In bootstrap-3.3.7.js you will see the following code.
if (this.options.remote) {
this.$element
.find('.modal-content')
.load(this.options.remote, $.proxy(function () {
this.$element.trigger('loaded.bs.modal')
}, this))
}
So the bootstrap is going to replace the remote content into element. This is the default behavior by framework. So the problem is in your remote content itself, it should contain