Yellowstone National Park tourist uses spray to ward off a wolf following him in crazy video

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An insane video of a wolf following a tourist is going viral.

As our loyal readers know, there are few things on the internet more fascinating than nature content.

It’s guaranteed to fire people up, whether it’s terrifying footage or something that is incredibly heartwarming. It can often go either way.

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That brings us to one of the wildest videos you’ll ever see.

Video footage shared on Instagram by @awolfadventure captured by two men named Deric Smith and Sean shows a wild situation in Yellowstone National Park.

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A lone wolf was stalking and following a tourist in a fashion that needs to be seen to be believed. The tourist ultimately needed to use spray to get the wolf to back off a bit.

The caption on the viral Instagram post states the following:

Deric Smith and Sean @seanwinmd watched an interesting encounter in Yellowstone when a wolf got very curious. ( photo also of the young man ( Ignicio) in the video)
This is what Deric had to say
Pretty exciting last few hours at Yellowstone. This wolf started running after people, and by the time I turned around and had him in the spotting scope. I was able to get a few videos, including this one. He zeroed in on this guy. He was hiking on a trail through Lamar River Valley and did everything right.
It was pretty exciting. I got to talk to him. He’s the guy in the middle. Several Rangers came in, and he had to give a report, and they took my video. Apparently, they were going to close that area down for a while. Could’ve been worse, I know I had fun, lol, but he was freaking out. Good for him, though he was calm and didn’t freak and run!

You can watch the incredible footage below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

There are few situations in life I can think of that would be more nerve-wracking than to have a wolf stalking you. Granted, better a lone wolf than an entire pack, but either way, it’s not an ideal situation to find yourself in.

Fortunately, this tourist remained calm, didn’t panic, didn’t attempt to outrun the wolf and, instead, stuck to the tools at his disposal.

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All is well that ends well. It’s a great lesson in the fact you never know what you’ll encounter out in the wild.