Instead of bears, viewers saw something unusual on a live camera on mountain in Alaska, a distressed man asking for help. https://tinyurl.com/5a3vcvcs
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Social media users who signed on to gaze at bears and other wonders of nature are now being praised for spotting an Alaskan hiker in need.
A live camera set up around 2013 at Dumpling Mountain in Katmai National Park, captured a lost hiker Tuesday. Thanks to webcam viewers, a rescue team was employed to save the man, Mike Fitz said.
Fitz is founder of Fat Bear Week, a former ranger of about nine years at Katmai National Park and resident naturalist for Explore.org, a live nature camera network and documentary channel.
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