A Man Wearing a Bear Costume Is Harassing Bears in Alaska

 The incident happened Monday on the Chilkoot River near Haines, said Alaska Fish and Game Assistant Area Management Biologist Mark Sogge. It wasn’t immediately known what the man was trying to accomplish. A crowd had gathered at a weir, used to count fish, because the bears have frequently been showing up there to feed during the salmon run.
 The crowd, which is kept at a safe distance from the weir, became startled when a man decked out in a bear outfit ran through the area Monday evening.