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Shock Vid: Woman Walks Away From Horrifying Polar Bear Attack
- Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:06am by
Billy Hallowell
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The below video was purportedly shot in Russia last week. In the shocking clip, a woman is violently attacked by a polar bear. The disturbing scenario shows the animal clawing at her and then tossing her.
While the attack, itself, is startling, you’ll be even more surprised to see the victim stand up and walk away — albeit dazed — from the incident. Daily Mail recaps the scenario:
It is thought the woman managed to escape with her life after one onlooker threw an object towards the bear, scaring it away from a second assault.
Instead, the woman eventually composes herself and shuffles to safety as the animal remains out of sight behind a wall.
Watch the video, below:
(h/t Gawker)
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Comments (109)
cemerius
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:46amLooks like a new Victoria’s Secret commercial? :)
Report Post »gotta light
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:30pmUUUGggg
IS THAT A RUSSIAN ZOO !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Seriously folks…. Is that a Russian zoo?
If yes, I be a little pissed off too if I were that polar bear.
Hey bud gotta light
Report Post »Locked
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:20pm“UUUGggg
IS THAT A RUSSIAN ZOO !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Seriously folks…. Is that a Russian zoo?”
No.
“This is the terrifying moment a woman is set upon and mauled by a ferocious polar bear in a Russian back street, before amazingly escaping apparently uninjured.
The vicious bear was captured pouncing on the unassuming woman in northern Russia after somehow finding itself in the middle of town.”
Report Post »MommyNeedsMoreCoffee
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:20pmThinking there’s got to be a really, really interesting backstory to this video…I could write a screenplay with this as the opening scene and the rest of the film leads up to this moment.
Report Post »ezeewhiz
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 6:27pmYes, if they could just zoom in a bit!!1
Report Post »WHOISTHATMADMAN
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 6:58pmWhere’s someone w/ a gun or something to help this poor lady? I mean seriously, someone’s getting mauled by a freakin HUGE polar bear and you grab a camera as opposed to looking for a weapon to somehow help this lady? Had that been outta my window, ol’ polar bear woulda caught a .270 between the eyes… I’d have probably been arrested after the fact, but I’d at least have a clear conscious
Report Post »Applehead
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 8:17pmI guess with all the global warming going on there are a few polar bears left Al Gore you snake oil salesman!
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 9:44pmThat ladies and gentlemen is why God felt the need to give us the ability to use projectile weapons. We are one of only a handful of species capable of incapacitating another animal at a distance. When all else fails, throw some rocks. It works even better if you have a sling.
Report Post »Seabee79
Posted on September 10, 2011 at 10:31amI thnk she was being punked.
Report Post »Reavin
Posted on September 10, 2011 at 9:11pmSGTB,
You’ve obviously never had a monkey throw poo at you.
Report Post »db321
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:17amWelcome to Socialism – wait until you see our Zoo’s after Emperor Obama get finished – On the other hand, his many Palaces will be Extravagant. 3 Cheers for OBAMA! What ring finger do we kiss.
Report Post »drago
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:42amVodka, saving commies from bear attacks for 600 years.Even polar bears hate commies……
Report Post »felix
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:37amlook at the building etc. in the area. thats what AMERICA is going to like with our commie dictator obumbler
Report Post »inferno
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:09amWould someone explain to me how a sane person would happen to be close enough to a Pplar bear to be attacked ?
Report Post »hud
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:17amMaybe she took the song Walk with the Bears too seriously.
Report Post »aquablue
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:40amthat was my first thought! it didn’t even look like a habitat for a polar bear either. just looked like a sad place.
Report Post »M100Spiral
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:45pmMaybe the video was taken in Siberia. Maybe Siberia is similar to Alaska, in the sense that, bears and wolves scavenge for food amongst human populations. Also, since there are probably far fewer natural resources in Siberia, maybe there are more communities living in poverty. By the way, is not Siberia the region for the old USSR and new Russian exiles? Remember, Siberia was never meant to be a good haven!
Report Post »Kangana
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 5:25pmPolar bears can be found in Greenland, the northern islands of Norway, Russia, USA and Canada. It’s not that big of a stretch, dude.
Report Post »SICKOFLIBSBULSH
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:08amNice thong
Report Post »bhscpa
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:08pmSecond that!
Report Post »jedidiah
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:08amAlright, I watched the video without trepidation knowing that the woman was going to get up and walk away. Then she gets up and wanders away with her pants around her ankles. I laughed out loud — I understood why someone was filming when the bear showed up!
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:07pmIf you got punched in the head by a 1100 pound polar bear and then bit on your spine, you’d shuffle off in whatever condition you could – pants, no pants, whatever. People are laughing about her state of dress in a survival situation?
Report Post »M100Spiral
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:13pmPolar bears have long, sharp claws. The chances are the bear damaged her Levis. We only saw her front side, and we have no idea what kind of injury she might have sustained on her back from the attack. It looks like the bear might have clawed her face or head as well. Bear claws cut through skin deeply leaving scars. It looks like everyone got to shelter but her. She was crouched down in that area playing dead until someone told her to make a run for it. During the attack, and in fear, she responded like one would if a dog or wolf was attacking her. She probably did what any of us would have done. Unfortunately, if the bear persisted in his attack, it would not have saved her.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:16pm@TH30PH1LUS & M100Spiral
Report Post »Some people will get a kick out of just about anything. Kinda weird though when they start getting off at the sight of a woman that could have been very seriously hurt showing her underware. And yes, she could have been seriously hurt. I’ve seen people with broken legs, broken backs and broken necks even (along with a lot of other injuries as well) get up and walk away while they are in shock, sometimes they will start walking away and when they get a little distance away they can just drop over dead. And who knows, perhaps it being Russia, they might have been taping it because it is possible that they set it up for the bear to attack the woman. I’ve heard of things like that happening as well. Kind of like taping these fights that these kids set up and then post on youtube and etc. You know, those weird freaky kind of people.
M100Spiral
Posted on September 10, 2011 at 12:34pm@SERVANT OF YHVH
While watching the video, I remembered hearing a story of a man who broke both of his legs in a motorcycle accident. He was in so much shock that he did not even realize they were broken. He walked on them for a short time, and he apparently damaged both of them beyond medical repair. He spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
When I saw her getting up, I feared that she might add more damaged to an already injured spinal column.
Report Post »Ezekiel2230
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:04amThe video is amazing…what amazes me more is if people seeing it truly believe this is a zoo. This is Russia, and a Russian village. You really think they put houses inside the exhibits? The bear is roaming the streets. Polar bears don’t all live on icebergs in Alaska.
Report Post »spirit of freedom
Posted on September 10, 2011 at 1:07pmthey would all live on Icebergs if they werent all melted from “Global Warming” ……Blahahaha!
Report Post »sorry, i just Had to do it. lol!
South Philly Boy
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:56amDid he have any TEETH?
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:55amFolks, she wasn’t in the polar bear cage and the bear was not in the zoo. It wandered into town and was looking for food when it happened to find her. Imagine walking down the street minding your own business when suddenly a huge polar bear lunges at you from behind a wall. And yes, you gotta wonder why she didn’t think to pull up her pants as she got away.
Report Post »hud
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:19amPriorities.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:21amTouche!
Report Post »a true texan
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:22amShe was in SHOCK!!! wouldn’t you be you just got attacked by a polar bear while walking down the street!
Report Post »M100Spiral
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:17pmShe was in shock! She began walking like she had sustained an injury in her back area.
Report Post »NC1
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:54amIn a country without gun control I doubt that polar bear would have gotten that far along with mauling someone in a neighborhood. One would hope.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:25pmWord to the wise: if a bear of any sort ever attacks you and all you have is a regular handgun, for the love of Christ do NOT shoot it. Short of getting lucky you’re more liked to anger it and get yourself killed before it even slows down from the injuries. Back up slowly, never look it in the face, and do not run (it will chase you and bat you around like a toy).
If you regularly carry around a hunting rifle, you might have better luck. Don’t think that happens often even in countries with lax gun control laws, especially not in urban areas.
Report Post »evenhand
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:41pmExactly. Without guns they can’t protect themselves. And as far as having a hunting rifle it is a sign of the times you DON’T see people with hunting rifles. I remember in the early 1980′s in Tooele County, Utah when 25% of pickup trucks had gun racks in the window holding 1 or more rifles. You could walk around a supermarket parking lot and count 10+ rifles on any given day. Now, zero. True this before the drug epedimic of the late 80′s and increase burglary. People kill people, Wild Creatures kill people,….guns don’t kill people.
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:43pmWhen you come across a bear in the wild you should always use the “buddy system”. Shoot your buddy in the leg and RUN!! (Sorry, bad joke, couldn’t help myself)
Report Post »Yeah_Buddy
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 7:03pmIf you have a gun, don’t shoot it? Really? How about back up slowly and pump as many rounds into its face as you can. Even a .22 caliber round in the face is going to stun the thing enough to improve your chances of survival. Of course, you could lay your arms down, lay down, play dead and hope for the best.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on September 10, 2011 at 10:35am“If you have a gun, don’t shoot it? Really? How about back up slowly and pump as many rounds into its face as you can.”
As a polar bear can run at 25 mph, I hope you have a lot of freaking space. And oddly, the more space you have, the less likely you are to be able to hit its face. Wow, what a concept!
Report Post »Cornfed 528
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:51amYeah the poor ol‘ polar bear he just decided he wanted an easy meal since McDonalds wasn’t open for a McSeal sandwich! Duh! Polar bears eat humans too. If he shows up in my neighborhood he will become a bear rug in a hurry.
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:48amQ. What happens to an Eskimo if he sits on a block of ice too long?
Report Post »A. He gets polaroids.
inferno
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:07amHow does an Eskimo repair his house ? With Igloo
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on September 10, 2011 at 2:24amHa! Those jokes are un-BEAR-able.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:40amThis woman was fortunate… she could have been hit by one of those polar bears that fall from the sky and explode on impact, like in the progressive global warming commercials. I see someone asked the obvious question, “Why was she in the cage in the first place?” While certainly a relevant question, perhaps a better question would be, “Why were her pants around her ankles?”
Report Post »Birgitte
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:08pmYou can see the polar bear pick her up by her pants, they were ripped off. Some other blind fool tried to say she was popping a squat.
Geez, it’s just like hearing different interpretations of football plays depending on what side people are rooting for. “That was a fumble!“ ”Obviously not because his knee hit the ground first…. DUH!”
Watch the video guys…
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:36amThe Russian women are strong like bull. She is good on plow, working the beet fields for the collective.
Report Post »Bill in Texas
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:48pmThats one tough woman! lol
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:32amNext time your child talks about “oh, the poor polar bears” show them a video of those poor, sweet polar bears – mauling and ripping a baby seal to shreds to eat it. Show the cute polar bears with blood covered all over their nose and face…
These are not the cute, adorable Coka Cola commercial bears, these are vicious, blood thirsty predators. They are not in danger, their populations EXPLODED 500% over the last 100 years and are STILL growing, despite the lies from the global warming movement to paint them and cuddly innocent dying bears.
Report Post »SanMoo
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:59amIt is so ridiculous how the Global Warming idiots show a bear on a small piece of ice in the ocean—Polar Bears spend 90% of their time in the ocean and go to land only for birthing the babies. They are sea animals….for heaven’s sake. There are no large predators on land to kill the bears, except for man. If we stop monitoring the populations of wild animals, more humans will be attacked. 2 people killed in Yellowstone this summer–just hiking——that doesn’t include others who were injured. The Global Warming idiots want children to believe that taking a gun to protect yourself is evil……instead of common sense. Who ever came up with the idea of taking kids into Alaska this summer? They were dropped off with only Bear Spray–and they found out —it doesn’t work!! That was the sickest thing I have ever heard. I have not heard a follow up on the one kid that they tried to save his life while waiting–in a tent in the middle of no where….It wasn’t until the next day a heliocopter came to rescue them. That was setting them up as “bait”! How repulsive is that…..
Report Post »RodT82721
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:30amIt looks like the SUVs didn’t kill all the Polar bears, the Russian still have a few and they seem to be roaming around the neighborhood, looking for big oil execs no doubt!
Maybe the village environmentalist should speak to that bear about picking on the citizens.
Report Post »By the way, didn’t seem to be much of an ice pack there, just what is that bear doing off of his melting ice pack?
TXPilot
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:36amAnd I thought that polar bears were just warm and cuddly…….ok, I admit that I got that information from a holiday ad for Coke I saw on tv.
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:02amThis kind of thing is what gives polar bears a bad name.
Report Post »a true texan
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:25amHe’s off his ice pack because it melted…duh!
Report Post »ConservativewithKids25
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:28amI bet that lady drove an SUV there, and the polar bear was a thug sent by Al Gore. It looked like there was no more snow there…hmmm…
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:25am‘
Walks away?
Screw that! I would run!
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Report Post »dukestreet
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:38pmShe was probably too injured or in shock to do that. I imagine if she could she might but if the bear showed up again, running would trigger it’s prey instinct to chase.
Report Post »stanthemanlee
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:23amAnimals (any) , that don’t respect the Dominion of Man, and view them as food recieve no respect from me. Open a hunt and cull the bad ones.
Report Post »rubberbandangle
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:23amOK…Why is no one asking the obvious? What the heck is she doing INSIDE the polar bear exhibit to begin with?!
Cheese n rice! In the immortal words of the Joker: This world needs an enema!
Report Post »Sagat
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:01amThat’s no polar bear exhibit. That’s in the city. A good portion of Russia is in the Artic Circle, you know.
And the Blaze left out some vital info. The attack started when the woman went to pop a squat and dropped her pants. The polar bear didn’t take too kindly to someone peeing on its doorstep.
Report Post »dukestreet
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:45pmThat’s a city. Polar bears regularly walk down the main street of Churchill Manitoba Canada. Especially in the spring. Everyone one keeps their rifles close at hand. Usually the RCMP who are the cops in the town shoot the bears because once they start coming into the towns they see humans as easy prey and must be killed.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:23amHoly crap, talk about having a bad day.
Report Post »Birgitte
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:20amThat’s not a zoo… Like Beck says all the time, Polar bears EAT PEOPLE!
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:14amWow, American zoos are so much nicer. No wonder that polar bear was out of sorts. Good for that woman for thinking to curl up and play dead.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:20amIf it were not for Al Gore and his Global Warming, this polar bear would be to his full strength and could have killed her. Because of melting ice in the artic, he is just not all there.
This lady should thank Gore, because of the internet, she can send him an e-mail
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:13amI thought polar bears were extinct? She better not have hit that poor ole’ polar bear, he is [just] angry because of global warming. (SARC)
Report Post »itsmyfirstday
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:12amThank God she is okay! Oh…can I still say the “G word”??
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:22amyes GOD be praised now and forever.amen. i wonder how she got in there if that is a zoo or how did the bear get out? one lucky woman.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 10:29amYou can still say it. Just don’t say it near a government building.
Report Post »Shellback
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:08amSaying God around Mayor Dufusberg will get you arrested especially on September 11th.
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