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An Illinois woman who came dangerously close to a grizzly bear and her cubs in Yellowstone National Park earlier this year was charged with two offenses this week after authorities tracked her down, reports the Billings Gazette.
Samantha Dehring was in the Roaring Mountain area of the park on May 10 when she allegedly approached a female grizzly bear and her two cubs.
“The female grizzly charged at the woman who turned and walked away from the bears,” Yellowstone National Park wrote on her Facebook page.
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Darcie Addington, a tourist who filmed the bluff charge, told USA Today other people in the area have warned Dehring that she is too close to the animals.
“It was terrifying,” Addington told the outlet in May.
Dehring has been charged with intentionally feeding, touching, teasing, scaring or disturbing wildlife, as well as violating closures and limits on use, according to the Billings Gazette.
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Park regulations say to “keep at least 100 meters (93 m) away from bears at all times and never approach a bear to take a picture.”
There is about one bear attack per year in Yellowstone. A backcountry guide was killed just outside the park in April when a bear mutilated him while fishing alone. In another incident in May, a bear attacked a hiker inside the park and injured him.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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