--- title: Bar Rolling Down Hill at Denali National Park description: Grizzly bear rolls down hill at Denali National Park in Alaska canonical: https://time.com/4008164/bear-rolling-down-hill-denali-national-park/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-24T15:46:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:46.819Z og:title: Bar Rolling Down Hill at Denali National Park og:description: Grizzly bear rolls down hill at Denali National Park in Alaska og:url: https://time.com/4008164/bear-rolling-down-hill-denali-national-park/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bar Rolling Down Hill at Denali National Park twitter:description: Grizzly bear rolls down hill at Denali National Park in Alaska twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watching This Little Bear Roll Down a Hill Is the Answer to Your Woes ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 24, 2015 3:46 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 24, 2015 3:46 PM UTC Video of a bear rolling down a hill in Denali National Park in Alaska is going viral after YouTube user David Pangborn from Duluth, Minnesota, uploaded it on Monday. In the minute-and-a-half clip, the animal starts walking normally on four legs and then just seems to give up and start rolling down the hill, pausing at times to just chill on its back. 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