely to get attacked and killed? You must live in some very shitty and violent place. Get real! If were given two options, either to face an unknown man or a wild bear during a forest walk, which would you choose?

[@numb4754]

+Jusarius bear, cause people are more dangerous.

[@MrDownhill86]

+Jusarius A Bear for sure. It's dangerous but u know who you deal with. Ask some ancient people what they would like to meet. Oh no the maya and much more are all dead because they met some other human. Because of us extinct animals and insects and plants, and u worry about a bear hahaha

[@sumguy4130]

Jusarius strangers should never be trusted, humans can be malevolent and deceitful westerners may not see that clearly today but go back 100 years and try to approach a nearby tribe...

[@keenthnewman532]

You guys maybe forget. This wasn't truly a 'wild' bear. There was a bond there of trust, of caring, since it was tiny. In addition, the man himself said they have different personalities. Most strange humans won't attack you upon meeting them. Bears? Most don't want to. But depending on the circumstance, they are more likely to then a stranger. I for one would not want to meet a bear in the wild up close. There, they need their space.

[@Jan96106]

Never was a bear more loved: by his owners and by millions of people who saw his movies and fell in love with him.

[@loretta3201]

I love the Bart the bear movies. I have them and watch them often. He's my favorite bear actor. His legacy will continue on.

[@janemann3045]

Wow what a huge bear.He was beautiful

[@nerblebun]

Wow ! Doug is a pretty big man and Bart just towers over him.Barts head is wider than Dougs shoulders.You can see the love Bart had for his friend and the love his friend gave in return. How inspiring to see such affection between man and beast.

[@themonkeykingkaiser]

The emotion in that man's eyes. It makes an impression.

[@matvt.2451]

you right

[@Aquila81]

We need more people on this planet like Doug and his wife. God bless you.

[@jm10rnlto]

How beautiful & profound life can be for all of us! Thank you!

[@defleppard6315]

I wish i had a bear like bart. So powerful and gentel . Just the thought make me goosebumps all over my budy . I have no words .i am totally amazed by his shear power and SIZE (?!?!?!) . Ohh man , maby in my next lifetime :(

[@furrealz6697]

dude! go own a bear cub! find a way to support that lifestyle!! get people to be enchanted and care about wildlife!!! we are fucking decimating animals around the globe, the only way stupid humans are going to care about them is if we make them family... seriously... think about how people react and treat dogs... dogs are the original scavengers... they followed people around until we started to take them seriously as a companion. we have the opportunity to raise huge animals now and with the polar ice caps melting the whole world is going to go through a biological swapping of heirachys. make that dream of taking care of a bear a reality. there's plenty of bears that are killed because they are too friendly and only scavenge from trash.... we have taught them this... lets go back to loving the world and animals.

[@EAPoeProductions]

One can clearly see how strong the bond between Bart and Doug is but the bear seems to accept his human friend as a bear. So their play seems pretty rough but nevertheless friendly. Remarkable friendship! RiP Bart :´(

[@douglas787]

Such a beautiful bear, so powerful and yet so gentle. The very last frame of "Legends of the Fall", which shows Bart and Doug together, epic.

[@Nagy50Magyar]

It is very obvious that this man loves and respects the bears. Long live Doug Seuss, Little Bart, and Honey Bimp. RIP Bart.

[@SoulSister66]

LOVE these Doug & Lynn, Fun seeing Bart & your place again, been 18 years now. BIG BIG HUGS, Jeanie

[@thedevilhit5538]

bart is so so special🐻

[@christophersquires8631]

what a wonderfull grizzle ,bart the bear,will live on ,god bless them!!!

[@charlesdoyle3630]

@christopher squires The original Bart was a Kodiak. Bart 2 is a Grizzly

[@BruceProductions_OCButterfly99]

What a wonderful KZbin message! I LOVE IT..and it has touched me. I know this bear..I have been a fan for years..wow..how awesome! Thank you Doug and Lynne! God bless you both:D

[@scottfox7642]

So so sorry for your loss.

[@eire7837]

Two Orphan Grizzly Cubs because of the only animal that kills for the hell of it, MAN the most dangerous animal on planet earth.

[@natewells734]

This makes me cry.

[@Artines999]

Best wishes... ♥

[@jeffreydidier5821]

That last look Bart gave, “None of you better mess with my dad”. What a companion

[@shantzmtl]

So beautiful :)

[@deuschlan]

I miss him so much..Thanks Doug & family.What a great feeling you and bart gave me.....

[@skullrose.665]

Oh I'm crying watching this,how beautifull,how precious.thanks for sharing this amazing story..I would love to expierence something like this so special..bears are very special.im dizzy in love.my heart goes out to this couple.R.I.P big boy.

[@jesseandrade3342]

I loved Bart n the movie the Bear and I love the last remark at the end of the movie The thrill is not kill but to let live

[@tracyyarbrough3358]

His wife’s face when he said Bart was his soulmate, lol😂. She’s like “what am I chopped liver?”

[@cbp117]

Beautiful Story!

[@АлександрБыков-м6ф]

Это что - то потрясающее!!!! вот это любовь!!! огромного зверя и человека. Класс!!! Бесподобно. !!!!

[@AtlasBlizzard]

What an amazing story. Bart was an amazing animal. His work has had an enormous impact on my life. Kudos to both him and the Seusses for their life's work.

[@corycg1956]

Bart was one big badass bear.

[@colleenryan3551]

i love bart the bear

[@SoulSister66]

Doug, Love this! Thanks for the memories, Doug & Lynn!!! Jeanie ********

[@Ricadamu]

How beautiful. Those guys truly love thier Bear friends.

[@juliewendt6193]

Doug & Lynne Seus & their daughter (don't hate me but I don't remember her name) ALL of the Seus Family are AMAZING!! Thank YOU ALL Seus Family!! God Bless you!!! WE LOVE BART, TANK, BABY BART, HONEY BUMP & ANYONE ELSE I MISSED!! WELL DONE!!!

[@Riedle_]

Bart was the best! I really want meet Doug Lynne and Little Bart, will be a dream come true!

[@akabigdaddydawg]

Thank you Jan.

[@richardclark8607]

He was as much a part of the family as anyone could be. You can tell a part of the Sues's family died that day as well. What a wonderful animal. What that would have been like I can only imagine.

[@Nagy50Magyar]

So touching.

[@Bobarian]

so very sad doug and wife great people thank you nana toni

[@johnnyblaze4546]

They have a way of letting you know. Man my eyes teared up. Never had a bear but a lot of furry soul mates

[@aland4092]

It certainly takes a special person to bond with a wild animal. Like Kevin Richardson and his lions. You can see those lions look at him with nothing but affection. Just like Bart and Doug. From what I've seen thats the key is that bond. You can't beat em with whips and keep em locked in a cage. Its a trust thing . Not to be taken lightly. They trust their humans just as if they were part of their pack or pride. And its a deep bond. That only rare humans can get in touch with.

[@wayout7857]

Love you, Bart..🐻🐻🌿🌿💓❤️💓❤️

[@clintbarke4737]

It's Amazing how huge Bart the bear was.

[@micpowers1136]

He ate good.

[@Felis-Concolor]

@@micpowers1136he ate good, yes but there are still wild ones bigger than Bart was.

[@manuelvargas467]

Cool bear 🐻

[@stewyoung8523]

Cant even imagine the bond these two have. It's as close as you'll get to god.

[@scottdavies562]

R.I.P. BART THE BEAR

[@hlf_coder6272]

Something tells me it probably would not have been very wise to mess with Doug when Bart was around.

[@catast9075]

you will be very wise man

[@robertoviola6267]

Genuine love

[@wanaraz]

Well Done Doug and Lynne! I will never forget "The Bear"!

[@nimlil]

Bart was truely one of a kind. there will probably never be a bear as big as that guy that could do what he did. Could you imagine a burglur stumbling onto that property and meeting Bart instead of a watch dog? Gonna miss that bear and I never even met him.

[@Chilldogg]

Awesome! We love bears, too.

[@meshadidit]

How awesome... I would so do that if I had the resources..........

[@Robbob9933]

Research reports are all over the place. There is one that puts a Kodiak at over 2500 pounds and 14 feet tall. The largest Grizzly ever shot was in Alaska and weighed 2210 pounds and was 11"11'. Doug Sues is a big guy, over 6', in video Bart while sitting on his butt would easlily tower over Doug (but stayed hunched over) which would have made Bart around 9 to 10 feet while standing. Doug in his own words has put Bart anywhere between 1500 and 1800 pounds. Still pysically a bear among bears.

[@tallerroute66garage]

amigos por siempre

[@trent8002003]

The bear breathed his last breath into Doug's mouth! There's no more intense manisfestation of the bond between a man and his animal buddy.

[@sidmandarino4973]

the look she gave him when he said the bear was his soulmate LOL

[@ChessArmyCommander]

That wasn't nice to say that right in front of his girlfriend. Makes me wonder about him.

[@juliocervantes387]

That night he sleept at the sofa

[@bigmoose7]

you realise a bear soulmate is different from a human soulmate...im sure he didnt mean it like that lol

[@johhnmorgan8329]

Bart would of hurt someone

[@zonuntluanga1186]

Her face like, am i the third wheel 😂😂

[@Norwegian733]

Bart The Bear was over 1500 pounds. Little Bart or Bart the Bear 2 is around 1300 pounds. Honeybump is around 6- 700 pounds.

[@kasotarat]

i feel dougs pain every - single- time i watch videos of him and bart. that is the true cost of owning/ bonding with animals. not the food or the vet but the fact you know them their whole life cycle

[@johnnyblaze4546]

Feed me love me give me dignity when its time to go.

[@albertobaudino1963]

Bert animal.... No!?creature ..leggend ....is love love love creature....

[@arnoldnavarro21]

god bless them

[@AtheistinFundyLand]

@nerblebun Yeah. The first time I saw Bart with Doug, I was amazed. I really didn't understand how big bears could get until that moment. It still amazes me every time I see it.

[@Princess_Paranormal]

I'm not crying

[@CameronCossairt]

i clicked on this video because i thought a bear would be fighting a man, i did not know i would be tearing up at this video.

[@vrhsb]

awesome.

[@lucy8470]

bloody hell he was huge!!

[@losteden]

beautifull couple

[@mslauraw]

That people hunt and kill these gorgeous animals (or any other wild animals) is beyond my comprehension.

[@lisamarie9475]

1st i thought WOW truly kindered souls, soul mates, True friends while a very joyful tear come from my soul an run dwn my chek. Feeling the love! Then i smiled as i thought what a jokester (both man and bear) what a fulfillment of life (both man and bear) positive reinforcement! BOTH MAN AND BEAR! And last... there may be hope after all for men!!! Just need a bear to train mine lol I pray you all are standing with my loved 1s at them Pearly Gates when i arrive🙏 God Bless u and yours!

[@tasteegold7772]

i'll tell ya what i'm a big fucking dude i shoot guns barely cry and all that macho shit but i shed a tear over this..heart breaking!

[@roastchicken401]

I came here to watch a bear be a bear, but I also caught a ride on the feels train, and was taken on a feels trip :')

[@AtheistinFundyLand]

@nerblebun Bart was a Kodiak bear. Both grizzlies and Kodiaks are brown bears, but for some reason, Kodiaks are bigger. (Maybe salmon supplies?) Wiki says he weighed 1800 pounds, but I've also read 1500 in other places. This makes him as heavy as the extinct short-faced bear and nearly as tall. Short-faced bears had long legs for their size, so in my mind, Bart could still probably beat up a short-faced bear. :D Take that, extinct mega-fauna! ;)

[@killakane60]

no one animals take care of there young better then humans. i give you credit

[@dotcomprof]

good heart = good man

[@markviman]

I want a pet bear too!

[@shikanara6042]

He is a better man than me 😂 but he a brave man 💯💯💪🏽

[@cherylswiger3137]

heck with people !!!! I'll live with the bears I trust them more anyway 😄

[@KelliSalvatore]

R.I.P Bart The Bear Sr. & R.I.P. Keiko God sent you here to make a difference and now you're up there in Rainbow Bridge.

[@Rapappport]

@mslauraw In the movie "The Bear", Bart should have gotten an Academy Award of some sort - what an actor he was! In one scene, he scared the H*** outta me. He knew when he was on camera, and acted like a wild bear.

[@AtheistinFundyLand]

@313bruce LOL. I cried too. I watched it twice and cried twice.

[@ericjablonski4172]

Bart was a real teddybear 🐻

[@jo-annewilkinson5663]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nerblebun]

Grizzly (Ursus arctos horribillis) is a subspecies of the Brown Bear.The largest reported Grizzly weighed 1,500 lbs. Kodiak (ursus arctos middandirffi) is the largest subspecies of the Brown Bear. Genetic samples have shown they are closely related to the Brown Bear of Kamchatka,Russia. The largest known Kodiak Bear, grown in captivity, weighed 1,670 lbs, Not trying to start an argument bro..... just did a bit if research.

[@h.kellytucker7463]

wow my grandpa was best friends with Doug

[@lisamarie9475]

Vital Ground makes me think of our North American Natives, 🙅

[@nerblebun]

@AtheistinFundyLand Yeah,even for a grizzly Bart was huge. A grizzly is considered huge at 800 lbs. I'm pretty sure I read Bart weighed close to 1200 lbs !!

[@danieldei]

which one is the bear?

[@uudecode]

Вот как бывает!

[@ChessArmyCommander]

Why did he get cancer?

[@virginiarosenbaum7211]

Awwww made me cry I love animals but bears scare me

[@yeetjr.4576]

R.I.P mark the 🐻

[@wthjrtx1]

I did not want my eyes to leak. They did anyway.

[@HughJasole907]

wow i want a bear :P

[@kebruya]

woow i'm really sorry

[@313bruce]

1:09 - 2:46 me:dont cry DONT FUCKING CRY DONT FU-WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@navtel]

animals over people any day..

[@brutalcold5496]

We have some beautiful harted ppl on this planet....in it's a shame...ppl think war is the answer.... destroying our amosphear with nukes weapons....these animals don't deserve. This....we humans.... gotta do better....

[@jahovajackson]

think about it, that bear died a virgin.

[@tammygurl64]

Awwww, that is really sad but if he was a virgin, on a positive note, he could not miss something he never had. This bear was awsome! 😀

[@emanx2600]

Bryce Geurts lol.

[@chrisfi3d]

More like the ladies missed out.