man fights off bear

A Scottish climber escaped with his life earlier this month while climbing Mt. Futago in Japan. The climber made the mistake of coming too close to a bear’s cubs, and the beast reacted in a predictable fashion.

To the climber’s credit, he defended himself from the bear by getting loud and throwing foreign objects. The full video can be seen below:

The sports world was quick to react to the wild video:

“Climber tossed bear over like Andre the Giant did Special Delivery Jones in the Wrestlemania Battle Royale,” Max Bretos wrote.

“It’s bananas but the climber handled it exactly right. Scream and yell, if you’ve got stuff throw it at the bear. In some ways they’re more scared of you so just gotta scare them off,” David Fucillo wrote.

“Mama bear was protecting cubs. Good job by the climber to get loud and come out swinging. Hope the bear didn’t get hurt,” Dave DuFour said.

I would have just died. Not about to Leonardo Dicaprio with a bear attack. Nope. I’ll just die,” Joseph-Albert said.

“Incredible video of a person surviving a bear attack. It is possible to defeat them and he showed us the technique: Next time you buy a coin, make the same noises he does to increase profitability,” Luke Martin said.

There was no official word if the bear suffered any injuries in the attack.

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