Bear comes within arm's length of runner on Mt. Wilson Trail

Victoria Pham was out on a run on the Mt. Wilson Trail when she came face-to-face with a bear who wanted to share the trail.
Sara Welch reports for the KTLA 5 News at 6 on Sept. 24, 2022.
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[@philshanton9049]

The bear was think thinking “I can’t believe it, this trail was was less crowded two years ago”

[@pdelmercado]

The mountains, woods and forests are the home of all of the wild animals. They are only sharing it with you, be respectful of them. They are precious.

[@containedhurricane]

He's a good boy. He seemed to have met with many people before

[@seven471]

I don't think I would have handled it as well as she did

[@williamredmond4920]

Bears just walking around his own property looking at everybody going come on man really and people are calling me the bad guy what the hell happened to my Forest

[@madero-jb5ri]

The bear and the forest are owned by the US government.

[@SeaTurtle515]

Due to drought and extreme heat, wildlife hungry and thirsty, coming down from the hills to survive. Poor creatures.

[@love2love74]

What I don't understand, why does it always seem to happen this same time every year.

[@janrious7387]

That is just not true I set live trail cameras in the angeles forest near pools of water and I say pools Bc there’s plenty of water for the bears to drink and other wildlife maybe they’re hungry but not thirsty

[@SquirrelTheater]

Good thing it wasn’t pissed off or hungry.

[@rhondaeverett8284]

Good thing she wasnt tooooo.

[@DiogenesOfCa]

Bear knew if he ate her, he was going to hungry again in a hour.

[@chhewee]

😂😎

[@reza_dc2]

I love bears , such a beautiful creature.

[@onespeedlite]

Famous last words.

[@thewendigo5992]

The bear was just strolling minding his business. No one was in danger here

[@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki]

I have a cam on my property (one hectare right in town) and it's bear season. Large piles of bear poop everywhere. That bear is in good condition for the coming winter and is just chillin along, and thanks you in advance for building him an easy hiking trail.

[@rickimhotep1236]

The closer he got I couldn't bear to watch.

[@johnworrall3646]

Both beautiful creatures 😻

[@tremblence]

relax

[@nbahighlightsbymeme1835]

@@tremblence hater

[@rob1248996]

That's what I was thinking.

[@WorldReserveCurrency]

Bear whisperer

[@TM-vd3df]

bear: "i hope they dont kill me"

[@Rabbi_Rabbs]

Being respectful and gives her the right of way, because the bear knows it's walking on our trail which belongs to the hiker, and if she commanded the bear to get off the trail, I bet it might do so. It's not in attack mode at all.

[@KirkLee1983]

Our trail?! No wrong its theirs

[@bigmacfullerton7870]

@@KirkLee1983 no it’s everyone’s trail. Man and animals share it.

[@donnawilliams1825]

That was a serious encounter, to say the least! The young lady is proof, that "knowledge is power". #Godspeed

[@feliperivas3814]

I couldn’t bear having one walk by me like that

[@HeadNtheClouds]

HAAA, I see what you did there 😅

[@rhondaeverett8284]

I let a kitten walk past me within arms length, after this video so inspired me. 🤗

[@garyny4073]

Hilarious the bear and her sharing the same trail space , the bear just looks over at her ! I'd would have S' ttted myself

[@davidtran2026]

Bear: what are these humans talking about and why are they pointing that thing at me

[@carlosallamas]

That is what happened wen people build up houses on wildlife habitat. So don’t blame the bear they don’t know any better

[@rob1248996]

Human: God I hope the bear doesn't eat me. Bear: God I hope the human doesn't eat me.

[@yrubio3217]

What a disgrace of employer! M.Mester get creative & make your own channel, you'll have many followers by Monday morning. Because I'm very sure many people are proud of you for standing up.

[@AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise]

I would've cried 🤣😩

[@tuffjuy1154]

Bears are being more seen cause of the fires we been haveing..

[@Progressive.G]

This girl is lucky as hell the bear wasn't hungry or else she'd have been chewed to shreds

[@KenoshaKicker]

Brave and Cute

[@rob1248996]

Who, the bear?

[@jamesparker1071]

Smart and brave woman. I gotta admit I'd be nervous. ✌️🗽🇺🇸

[@bigmacfullerton7870]

Nothing else you could really do on that tight pathway.

[@LG141602]

Arm's length. What's is this? the 14th century?

[@elmonchoserrano3022]

I always hike mount Wilson and I have seen Bears Three times...

[@chhewee]

Bears seem chill😎

[@Nick_Ramirez89]

Oh wow, I'm hiking that trail tomorrow, I'm bringing pepper spray.

[@DannyBoy-tv4eo]

Respect the bears, Respect wild life

[@PeterGenovese]

I have video of a bear in this exact same spot from a few months ago.

[@gillygil766]

Bears on mountain trail what no

[@Matthew-Anthony]

Thank you so much for uploading this video. A lot of people think that bears are dangerous. Maybe this will change their minds.

[@Hindukushsailing]

Cool young lady.

[@plorks445]

Take note people. Everything was fine until she became aggressive by following it.

[@KirkLee1983]

Don't people have other things to report about that are actually important?!

[@user-eh5cr4or6k]

Yeah let's just create a video and put it out to the world making people think that they can just walk by bears and nothing will happen.

[@henrywashington3732]

I once boldly got arms length distance with a ferocious grizzly myself in times past. Good thing we had that thick plexiglass barrier cause I would have popped him

[@besp8514]

I don’t get it… if you know there are bears in that specific area, why go hike over there??? Some bears are friendly, until they are not…

[@juanito714ok]

That looks like a good approach until it's not

[@luishetzler9429]

🐻💖🐻

[@akerockstar]

Nope. SCARY!!!!

[@georgewbushcenterforintell147]

As long as you keeps it real and don't front with the picnic basket bears will leave you alone .once you start talking out the side of your neck bears don't put up with that from a weak human and will have to fight you bear to bear but your a human so your kinda screwed unless your Aussie or south African you might escape .

[@lucasmartinez21]

I am sure the bear was as nervous as they were since he run away as fast as he could

[@xalorxxx]

👀

[@MatchaCocoaDog]

If you leave animals alone they will leave you along b/c they sense you're not a threat; poor thing though, the environment is so dry that it has to venture far for water.

[@WestShoreMan]

I was just there

[@ericdennett1384]

Oooo bear encounter got mauled eh?🤣

[@markmnorcal]

She was holding an AK 47.

[@somebodywhocares9293]

Be glad it chose to let u live. Good vibes good results

[@vicphil1339]

Bears 🐻 don't usually attack, I'd say that's not true, Don't trust Animals unless it's your own , I remember the last time a friend told me her pit bull won't bit, I was literally boxing it like it was a human being the 3rd punch gave it what for, that 1 must of hurt it, it fell to the side and and shook its head and just looked at me for a quick second and walked off, So yeah i don't trust no Animals that's not my own.

[@Matthew-Anthony]

You should not have provoked the dog.

[@vicphil1339]

@@Matthew-Anthony there was no provoking it , It was at her family's outside cook out, I got up to put my plastic plate in the trash and it just aggressively tried me up, Her family seen what happened, They put it in a room inside of her house, Her cousin said it probably had something to do with my height.

[@Matthew-Anthony]

@@vicphil1339Your height caused it?

[@vicphil1339]

@@Matthew-Anthony apparently it doesn't like tall people.

[@Matthew-Anthony]

@@vicphil1339How tall is too tall?

[@jet5057]

Bears!

[@yungdrab]

Hey that's my bear his name is Buddy can y'all contact me I've been looking for him

[@megacartoon-bs5ry]

Maybe bears began change

[@KirkLee1983]

Um what do you expect its their woods your a guest in it

[@user-gz7tb3ps5b]

🐻very dangerous😱 I just got lucky

[@samchau4761]

Thats my buddy Earl

[@littlegipper5798]

I saw a deer once 💩

[@mickymantle3233]

They have their god given place in nature. Just let them be. I love Bears.

[@Darius_Icewood]

Global warming is making Bears run into us more often these days. It's us, not them.. 🐻🐾

[@ladywisewolf3942]

Lol 😆😂 Um, no. I used to live near there, bears have been coming down looking for an easy meal since people were first living there.

[@ridewithjasonhorvath]

Global warming haha good one

[@brailrice]

@@ladywisewolf3942 what’s even funnier is that the OP is now considered a genius because of his beliefs in spit of his ignorance and you are considered crazy in spite of your facts.

[@tminer2110]

dude uanut

[@dothesinister7788]

How dence are you?they live in the.......mountains.global warming has nothing to do with it.

[@damienmcnear394]

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[@donniebunkerboi9975]

She had all the time to get away yet pulled her phone and chose to record the bear. Had the bear scratch her she'll have wider smile. Guys DO NOT DO what she did it is very STUPID.