LONE BEAR ENTERS THE NORTHLANDS. THE FULL ENCOUNTER.

I was working outside by cold spring. Suddenly my pack ran up on top of the embankment overlooking the road and stood as one line across the embankment barking aggressively. I climbed up beside them. Saw the bear through the trees. I brought the pack inside where they are safe. Let out a big sigh. Shut the sliding glass door. Pack starts howling. Then I ran down with 4K video camera. Looking through the trees, I saw the big black bear walking down the front road. I zoom in with video camera for a close up to see his size view. I say he's huge. Huge black bear. The camera moves. The view blurs because of my fast movement. The bear keeps walking. Then I run parallel through my yard to bear on road to my metal gate. You can hear the gate opening and chain clanging against it and opening on video. 30-32 feet away from bear, I am directly across from him with nothing but air between us as he walks in front of my driveway. The neighbor's dog barks right then. Thankfully the bear did not look at me at that moment because of the bark. I get a very close shot of him. Then I quickly and quietly, except for my breathing, stalk down my driveway. I whisper as I peep from around the corner of my driveway down the road behind bear. You hear my breathing. Bear does not know I'm there. I proceed to follow it down road and film it at a slower pace so I don't get too close. Neighbor's dog continues to let a single bark intermittently. I hear car coming down in front of me and bear. I see the car. Not wanting the bear to be hit by car, I hold my hands up in the air signalling car as it comes around corner to slow down. Passenger in car sticks his head out of window and films bear close to it as driver goes by slowly. After car is out of sight, I yell down at the bear, "Yoaa bear, yoa, hey, stop stressing the dogs, keep going, don't walk back this way." Bear stops, turns around, looks right at me, then continues walking. Then I say to myself, his walk looks weird. Maybe it's a normal bear walk. It looks weird to me. Then I say, wow, hope nobody hits him coming around corner. That thing looked really big. I don't have a gauge. I didn't see it stand up but it looked really big. I let out 2 large bear-like roars. It stops, turns around and looks directly at me, pauses for a few long moments, then continues to walk down road. I say alright bear keep going. He heard that. And I laugh. I then woof, make little dog sound. Bear starts walking to right, looks back again. Then I say, that probably sounds like dinner to him when he hears a little dog probably. Neighbor's dog barks again. I yell, get off the road bear. I hear car coming and say here comes a car again. I see the car and the car coming around the corner. It drives past bear down towards me. Then I say, good, bear's getting off road. Few moments pass. I say, bear's getting back on road. As car goes by me, it beeps 3 times. He disappears out of sight down road. I say, that was interesting, he was just walking down there, as I point camera in the direction he originally came from. I'm up back in my home with pack. Spirit woos 2 times. I laugh. Spirit lets out 3rd woo. All is well. The neighborhood dogs did not get harmed or eaten and my Northland pack is safe and sound at home with their keeper. All is well. Chapters: 0:00 --- It begins 0:22 — Pack starts howling 0:48 — Big black bear walking down the front road 1:35 — 30-32 feet away from bear 2:28 — Whisper while peeping around corner 2:33 — See the car coming 3:31 — Yell down at the bear 6:06 — 2 bear-like roars 6:22 — Second car comes 7:49 — Bear disappears out of sight 7:58 — Pointing camera back in direction bear came from Watch closely: Why did the pack know first? A black bear can run up to 35 mph — how would 30 feet of "nothing but air" feel to you? Wolves can hear sounds up to 6 miles away — what did the pack sense before the keeper saw anything? Black bears weigh 200-600 pounds on average — how big does this one look to you? A black bear can stand 5-7 feet tall on its hind legs — does this one look bigger than that? Bear-like roars travel up to a mile through the woods — would you have used your voice or stayed silent? Adult black bears have killed dogs to eat them — what would you have done with the pack? What does the bear's pause mean before it walks on? Why does Spirit answer three times? Like if it spoke to you. Share if it might speak to another. Subscribe to keep watching. Comment freely — no one banned, no one blocked. Trail's open for all. — The Trail Not Taken 1 Filmed June 2023. Released May 2026. The Trail Not Taken keeps an 11-year archive. More to come. #BlackBear #BearEncounter #LoneBear #Northlands #wolfpack #Spirit #TheTrailNotTaken #ttnt A black bear can run up to 35 mph — how would 30 feet of "nothing but air" feel to you? 👇 Why does Spirit answer three times? 👇