found and charged (in court)!! the woman who was charged by grizzly bear in may

[Demovictory9]

The woman charged by a grizzly bear in an encounter caught on video at Yellowstone National Park has been charged again, this time in US District Court. Investigators used the video, which went viral on social media, to identify suspect Samantha Dehring; they asked for tips and someone sent one in, the Billings Gazette reports. Dehring unfollowed the park's Facebook page the same day it posted a photo of her on the page, and after getting a search warrant to view her Facebook page, the park found she had posted photos of the bears there.


Witnesses say that when they spotted the sow and her two cubs on May 15, they warned Dehring to move back but she did not. She was about 15 feet away from the bears; park regulations require visitors to be at least 300 feet away. The Illinois woman is charged with breaking federal law by feeding, touching, teasing, frightening, or intentionally disturbing wildlife, WGN reports, as well as violating closures and use limits, and is set to appear in court next month.

https://www.newser.com/story/309198/woman-charged-by-grizzly-bear-in-yellowstone-is-charged-again.html

[DavidDvorkin]

1. Fortunately for her, the bear was just warning her.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

7. Definitely- a grizzly sow defending her young could have easily torn her to bits.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

2. That lady is stupid and deserves whatever she gets

That bear would have killed her

[SergeStorms]

3. And people wonder why bears attack.

Then they want the bears killed. It's Yellowstone, dumb-shit, not Disneyland.

[canetoad]

4. Ironic that the clip concludes

With what could have been very famous last words, "I got that on video."

[ellie]

5. I don't understand this behavior

It's a wild animal! For fuck's sake

[ProfessorGAC]

6. 400-600 Pounds Of Wild Animal...

...too boot.
And for short bursts they can run 30mph.
Way too big, way too fast.
Seems obvious to stay clear, but apparently it's not.

[MontanaMama]

8. Good.

This is the only way to get these dumbasses to stop this behavior. Well…the bear could kill her and that would put a stop to it too. Either way.

[CincyDem]

9. And she'll probably get a harsher sentence than 1/6 insurrections. n/t