Bear in the Garden: Unexpected Encounters with Wildlife

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As of: September 18, 2023, 8:00 p.m

By: Clara Kistner

How would you react if a large bear trotted casually across your lawn while you were relaxing in the garden?

Hedgehogs, deer, woodpeckers, foxes and bears – the loyal forest dwellers can often be found in German forests. Bear tracks have been increasingly spotted near the Bavarian Alps in recent years, according to the online site of environmental protection organizations WWF confirmed. But what happens when the large animals move out of their usual habitat and invade our habitat?

Bear in the Garden: An unexpected party guest

A real bear trotting calmly through a garden where a small garden party is currently being hosted? It’s not an impossible thing like the Instagram account @barstoolphilly shared with the Internet in a video from the Poconos, a region in northeastern Pennsylvania. There, a bear, possibly from the nearby forested mountains, took a short detour into a human residential area on his exploration.

Apparently completely relaxed, a man accompanies the bear across the garden and to the garden gate. “Get out of here now,” he speaks to him, as if he were a human unwanted party guest. While the other party guests take cover and record everything on video, the bear walks almost peacefully with the American to the garden gate.

It’s not just in the zoo that you can see a brown bear up close. Some people even come across the animals in their own garden. (Symbolic image) © Cover Images/Imago

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But then he takes out a claw and runs it across the man’s hip. He only backs away briefly, but remains steadfast and shows him the way out onto the street with his arm. The bear calmly trots out of the garden gate, stands briefly next to the garbage cans on the opposite side of the street until he finally disappears completely. The man then lifts his shirt briefly, revealing two long scratches on his side.

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The wound doesn’t seem to be deep, but such injuries can be caused by one Encounter with a wild animal shouldn’t you avoid it altogether?

2023-09-19 06:24:55
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