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MOTHER RUSSIA — Bears are big. Bears are fast. Bears are dangerous.
Yeah, yeah, we all know that. But unless you've encountered a bear in real life, it may be hard to fully visualize how truly big and powerful a bear can be. And that's where this video comes in, which features a nightmare-sized bear, the likes of which I've never seen.
The only context the video provides is the title, "Bear plays with man," as translated from Russian via Google Translate. (Keeping it real, up in here.) But when you actually see the video, you will have so many questions and exclamations.
These are some things I said: "Uh, that bear is massive. Why did this man seemingly voluntarily choose to be in an enclosure with a bear of that size? Wait, that bear's head is bigger than the man's torso… that can't be right, can it? Those paws and claws, man. Not even once."
Seeing this big ol' brown bear is one thing, but add that to other things that bears can do and it once again becomes clear that bears might become our overlords. Watch this bear climb a wall, or this bear walk like a human, or this bear toss around a box with a human inside, or this bear traverse a rope, or this bear trying to get an education.
See what I mean? Stay safe out there in the wilderness, people. And don't give the bears any reading materials that will increase the liklihood of them taking over the world.
Yesterday's HYST?
Have You Seen This? Unforgettable Michael Jackson barrel organ tribute
Frenchman Patrick Mathis' obsession with the barrel organ started in the 1980s, according to his website, and that has culminated in an arrangement of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal."Martha Ostergar is the former Video Productions Manager of KSL.com. She has moved on to write elsewhere, but she can't seem to break her habit of cruising the Internet for amazing videos and writing about them. Follow her on Twitter at @monstergar.
