Speaking of Bears, Holy Moly!

cuphead · Jul 18, 2008

Found this on another forum and just had to share this clip.

You thought you had nerves of steel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZSn1Jl7eKo&e

mete · Jul 18, 2008

There are attacks and there are bluffs ! This bear was bluffing and the man had enough sense to stand his ground.

Ottoshot · Jul 18, 2008

That is called a mock charge.

northern1 · Jul 18, 2008

that is called ...."jejus help me".....jesus thank you

or....carry a good gun in these woods.

riddleofsteel · Jul 18, 2008

It's called "I NEED A CHANGE OF UNDERWEAR!!"

dipbait · Jul 18, 2008

Maybe thats his pet bear in a playful mood.

Hawkings · Jul 18, 2008

mete said:
There are attacks and there are bluffs ! This bear was bluffing and the man had enough sense to stand his ground.

2 hairy big round ones of "enough sense"

Scott Free · Jul 18, 2008

It does almost look like he wants to play. It reminds me of a dog that wants to chase and be chased.

tonym · Jul 18, 2008

Whether it was a real experience or his pet.

I agree with this statement!

riddleofsteel said:
It's called "I NEED A CHANGE OF UNDERWEAR!!"

General Specific · Jul 18, 2008

Hawkings said:
2 hairy big round ones of "enough sense"

That's what I was thinking, only big rusty ones. What differentiates a mock charge from a real one, BTW????

One you walk away from...

Regards,

Dave

OwenM · Jul 18, 2008

She's just keeping him away from her cub. I bet if he'd blundered closer, he'd have been toast.

Bushman5 · Jul 18, 2008

great video, definetely has some pucker factor!

theonew · Jul 18, 2008

So what's the appropriate response here now, slowly start backing away while still facing in the direction that the bear is charging from and then go wash your underwear?

Brian Jones · Jul 18, 2008

theonew said:
So what's the appropriate response here now, slowly start backing away while still facing in the direction that the bear is charging from and then go wash your underwear?

No, keep the bear busy by throwing the soiled underwear to him then using that distraction as your escape.

Mark J · Jul 18, 2008

Well of course it attacked. Did you notice at the beginning of the clip that the guy was picking nuts and berries?

You gotta wonder why in the world somebody just stood there and filmed the whole incident too.

theonew · Jul 18, 2008

Brian Jones said:
No, keep the bear busy by throwing the soiled underwear to him then using that distraction as your escape.

Excellent tactic, using poo as a weapon, I'm adding this to my play book

STAGE 2 · Jul 18, 2008

The bear looks trained and its convenient that it swerved off everytime the guy started talking. Almost like he was giving it commands. I call fake.

Brian Jones · Jul 18, 2008

theonew said:
Excellent tactic, using poo as a weapon, I'm adding this to my play book

Better than using sex as a weapon here, I say. That could be painful.

Leanwolf · Jul 18, 2008

STAGE 2 said:
The bear looks trained and its convenient that it swerved off everytime the guy started talking. Almost like he was giving it commands. I call fake.

I'm with Stage 2. Plus, even the quality of the film is far better than just some shlubb with a little video camera out running around with some dude who is "picking berries," and just happened to have it handy when the big bad bear "nearly" attacked. That one was staged.

L.W.

Brian Jones · Jul 18, 2008

Also, note the wry smile on the guy's face - you can just see his mouth and chin.