A rare white grizzly bear can be seen in this screenshot from a video posted by the Rimrock Resort Hotel in Banff, Alta., April 26, 2020. FACEBOOK / Rimrock Resort Hotel

iN VIDEO: Rare white grizzly seen in Banff

If you thought you saw a polar bear in B.C., you'd probably be pretty surprised. And rightly so.

However, what you'd be looking at is actually a rare type of grizzly bear with a white fur coat.

The Rimrock Resort Hotel in Banff uploaded a video of one of these creatures to Facebook last week.

Director of operations, Cara Clarkson, spotted the bears with her family on her husband's birthday, according to a Rocky Mountain Outlook report.  

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Brie Welton

Brie is a recent graduate from UBC Okanagan where she studied English and French while managing the campus newspaper. After working as an intern reporter for the summer of 2019 in her home-town of Kelowna, she rejoined the InfoNews team in March 2020 and moved to Kamloops.
Her interests range from food features and artist profiles to politics, crime and minority issues. She has a passion for story-telling and aspires to one day become a full-time court reporter.

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