Curious Bear Cub Scares The Life Out Of Sleeping Man

Story By: Anna Guran, Sub EditorJoseph GolderAgency: Central European News

Video Credit: CEN/KAM 24

This is the moment a curious bear cub gives a man taking a nap in a field with his pal the fright of his life when he wakes up to find the furry creature next to him.

The incident was filmed near Khalaktyrsky Beach near the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in the far-eastern Russian peninsula of Kamchatka and shared on YouTube where it has been viewed 115,000 times.

According to reports, the two men were visiting Khalaktyrsky Beach, famous for its dark volcanic sand, when they stopped to take a nap in the tall grass.

Pictures Credit: CEN/KAM 24

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) cub approached the sleeping tourists and began to sniff them when one man woke up screaming “bear” to his colleague.

In the footage filmed by eyewitnesses, two men are seen sleeping on the grass on their fronts as a small bear walks up to them.

The cub begins to sniffs a tourist’s leg and he immediately wakes up and jumps to his feet.

As he tries to wake his napping pal by shouting “bear”, the nervous cub scarpers away.

Meanwhile, his friend takes a while to respond to the man’s pleas before also getting to his feet.

Fortunately, no one was hurt in the incident.

Brown bears are found across much of northern Eurasia as well as North America where they are often called grizzly bears.

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