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Banff National Park, Canada. Two Americans were hiking the Taylor Lake Trail with their unleashed dog, a clear violation of the Canada National Parks Act when the husband encountered a grizzly bear.

While the wife filmed, the husband slowly backed away, the dog ran back and forth, barking at the bear, then running back to the owners. At no time did they ever try to leash their dog.

For those unfamiliar, barking dogs is one of the most common provocations to get a bear to attack, and when the dog is frightened and runs back to the owners for protection that sometimes encourages the bear to charge the humans.

This particular bear, well known in the park as Bear 142 eventually left the trail and vanished into the woods.

The couple posted their cool nature video to TikTok where it went viral and soon appeared on Instgram which led park rangers to identify the couple and issue the citation.

They granted an interview to the media about their "terrifying" encounter before the citation but have said nothing since.

We'll be heading on a road trip from the GTA to Thunder Bay and plan to hit a dozen or so provincial parks along the way. I forgot to order a summer day use permit earlier and it takes 5 to 10 business days to arrive in the mail if ordered online. I'm planning on checking at Bronte Creek Provincial park to see if they have any at hand but not sure if all provincial parks have the summer permits. Has anyone bought a seasonal or summer permit on the spot at any provincial park? Edit: we leave in a couple of days and that's not enough time for the summer permit to arrive in the mail.

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