00:00Not even Fat Bear Week is safe from internet spam bots.
00:04The annual social media tournament, which lets people vote online for their favorite
00:08bears at Katmai National Park, was reportedly spammed with fake votes.
00:13According to the park's Twitter account, contestant 435 received thousands of fraudulent
00:18votes.
00:19Contestant 435, a bear nicknamed Holly, won the tournament in 2019.
00:24The tournament originally declared Holly the winner over contestant 747, but then retracted
00:30the announcement a day later after realizing the votes had been tampered with.
00:35A manager at National Park Services confirmed Holly's illegitimate victory in the semifinal
00:40round and declared contestant 747 the true winner.
00:45The annual Fat Bear Week contest ends today, October 11th, and it's down to contestant
00:50747 and contestant 901.
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