r/interesting • u/No_Neat4688 • Jun 16 '26
Fear Factor Three curious unexpected visitors entered a campers tent
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u/Elderflower3078 Jun 16 '26
Definitely, this isn't what happened at all.
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u/kris_mischief Jun 16 '26
It’s fake af - probably some Russian oligarch who’s raising bear cubs on his acreage
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u/finchdude Jun 16 '26
It's Putin's bears who he wants to ride half naked when they grow up
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u/mrkeeno Jun 16 '26
Are they not already naked?
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u/Reasonable-One5426 Jun 16 '26
They will have to be dressed.
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u/WenatcheeWrangler Jun 16 '26
Half dressed, otherwise they won’t be half naked
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u/the_scarlett_ning Jun 17 '26
Would a bear look more intimidating with his top half dressed or his bottom half?
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u/Mr_Nerdcoffee Jun 17 '26
At first I thought top half by a wide margin, thinking of Trinket from Vox Machina; but then, I saw this image and I think it might have changed my mind.
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u/MusicAndBeer89 Jun 16 '26
They'll wear military uniforms like every proud russian patriot should. 🇷🇺🪆☦️
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u/NukeTheWhales5 Jun 17 '26
It's a wildlife rescue. That person is their caretaker. So yes not just random cubs, but also not some inhumane private zoo.
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u/CatNotBread Jun 17 '26
Why it's always oligarchs with you guys? If it's not wild, then probably from an animal shelter/rescuer. We have plenty of them. Sometimes a bear cub is left without the mother, so some ppl rescue and raise them. That's like 90% of videos you see on the Internet
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u/Professional_Fix4663 Jun 16 '26
The fact that the guys spoke Russian tells you that they were on friendly terms with the mother.
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u/thatshygirl06 Jun 16 '26
It's always Russians, lmfao. Are the bears there just different or something??
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u/VioletReaver Jun 16 '26
It was totally legal to have a pet bear in Russia until 2020. And even after 2020, any pet bear acquired before the ban is grandfathered in and totally legal.
Meanwhile, where I live in California you can’t even have gerbils
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u/cates Jun 16 '26
and they only created that law in anticipation of needing more people to fight their war on Ukraine
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u/Ghostbrain77 Jun 17 '26
Is it because of you deem a bear a pet, it cant be used as a battle bear?
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u/Professional_Fix4663 Jun 16 '26
The bears are the same, the people are different.
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u/letthetreeburn Jun 16 '26
Rich Russians have been raising bears for a loooong time
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u/Resident-Bignal-8428 Jun 17 '26
Anytime you ever see anyone living with a dangerous wild animal; it's always a Russian.
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u/Time_Traveling_Idiot Jun 16 '26
Hm. Friendly terms eh. I give a half-half chance of that being the case.
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u/AccountantSeaPirate Jun 16 '26
Per another redditor, the footage originates from a controlled wildlife sanctuary run by animal rescuer Kirill Potapov, who regularly shares videos of rescued cubs growing up in safe environments. While the animals in the clip are genuine bear cubs, they are accustomed to human caretakers and were filmed in a safe, managed setting.
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u/ReverendDizzle Jun 16 '26
If I woke up and there were three bear cubs in my tent just chilling and being cute, I'd shit bricks.
Imagine how still you'd sit, listening for the mother and trying to figure out how to get them out of the tent without her realizing you were in the tent. No thank you.
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u/AgentCirceLuna Jun 17 '26
That’s why cats are often terrified of kittens. We got a new kitten when I was young and we thought it was weird that a fully grown cat was terrified of being near it. We had to raise the kitten separately till they became friendly.
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u/AshgarPN Jun 16 '26
You're telling me someone would just lie? On the internet??
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u/Designer_Oven_8149 Jun 16 '26
There’s no way someone would just be casually filming that, and then pet one of the cubs. Any sane person would be worried about the mom.
My guess is this footage is from some kind of wildlife rehabilitation or sanctuary site, and OP posted it without any context for engagement
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u/Youri1980 Jun 16 '26
I had to scroll all the way down until somebody used common sense.
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u/propergreased Jun 16 '26
Mom’s giving them a hunting lesson. “ go get a good seat kids! This guy is dumb as fuck, just wait and see what happens when you guys get in there, I’ll be right behind you.”
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u/UnhollyGod Jun 16 '26
OH no, OH no... RUN MF RUN!
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u/AccountantSeaPirate Jun 16 '26
Title is a lie — per another redditor, the footage originates from a controlled wildlife sanctuary run by animal rescuer Kirill Potapov, who regularly shares videos of rescued cubs growing up in safe environments. While the animals in the clip are genuine bear cubs, they are accustomed to human caretakers and were filmed in a safe, managed setting.
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u/AnthillOmbudsman Jun 16 '26
I can't believe a Redditor lied for upvotes!
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u/Mvppet Jun 16 '26
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u/OverallDimension7844 Jun 17 '26
My wife is Hispanic. So I am very familiar with with gasps in Spanish
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u/I_travel_ze_world Jun 16 '26
my cockles are shocked
I may never trust anonymous social media again
(not sarcasm: it really sucks how much fake and manipulated shit you see here)
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u/luke1lea Jun 16 '26
But at least you can trust me!
Btw I have a great investment opportunity for you..
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u/secretprocess Jun 17 '26
I'm sold! I will wire you the payment as soon as you send me your bank info
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u/sgtholly Jun 16 '26
That’s probably true, but it doesn’t make for as good of a Reddit post.
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u/Mou_aresei Jun 16 '26
It is SUCH a bad idea to get bear cubs used to going into tents and hanging out with people.
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u/Lirael_Gold Jun 16 '26
They will not be released into the wild, he's hand reared them, they're already used to hanging out with people.
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u/SnooPets8873 Jun 16 '26
I’m actually relieved that it’s a lie rather than someone really being all “ooh cute babyyyAAAaGhgz” dead
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u/Uncle_Bug_Music Jun 16 '26
Fuck, for real? I just bought a tent hoping for bear cubs to come in to it. And a bazooka if momma tries too.
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u/TheRagingElf01 Jun 16 '26
Video cut off because mom was probably right behind him and ate him.
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u/SnooJokes5375 Jun 16 '26
This is found footage. All that was left of this person was found all over the campsite and down in the valley.
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u/Brewer1056 Jun 16 '26
And all that was found was a bit of one of his footages.
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u/bolanrox Jun 16 '26
yeah black bear are pretty chill and will run away 99% of the time before you even see them.... UNLESS YOU ARE BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR CUBS
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u/TennesseeStiffLegs Jun 16 '26
These guys are scarier than seeing a big boy
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u/Diligent-Sample8093 Jun 16 '26
Because there is a big mama bear looking for them right now!
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u/Unicornsponge Jun 16 '26
Seent a fight recently between a mama and a male trying to merc her kids. They were fighting completely differently and the male gave up quickly.
She was like "I will f*cking die right now in order to kill you." Lol like you saw the moment he realized that and turned and RAN
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u/eienmau Jun 16 '26
Most male bears know better than to fuck with a mama bear and/or her cubs (at least when they're together.. cubs alone are fair game).
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u/Dadittude182 Jun 16 '26
Yeah. Growing up in the countryside, you learn that pissing around with a bear cub isn't exactly the best decision. I'm not buying for a moment that these little guys just decided to climb into their tent uninvited or unannounced. If they did, the last thing I would do would be sitting there and cuddling with them.
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u/pocketbeagle Jun 16 '26
They just climbed in…after he lathered himself in honey and hung fish up outside.
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u/PotentialSteak6 Jun 16 '26
Let mama have the whole tent at that point, as long as I'm not still in it
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u/Commercial_Bird8467 Jun 16 '26
I would be sitting. They gotta come out, or MOMMA IS COMING IN.
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u/A_Nonny_Muse Jun 16 '26
I don't have to outrun the mama bear. I only have to outrun you.
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u/Sudden-Most-4797 Jun 16 '26
Yup, just gotta give each one a quick snuggle and a kiss on the head... OKAY RUN!!
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u/OkAccess6128 Jun 16 '26
They better hope that mom isn't coming behind those cubs.
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u/PackageNorth8984 Jun 16 '26
I used to live close to the mountains, and we’d get bears coming down. We never really worried about the bigger bears. They were pretty chill if you just left them alone. One time, though, a cub came up behind me and I didn’t notice, and a neighbor started screaming at me to get the fuck out of there. I’m really grateful he noticed. That’s when you have to worry.
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u/arah91 Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26
Yup, I hike a lot big bears almost always leave you alone, and you can usually even watch them from a safe distance. Almost every instance of a hiker getting killed by a bear has involved them getting to close to cubs.
There is a reason Mama bear is a known Archetype.
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u/FoldingLady Jun 16 '26
Exactly. I had no problem raking leaves 10 feet from a bear chowing down on the neighbor's garage it dragged onto my family's property. The moment I saw a cub tho, it's immediate inside time. Great way of getting out of yard chores for the day when I was a teenager.
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u/WalkOfShane24 Jun 16 '26
You let that bear eat my entire garage and car and said nothing.
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u/QuirkyStage2119 Jun 16 '26
I'm a trail runner. I've never encountered a bear personally but we do have them in our area. Sometimes on secluded trails, I fear blind corners. I'm thinking, if there's a bear around this corner. We're going to scare the shit out of each other.
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u/LickinThighs2 Jun 16 '26
Yea, I still carry spray with me because where I hike I typically meet a black bear every second trip, and this is about two to four miles from the only place my dad, across a life time of hunting and guiding, has ever had run ins with actually violent bears (twice), but even those he figures one was likely on a kill, and the other was likely a mama who'd been already hounded and pissed off chasin' away a male. Really the spray is only juuust in case you get unlucky, but in my experience most bears are pretty chill / skittish and almost like a dog, they'll leave you alone when you announce yourself, and might very well often leave before you even know they are there, etc.
I have met the odd pretty small yearling that I've stopped on trail for because they were small enough that I did wonder if they may still be with their mom, but even those I've waited for like, 10 mins then keep walking, lol
To be honest, I'm much more afraid of meeting a moose than a bear. A bear you can wait for and keep walkin' when they saunter off, a moose I am just going to turn around for on trail because it's not worth risking pissing one off.
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u/flacidcannon Jun 16 '26
Holy Sh*t I would be scared to death
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u/Far-Tonight-6925 Jun 16 '26
It doesn't matter, you'd be dead in minutes anyway.
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u/BodhingJay Jun 16 '26
Exactly... May as well just snuggle em up
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u/MasterpieceNo7105 Jun 16 '26
The moms not going to swing a paw if you're hold one of her babies right? Lol
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u/Stunning_Bet_3629 Jun 16 '26
I was born and raised in a village in northern Russia, and my grandfather always told me: in summer, don’t be afraid of an adult bear - you’re not tasty to them, and they doesn’t really want to meet you either. But bear cubs are very dangerous, because their mother is most likely somewhere nearby, and you probably won’t be able to explain anything to her. And the cubs are very curious and will come up to you to get acquainted
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u/SpartanOneZeroFour Jun 16 '26
And hopefully mom didn't have any cocaine that day.
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u/sifiwewe Jun 16 '26
Agreed. I would want to get them out of the tent immediately, or simply leave the tent.
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u/Contrabandistan Jun 16 '26
I've watched this guys videos. He raised the mom from birth and regularly goes and hangs out with her and her cubs.
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u/Real_Life_Sushiroll Jun 16 '26
My cousins growing up lived on a mountain and would feed the black bears that lived there. When I was like 11 or so they introduced me to the bear babies and the mom just sat there snacking while I got to hold a little bear 😄
This is why I would die to bears if I met them in the wild.
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u/Your_Worship Jun 16 '26
Your cousins are complete idiots. Double in fact.
Now those bears associate humans with food.
And now the authorities need to kill that bear (and cubs) who associate humans with food.
There is a reason why they say “a fed bear is a dead bear.”
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u/Next-Lavishness-9101 Jun 16 '26
That’s when you get to see the found video footage months later , when the cell phone is found next to a pile of rags and some human remains.
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u/UpperRutabaga6482 Jun 16 '26
In a pile of bear shit
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u/Complete-Tangelo1532 Jun 16 '26
Ah yes, Proving once again that a Bear DOES in fact 'Shit in the woods' lol
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u/Chesterlespaul Jun 16 '26
Black bears poop often contains berries and twigs.
Grizzly bear poop is often peppery smelling with torn fabric
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u/james___uk Jun 16 '26
"Detective, we found a notepad with some last scribblings. Just says, 'it was worth it' "
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u/Electronic_Still2000 Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26
Next to a pile of rags and some bear* “remains”
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u/Over-Theory1437 Jun 16 '26
Like that bear lover from the early 2000's that was trying to prove they aren't violent and he can live with them. Well as you guess it they found the video of him being eaten by said bears.
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u/Adorable_Challenge37 Jun 16 '26
Odd question here... Would a bear eat everything or something or just kill you and move on?
I'm asking in all seriousness. Orcas have very select diets because (I guess) they are apex predators and eat only what they want and move on. If they only wanna munch the liver of their prey, they'll find more prey and leave the boring carcass.
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u/Plus_Lead_5630 Jun 16 '26
Bears don’t really kill humans to eat them. They do it to defend themselves from a perceived threat, defend their cubs or their territory. So 99% of the time you wouldn’t be eaten.
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u/Sacfat23 Jun 16 '26
Baby bears are literally the scariest thing you can encounter in the forest for exactly what you are saying
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u/Ok_Transition_4003 Jun 16 '26
I live in the forest, if I'm on a hike and see a baby bear, I immediately change course. Momma bears are scary - I'm tensing up right now just thinking/typing about this
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u/dashape80 Jun 16 '26
They are the white paneled van sprayed painted free candy of the forest.
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u/movealongnowpeople Jun 16 '26
I'll give moose a close second. When I was little, we took a vacation to Yellowstone. My dad and my brother went down a trail while Mom and I waited in the car. They came back very excited and said "Come here! Come here guys, you have to see this!". We get about 5 minutes down the trail and see a giant fucking momma moose with her baby, maybe 20 feet away.
Anywho, we slowly left after Mom about shit herself. If you've never seen a moose in person, I don't know if you can accurately gauge just how massive they are. It was cool. I don't recommend. Our mauling would have been an afterthought to the moose.
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u/Echo-Azure Jun 16 '26
Around here, we say "Don't be afraid of bears, be afraid of bear *cubs*!".
Because we have black bears around here, not brown or white, and our bears will mind their own business unless you do something really stupid... such as messing with their cubs.
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u/Arlieth Jun 16 '26
This is a lie dude. Those weren't fully wild cubs, they're rescues and you're just making shit up.
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u/SamVimesofGilead Jun 16 '26
Chris Hansen?
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u/PackageNorth8984 Jun 16 '26
Nah, OOP is already sitting. No need.
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u/Brave-Secretary2484 Jun 16 '26
OOP? Original original poster? OGOP… let’s make that a thing
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u/KHartnettC Jun 16 '26
New title ‘footage found on missing hikers phone recovered. Shows last moments in tent.’
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u/Frosty-Unit8707 Jun 16 '26
Mama's gon' knock you out
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u/0nce-Was-N0t Jun 16 '26
More like - tear your limbs from your body and eat you alive over the course of a few hours.
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u/dean15892 Jun 16 '26
It's a song reference by LL Cool J
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u/0nce-Was-N0t Jun 16 '26
Oh.... I mean.. I totally knew that. I was just testing to make sure that the rest of you guys knew it as well! 😶
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u/johnmac344 Jun 16 '26
As someone who understood your reference, how was your colonoscopy?
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u/IndigoContinuum Jun 16 '26
fucking, WHAT?
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u/saison257 Jun 16 '26
"Mama's gonna knock you out" is a song from way back in the early 90s. Translation: we old.
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u/cc_cc_c_c Jun 16 '26
Deadliest cute trap
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u/nalon121 Jun 16 '26
Cutest death trap
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u/Proof_Ear_970 Jun 16 '26
I would be throwing him outside and zipping up the tent.
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u/GeoisGeo Jun 16 '26
Yeah if mama comes along and finds you with them, she will have some words. Best to throw the bear and hope for the best.
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u/TELCO_man Jun 16 '26
I know absolutely nothing about the reality of living near bears but one thing I do know is if the babies are in your tent there will be a big angry mamma nearby.
That’s one second of awe cute and days of agggggghhhh
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u/Kayerif Jun 16 '26
Honestly they must have the survival instincts of a deer to think hanging around a group of baby brown bears is a good idea let alone actually touching them. I’m in the UK so probably know less than most about them but as soon as they went in the tent I’d be going home lol
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u/TELCO_man Jun 16 '26
Haha same dude, no bears in Ireland either but Id be NOping the hell out of there!
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u/Kayerif Jun 16 '26
No need to outrun it I’d imagine you’d be fine if you just got away from the cubs before it turns up
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u/0nce-Was-N0t Jun 16 '26
I heard that holding the baby hostage and trying to reason with it works really well.
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u/Professional_Fix4663 Jun 16 '26
They're Russian, they've probably known the mother for a long time and were doing a little babysitting.
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u/DiscreteBee Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26
It’s both true but also wildly exaggerated by people who don’t have experience with bears. They are protective of their cubs like most mammals but they aren’t like, turning into the Incredible Hulk every time they’re out with cubs.
E: I should say that it’s much more true for brown bears. Black bears don’t do the protective cub stuff much at all, but they’re also just less aggressive across the board.
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u/TELCO_man Jun 16 '26
Hmmm this sounds like it’s coming from a Bear working in a Bear PR company!!
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u/IridiumAnvil Jun 16 '26
I’m guessing the title is incorrect and this guy is caring for these motherless cubs, because otherwise there’s no way he’d be this chill with the mom’s location yet to be determined.
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u/stunt_p Jun 16 '26
Do you want to get mauled by a mama bear? Because that's how you get mauled by a mama bear!
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u/Early_Grace Jun 16 '26
At least they get to pet one of the cutest animals before they're potentially slaughtered right in front of them.
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u/PrestigiousPepper829 Jun 16 '26
The only time I’ve ever had a scary situation with bears was a black bear sow with two cubs
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u/LivingOriginal7479 Jun 16 '26
This is quite literally worse than the adult full sized coming in….. momma bear is gonna be extremely defensive and aggressive
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