Daring Fisherman Feeds Wild Bear By Hand

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

Video Credit: CEN/@Uglegorsk news

This is the moment a wild bear eats out of a fisherman’s hand after a pair of the fearsome animals appeared at the man’s fishing spot.

The startling scenes were recorded in the vicinity of Uglegorsky in the Sakhalin Oblast of eastern Russia after a pair of bears appeared across a river from a pair of fishermen.

In the video, one of the fishermen, who has not been named in reports, can be seen wading into the water towards the two bears offering them a fish.

Pictures Credit: CEN/@Uglegorsk news

The bears appear inquisitive but do not move towards the man, so he throws a fish into the water in front of them instead.

One of the bears then dashes into the river to grab the fish and the man continues offering it another fish from his hand.

The bear then slowly walks towards him and eats the fish out of his hand. The fisherman then goes to grab another fish but as he turns to the camera the bear paws at his bag of food.

A woman warns the fisherman and he manages to move the bag out of the way before feeding the bear another fish.

Local media report the man in the video is from the village of Olkhovka although the exact location the clip was recorded in is unknown.

Experts in local media reminded citizens that bears should not be lured with food as they could lose their fear of humans and begin attacking people.

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