Man tries to take selfie with bear, gets mauled to death as friends watch
A man was mauled to death by a bear in eastern India after he tried to approach the animal to snap a photo, reports the Hindustan Times.
The Times reports a group of friends were on their way back from a wedding Wednesday when they pulled over in the Nabarangpur district of Odisha for a roadside bathroom break. That's when Prabhu Bhatara reportedly spotted an injured bear in the forest.
Forest officials say Bhatara approached the bear and tried to take a selfie with it. The bear chased and attacked the man as his friends recorded the incident on their phones from the car.
While the man's friends didn't try to get between Bhatara and the bear, a stray dog apparently did. Officials told the Times the dog attacked the bear, but didn't distract it enough to save Bhatara's life.
"Bhatara died on the spot," according to a forest ranger.
The bear was tranquilized so forest officials could recover the body. They say the animal is being treated for its injuries.
According to the Hindustan Times, this is the third "wild animal-related selfie death" in the Indian state of Odisha in the past year. The other two incidents involved wild elephants.
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It's good to know that the bear is getting medical care.
Here's some really raw footage. Some one is yelling, "punch him, punch him, bear hug, you almost got him now... oh, no! Well at least we have some good memories of Aaradhya wedding."
Some days you get the bear...
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
That's brutal. I think they might have had a chance of saving him if they had all made a lot of noise and ran toward the bear but it might have interrupted the videos they were taking.
Trump would have run in there, even unarmed. Sad that he wasn't there to help. Bigly sad. He has the right to strongarm bears. Or, of course, Ollie North - the ultimate good guy (although convicted of a felony, the ACLU got him off - Yay!!!!) with a gun.
