Moose Narrowly Avoids Grizzly Bear Attack in Thrilling Viral Video from Montana Campground

A shocking video shows a grizzly bear attempting to chase down a moose at a rural Montana campsite — and the biologist who captured the moment on social media has gone viral.

Bear biologist and host of the Tooth and Claw Podcast Wesley Larson filmed the video on Tuesday, June 11, and shared it on social media. Larson told KTVQ that he'd had too many experiences with bears to count over the years, but this recent moment at the Soda Butte Campground in Cooke City, Mont. was one of the most exciting he has ever experienced.

"I'd seen bears chase after a lot of stuff. I've hazed bears. I had to chase a whole grizzly bear family on foot in Jackson with a paintball gun," Larson told the station.

"All I felt was a lot of excitement. I was very excited to see that unfold right in front of my eyes," he said, recalling how he was sitting inside his car when the bear and bull moose raced past him.

Larson — an animal behavior expert who tells stories of animal attacks on his podcast — told Storyful the video was filmed at the same site of a fatal bear attack from over a decade ago.

"I checked the site number where the chase had just unfolded. It was site 26, the very same location of the fatal mauling 14 years ago," he told the outlet.

The biologist was visiting the campground after taping an episode of his show, in which he and his co-hosts Jeff Larson and Mike Smith reported on the bear attack that killed 48-year-old Kevin Kammer.

"We had done a story on Tooth and Claw about a fatality that happened in that campground," Larson told KTVQ, explaining why he was visiting the site.

"It happened in 2010. It was this guy, Kevin Kammer, who was pulled from his tent and eaten by a grizzly bear. She had three cubs," he explained to Storyful.

At first, the podcast host didn't even see the bear and thought that the moose was reacting to the music playing from his car.

"My music was quite loud in my car, and I thought, oh, this moose is upset ‘cuz it hears my music," Larson told KTVQ.

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As soon as the bear tore off past his car in pursuit of the moose, Larson wanted to try and see the whole fight for himself, he added to the outlet.

"And then I turned the camera off, and I threw it into reverse, backed up as quickly as possibly as I could. I was hoping the bear had gotten the moose, and I'd get to see this fight," Larson said.

The male moose had escaped from the bear, according to the expert.

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The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks confirmed back in 2010 that a female grizzly bear and her cubs pulled three people out of their tents late at night and mauled them, resulting in Kammer's death. The incident was considered "unusual" at the time because grizzly bears rarely attack humans with the intent to kill.

However, Larson said humans can never be too careful around wild animals like bears.

"Had I been out of the vehicle, close to those two, I wouldn't doubt that the bear could have switched to me as another option," he told KTVQ.

Previously, experts who spoke with PEOPLE recommended that anyone who comes face-to-face with a grizzly should make a loud noise, hold their hands above their head, and have bear spray ready in case the animal decides to charge.