Man Shoots Video of Illegal Drone Harassing Grizzly and Cubs in Yellowstone
A video captured by Don Johnson shows a drone harassing a mother grizzly and her cubs in Yellowstone National Park. The incident highlights ongoing violations of the park's strict no-fly policy for drones. Despite the illegal activity, park officials had not responded to inquiries about the incident at the time of publication.
- ▪Don Johnson filmed a drone harassing a mother grizzly and her cubs while visiting Yellowstone National Park.
- ▪Flying drones in national parks is illegal and can result in fines or jail time.
- ▪Johnson's video of the incident has been viewed over 30,000 times on Facebook.
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| Publication time | Fri, 29 May 2026 13:44:59 +0000 |
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Idaho Falls resident Don Johnson captured a serious violation of Yellowstone National Park rules when he unintentionally got video of a drone harassing a mother grizzly and her two cubs.Johnson was in a crowd watching Beryl, a famous mother grizzly, and her two cubs around 6:34 p.m. on May 14. The trio was wandering around Grizzly Lake in the northwest corner of Yellowstone between Mammoth Hot Springs and Roaring Mountain.As he filmed their interactions with his iPhone, he captured something else: a white quadcopter drone buzzing the animals, flying so close to the grizzlies that they could have reared up and swatted it out of the air.“I didn’t even notice the drone at the time,” Johnson told Cowboy State Daily.
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