Around 6:50 p.m. Thursday, two Alaska residents and one tourist went into the closed area, the National Park Service said in a statement. The man used an emergency exit on the bear viewing platform to get down to the riverbank below, according to Ramos. Multiple bears were feeding on salmon at the time. "In doing so, the group violated National Park Service wildlife viewing regulations, putting themselves and wildlife at risk," wrote Mark Sturm, superintendent at Katmai National Park. Katmai rangers started getting reports from visitors and people watching the Katmai bear cam.
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"The group was contacted by park rangers and charges are pending. Details on identities will be released when charges are finalized," Sturm wrote. In Katmai, it's prohibited to be within 50 yards of a bear that is "using a concentrated food source" like the migrating salmon at Brooks Falls.