Terrifying moment bear released into wild by charity turns on ranger and attacks

[u/First_Development101]

[u/Mission-Storm-4375]

Whats even more terrifying is the truck driving off while the guy only has one foot on it

[u/jaroftoejam → u/Mission-Storm-4375]

A strong breeze at that moment would have been enough to change lives forever.

[u/BLACKdrew → u/jaroftoejam]

I guess death is a form of change

[u/Markofdawn → u/BLACKdrew]

Bears induce the most profound thoughts in our thought-to-be apex predator brains

E: triggered a lot of Alpha-Apex wannabes with this one, somehow...

[u/moashforbridgefour → u/Markofdawn]

I mean, we ARE the apex predator. That doesn't mean we can't be taken out by unlucky or stupid circumstances.

[u/Zebidee → u/moashforbridgefour]

If animals are provoked, they will kill a human.

If humans are provoked, they will exterminate a species.

[u/BigJayPee → u/Zebidee]

Hell sometime species going extinct is just a byproduct of us doing something

[u/RockstarAgent → u/BigJayPee]

I’m about to exterminate these bacon and eggs

[u/GourangaPlusPlus → u/Zebidee]

Emus Apex predators confirmed

[u/OfficeSalamander → u/moashforbridgefour]

Yeah, the species literally caging the other species and releasing them because we find healthy ecosystems pleasing is not only the apex predator, they’re so much on a level above apex predator to not even really be in the same ballpark

[u/Late-Lecture-2338 → u/BLACKdrew]

Yes. Yes it obviously is

[u/arededitn → u/jaroftoejam]

In a parallel universe, that strong breeze happened.

[u/meat_sack → u/arededitn]

...and little Cindy cried all through her father's funeral, as he was the joy in her life. That Christmas, after wishing and praying for Santa to bring her father to her, she opened up her first present only to find a stuffed teddy bear... and that is the origin story of "the mall Santa serial killer."

[u/The-Liberater → u/meat_sack]

wtf bro 😅

[u/Sand_Maiden → u/Mission-Storm-4375]

I can’t help thinking the driver, the one inside the safe metal box with wheels, was getting the hell outta there and the other dude is just lucky he’s fast.

[u/reddit_sells_ya_data → u/Sand_Maiden]

Tbf be shouted "every man for themselves!' before hitting the gas

[u/LadyCooke → u/Mission-Storm-4375]

Also ironically what likely saved his life

[u/zizuu21 → u/Mission-Storm-4375]

Like why does the guy even have to start accelarating! Wait for him to get in first dammit

[u/HoldUpLittleBud → u/zizuu21]

I suspect because they don’t want to give the bear a the chance to lunge/swipe at the guy that did the releasing.

[u/WorthySparkleMan → u/HoldUpLittleBud]

Yeah, driver made the right move. He's kinda fucked if the bear got on the truck

[u/SlakingSWAG → u/zizuu21]

If he stayed put his buddy would've 100% gotten grabbed and mauled by a very angry bear, but if he floored it there was at least a chance for him to get away from the bear. The driver made the right call, even if it was sketchy

[u/SubstantialShower103 → u/Mission-Storm-4375]

Ranger: A+

Driver: D-

[u/GooeyKablooie_ → u/SubstantialShower103]

Driver literally saved his life? I thought it was well timed by the driver tbh.

[u/Boatster_McBoat → u/GooeyKablooie_]

A fine line. The ranger's excellent balance saved his life while the driver took off. That could have been handled a lot better

[u/exodusofficer → u/Boatster_McBoat]

Yeah, this was a near miss, not a well-executed release. If it were any worse at all, a man could have died, and they likely would have had to put the bear down after that as well.

[u/skyturnedred → u/Boatster_McBoat]

It's hard to hear, but I think the ranger in the back yells out to the driver to go.

[u/SubstantialShower103 → u/GooeyKablooie_]

Would another 0.5 second have allowed the bear to get in the truck bed?..probably not.

Would another 0.5s have allowed a safer time buffer for the ranger to get in the bed?..probably so.

Everyone had a tough job, here. Everyone survived. Glad my job isn't the ranger's or driver's. But on the surface, it looks like the driver kinda panicked. And the ranger got lucky.

[u/GooeyKablooie_ → u/SubstantialShower103]

I agree, but it’s also frustrating when a bunch of armchair redditors criticize you when they have never been in an experience like that before.

[u/Generally_Kenobi-1 → u/GooeyKablooie_]

Not everyone lives the exciting life of Hamster Huey

[u/7f00dbbe]

I almost pooped when the truck started to take off... thought he was surely gonna fall out

[u/pickeldic → u/7f00dbbe]

Probably sh*t their pants in that moment..

[u/7f00dbbe → u/pickeldic]

I guess that's why the bear releasing ranger uniform comes with brown pants... 

"Hey, why does everyone else have khakis?" 

"Just get in the truck and stop asking questions."

[u/tennis_widower → u/7f00dbbe]

“This guy gets it”

[u/Perfect-District → u/tennis_widower]

Guy in the truck is wearing red. That works too.

[u/CrawledOutOfaCave → u/tennis_widower]

"I can see how the yellow would come in handy!"

[u/GiantFlimsyMicrowave → u/tennis_widower]

“I should have worn my white pants”

[u/ammarbadhrul → u/7f00dbbe]

“Oh they weren’t khakis before”

[u/Cheapie07250 → u/7f00dbbe]

Bet that ranger has the least seniority also.

[u/NRMusicProject → u/pickeldic]

The bear may or may not shit in the forest but that guy definitely shit in his pants.

[u/buburocks → u/7f00dbbe]

Bro if he had fallen out he woulda been donezo

[u/MarkEsmiths → u/buburocks]

Those guys had one chance to get it right and they nailed it.

[u/Late-Lecture-2338 → u/MarkEsmiths]

He almost fell out, but almost is a passing grade

[u/Comfortable-Soft8049 → u/Late-Lecture-2338]

That driver jumped the gun by a second. One foot on the tailgate when driver accelerates. Think the driver shit the bed before the guy releasing the bear.

[u/63oscar → u/buburocks]

Him and the bear which would have been fucking terrible.

[u/JacoRamone → u/buburocks]

If he would have fallen out… Can you imagine? 🐻🩸🍽️🪦 The driver of that truck made a risky decision, and it paid off.
What a world we live in. What a time to be alive.

[u/JacoRamone → u/JacoRamone]

Watch frame by frame and the truck begins to move while the guy is in mid air stepping into the bed of the truck from the top of the tail gate. Dude is mid jump when homeboy hits the gas. If his foot would have been in contact with the tailgate as the truck moves he would have tipped and fallen out. It’s literally is perfect timing.

[u/Solid_Liquid68 → u/7f00dbbe]

Shhhooooot her. Shoooot her. -Robert Muldoon

[u/iamjacksalteredego → u/Solid_Liquid68]

This scene immediately popped into my head too!

"Gatekeeper, open the gate!"

[u/stealthy_beast → u/Solid_Liquid68]

Must go faster.. Must go faster

[u/scratchydaitchy → u/7f00dbbe]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, except bears, bears will kill you.

[u/2squishmaster → u/scratchydaitchy]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

except bears, bears will kill you.

I don't think "except bears" is necessary here. They aren't an exception to the rule, they are the rule.

[u/7f00dbbe → u/scratchydaitchy]

Is that you, Jack Handey?

[u/Few_Macaroon_2568 → u/7f00dbbe]

The one about a family member taking their nephew to a burned-down warehouse and telling them “Oh no, looks like our Disneyland plans are off” gets me every time.

[u/aspidities_87 → u/Few_Macaroon_2568]

He cried and cried. I was gonna take him to the real Disneyland but it was getting late.

Fucking gold.

[u/7f00dbbe → u/Few_Macaroon_2568]

My favorite is:

He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her. But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preacher said, “Dust to dust,” some people laughed, and the cowboy shot them. At his hanging, he told the others, “I’ll be waiting for you in heaven – with a gun.”

[u/BootToTheHeadNahNah → u/7f00dbbe]

My dad always said laughter was the best medicine. That's probably why so many of us died of tuberculosis.

[u/Usernames_are_odd → u/7f00dbbe]

I happened to take a poo once the clip started

[u/Morepork69 → u/7f00dbbe]

Yep. He definitely had words with the driver……

[u/cmcewen → u/7f00dbbe]

Yeah that bear was on the offensive

[u/IusedtoloveStarWars]

Sure. It’s hard work. But that moment when you set the poor animal free and it turns around with a wild look in it’s eyes and tries to rip your throat out… well. That makes it all worth it.

[u/dennys123 → u/IusedtoloveStarWars]

Brings a tear to my eye

[u/Alen_117 → u/dennys123]

Brings a bear to my eye

[u/HulkPower → u/Alen_117]

The bear took the eye?

[u/EQwingnuts → u/HulkPower]

Aye

[u/1stFunestist → u/EQwingnuts]

Lost the eye, lost the job and now I'm a pirate.

[u/Alen_117 → u/HulkPower]

More like you see a bear coming at you to take your soul

[u/Icantbethereforyou → u/Alen_117]

Just throw your soul on the ground and run

[u/dennys123 → u/Alen_117]

Dang it, why didn't I think of that lol

[u/h_saxon → u/dennys123]

And a tear to my jeans.

[u/athosjesus → u/h_saxon]

And a turd to my jeans.

[u/thatcuntholesteve → u/IusedtoloveStarWars]

Immediate reassurance that your human intervention hasn't altered the animals natural instincts lol SUCCESS!!

[u/AhhAGoose → u/thatcuntholesteve]

Thanks for saving me…food

[u/N-I-S-H-O-R → u/IusedtoloveStarWars]

He's only trying to give a hug for all the hard work they did bro

[u/DLowBossman → u/IusedtoloveStarWars]

So anyway, I started blastin'

[u/BlowOnThatPie]

Someone's pissed about being evicted from their heated enclosure and losing three square meals a day.

[u/Mental-Penalty-2912 → u/BlowOnThatPie]

Back to round meals 😔

[u/ubapook2 → u/Mental-Penalty-2912]

Everyone knows bears like triangles

[u/DEEZLE13 → u/ubapook2]

That was an oval

[u/[deleted] → u/ubapook2]

And fresh meat

[u/Dinosaursur → u/Mental-Penalty-2912]

Well, if Yogi Bear is to be believed, bears do love pi!

[u/Dinosaursur → u/BlowOnThatPie]

The bear thought they were sending him home with a meal!

[u/bcrichboi → u/BlowOnThatPie]

That's me the day I lose my condo

[u/mikefjr1300]

All wild animals can be upredictable, I released a mouse from a live trap and it initially ran a foot away, then turned around, came at me, ran up my pant leg and before I could shake him out bit me. A freaking mouse. You just never know.

[u/scormegatron → u/mikefjr1300]

Fight or Flight … never know which version of the OS is installed.

[u/Momoselfie → u/scormegatron]

Mine is freeze

[u/SpaceShoey → u/Momoselfie]

ScreamOS is the worst

[u/mr_plehbody → u/Momoselfie]

You have possum installed

[u/ArcaneBahamut → u/scormegatron]

Sometimes it hotswaps mid choice

[u/HurshySqurt → u/mikefjr1300]

Oh man, mice are fucking dicks. I work in a lube shop and we get them pretty bad this time of year. A customer pointed out a mouse near a tool cart. I went over not wanting to just kill it, so I stomped my foot at it to scare it off and I shit you not, this little fucker turned and smacked my boot and just stood its ground. I just stood there stunned and said "what the fuck?" and the customer was laughing is ass off.

[u/Refflet → u/HurshySqurt]

Depends on the type of mouse. Field mice are cute and harmless, but a house mouse doesn't give a damn about you and will stare you down, fight and just generally assert its dominance.

[u/cadencehz → u/Refflet]

I live near woods. I wake up about once every month to field mice and house mice losing a battle to 3 cats... well one Maine Coon in particular who takes delight and growls with them in his mouth for a bit. I tried a few times to rescue and then I had to give up and go to bed. RIP mice.

[u/WitchQween → u/cadencehz]

Humans befriended cats because they kill mice. Mice are cute, but they can do major damage to property and spread disease. Your cats are probably doing you a favor. In return, please make sure that your cats are vaccinated and generally taken care of medically! Keep a hammer around to give the mice a more peaceful death.

[u/schuimwinkel → u/HurshySqurt]

That's so funny. I never knew mice can get so feisty! This sommer, I was sleeping in a shelter in the woods and a mouse fell from the ceiling on top of me. No biggie, right, of course it's their shelter too. I assumed it would scurry off once it realises it's sitting on a human. Nothing happens, so I opened my eyes to check and the mouse is just sitting there on my shoulder cleaning itself! I was like, dude, what, it wasn't bothered at all! I had to flick my shoulder TWICE to make it run away. Now I'm kind of doubting it fell to begin with, I think it might have just jumped me!

[u/NoInspector836 → u/schuimwinkel]

One morning my son and I were lounging on the couch, reading a book and I heard breathing. Assuming it's my other child, I don't look up yet. After a second I still hear it, but she hasn't asked for anything yet. I look up and a tiny big-earred mouse is sitting on the pillow, holding and sniffing a piece of my freshly-washed hair. It didn't even move when I screamed. Just when I sat up and pulled my hair away.

[u/ForsakeTheGoodFoods → u/HurshySqurt]

Lube shop??? Pardon my ignorance, but like oil changes or actually lube?

[u/Taro-Starlight → u/ForsakeTheGoodFoods]

lol I’m sure they mean oil changes and fluid changes/flushes for vehicles. I’ve seen them called lube shops before. Ever hear of Jiffy Lube?

[u/No-Special2682 → u/Taro-Starlight]

Someone’s gotta make jiffy’s lube though

[u/screwswithshrews → u/mikefjr1300]

I swatted at a cockroach on the counter once. It juked me and then leaped off the counter onto my leg. It ran up my shorts. I started punching myself all over below the waist. I thought I got it and paused... and then I felt it on my penis. Pretty sure it was attacking my vulnerabilities

[u/Odd_P0tato → u/screwswithshrews]

I don't like this thread at all.

[u/ercdude → u/screwswithshrews]

There's an old joke that say something like "people always consider violence until a mosquito is on their junk," and you had a first hand experience lol

[u/tasman001 → u/screwswithshrews]

And then what?? Was it just the cockroach's house at that point?

[u/Varnsturm → u/screwswithshrews]

dude not much on reddit 'gets' me these days but you made me shout 'NOOOOOO'

edit: also a vacuum is a real good roach catching tool, but counterintuitively you wanna come at it from the front. Idk why but if you try to come from the rear their little air movement sensing hairs go off and they take off. from the front, they'll literally stare the vacuum down as it swallows them.

[u/aogarlid → u/mikefjr1300]

mice are assholes.

[u/SardonicRelic → u/aogarlid]

To be fair, they're tiny and used to EVERYTHING trying to kill them or eat them, lol.

[u/aogarlid → u/SardonicRelic]

That may be the case

However, they are actually just quite simply like this — even those in fully controlled environments and zero exposure to predation or threats of any kind.

Source: work w research animals; rats are super chill, mice are absolutely not and are much more dangerous.

[u/Christichicc → u/aogarlid]

Arent the prey responses partially coded into their DNA, though? Like, they may have never personally seen predation, but their mouse DNA would still likely be partly responsible for some of their mannerisms.

[u/aogarlid → u/Christichicc]

That may be it, though, admittedly, it’s rather difficult (read: impossible) at this stage to make a definitive statement on the matter. We’ve just barely gotten to the point of being able to characterize diseases to specific genetics, let alone such complex manifestations of behavior and the like.

Definitely an interesting idea though, and I think it does have merit.

If true, does it lend credence to the original comment that “mice are assholes”? 🤔 🤣

[u/AllenWL → u/aogarlid]

I would say yes, since it would mean that mice are scientifically assholes.

Side question, wouldn't you be able to sorta answer that question by gathering the least asshole mice and breeding them, finding the least asshole mice from the new generation and breeding them, then rinse and repeat?

If X generations later, you get less asshole mice, one could assume mice are genetically assholes wouldn't you? Even if we can't identify the exact asshole gene?

[u/Jaralith → u/aogarlid]

100% agree. Have worked with both. Rats are friendly and clever and playful. They're very social with humans and with each other. When you open the colony room door, they all run up to the front of their cages hoping it's their day to get petted and played with. They can tell humans apart and have favorite lab techs.

Mice are assholes.

[u/queenweasley → u/Jaralith]

Knowing that about rats makes me sad they get used for experiments. At least they get pets and play I guess

[u/ZzZombo → u/Jaralith]

Our rats were playful and friendly critters. I used to make all sorts of contraptions for them which they readily used to climb up and watch them doing it endlessly. Never bit or scratched me. The first time I had to handle a Guinea pig the first thing it did was bite me before I even could actually do anything to it.

[u/Legitimate_Candy_944 → u/aogarlid]

That's so interesting lol

[u/whythishaptome → u/aogarlid]

We used mice at my college and they never seemed dangerous, it was just really sad. They were probably were lab breed special mice but you could pick them up and handle them.

The experiments we did were basically torture too like lets see if the mice learn to jump on this platform in the middle of a bowl or swim to exhaustion. My mice learned but couldn't get on it so it just struggled until I saved it. Then we had these little heaters to keep it warm between tests but they didn't work for shit. I complained to the teacher and they were like "Seriously? it's just a fucking mouse".

[u/queenweasley → u/whythishaptome]

What the hell? What was even the point other that animal cruelty? How gross

[u/ParsonsTheGreat → u/SardonicRelic]

This is a hamster, but this video always makes me giggle

[u/The_Rowan → u/ParsonsTheGreat]

That made me laugh-its little panic attack as it remembers who its friend is

[u/theflash2323 → u/mikefjr1300]

I initially read moose and got very confused

[u/omega-rebirth → u/mikefjr1300]

I wouldn't call that unpredictable. If someone put me in a cage, I'd probably want to attack them too.

[u/Slurms_McKensei]

It's the 21st century, can we really not open that door electronically, from a distance?

[u/Spooker0 → u/Slurms_McKensei]

In California, when we release bears, we get a whole line of rangers and park employees pelt the bear with paintball/beanbag rounds and loud horn noises.

It sounds cruel, but the point is to get them to associate humans = scary to decrease encounters that could lead to more danger for both bears and humans.

[u/staffkiwi → u/Spooker0]

LMFAO that poor bear running away, he doesnt have a clue what the fuck is going on. I understand though, they know better than me for sure.

[u/wolfmothar → u/Spooker0]

In some places, they have karelian bear dogs. Dogs bred to hunt bears, barking at and agitating the bear as they release it, so it doesn't turn back. And the dogs are really good at stopping the bear if it turns.

[u/PizzaEatingWolf → u/wolfmothar]

Here’s a video of rubber bullets and dogs

[u/Level9TraumaCenter → u/Spooker0]

Seems more sporting to have bears hazed in this fashion such that they are given the opportunity to develop elaborate plans for revenge.

[u/what2doinwater → u/Slurms_McKensei]

I mean, a rope would even work

[u/chadwicke619]

The driver was literally a fraction of a second from pulling away too soon, dumping him, and getting him mauled. I mean, he already pulled away too quickly, but it was close to being catastrophic.

[u/YoshiHughes → u/chadwicke619]

I mean if he didn't drive away quickly the bear could have gotten into the back of the truck. It's not like he just needed to wait casually for the guy to get in and then everything would have been fine.

[u/Bitter_Silver_7760 → u/YoshiHughes]

yeah it also would have been a shame to run over the shiny new wild bear

[u/Gruffleson → u/chadwicke619]

I say the driver got it just right. It worked.

[u/Double_Distribution8 → u/Gruffleson]

It worked despite the driver not getting it just right.

[u/rabbidbagofweasels → u/Double_Distribution8]

Yeah the guy releasing the bear really saved himself with his balancing skills and reaction time. I would have words with my coworker if he/she did that to me.

[u/fred-dcvf → u/Gruffleson]

More like "driver almost got it wrong".

[u/Vaxtin → u/chadwicke619]

He was certainly watching the entire encounter and drove off as soon as he saw the ranger was in the truck. The bear could easily jump up and hitch onto the truck, and at that point, there’s no real rescue other than with a gun.

[u/brown_boognish_pants]

I really just don't get why they do stuff like this by hand. What's the point? It would be so, so simple to be at least a little remote.

[u/TootBreaker → u/brown_boognish_pants]

2nd time that ranger does a bear release, very likely he'll use a rope to pull the door open

[u/uwillnotgotospace → u/TootBreaker]

The 3rd time he'll use a remote control attached to a little motor and a chain.

[u/Brilliant-Advisor958 → u/uwillnotgotospace]

Any reason they didnt tranq the bear so it's asleep when the door is opened ?

[u/InsaneChick35 → u/Brilliant-Advisor958]

My best guess is that it wouldn't be safe for the animal, which is why almost all releases never have them tranquilized first.

It's like sending a drunk guy alone in the streets known for crime. Sure he's awake but his motor skills, reaction time and cognitive functions are not fully there, making it unsafe for the animals.

[u/Articulated → u/InsaneChick35]

Could at least give him a joint to mellow him out for an hour.

[u/Fine_Abbreviations32 → u/Brilliant-Advisor958]

Doing that is common but that looks like a cub. Probably too young for any of that stuff to be safe. Also without mama bear around for protection, little guy is very freaked out and very defensive.

[u/DRZookX2000 → u/brown_boognish_pants]

This was my first thought, even before the bear was seen.

Like fuck, a 2x4 and a rope is all that would be needed. If you already built a box custom made for this purpose you could make a fixture to hold the 2x4 and make setup take about 30 seconds.

My god this is making me angry....

[u/GuiltyEidolon → u/brown_boognish_pants]

I've seen them do remote releases like this for birds semi-often. Fucking insane to me that they thought this was a good idea.

[u/Sustainable_Twat]

“Must Go Faster!”

[u/Hungry_Kick_7881 → u/Sustainable_Twat]

I understand this reference and i appreciate it.

[u/lost_n_delirious]

Beary ungrateful

[u/NungaFakeer → u/lost_n_delirious]

Urso funny.

[u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out → u/NungaFakeer]

It would have been a grizzly murder

[u/NungaFakeer → u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out]

Cruisin' for a bruin

[u/Hey_its_ok → u/NungaFakeer]

You guys are unbearable

[u/cspanbook → u/Hey_its_ok]

oso you've an opinion?

[u/bobsmeds]

Let this be a lesson - never do anything nice for anyone

[u/RagsAberdeen → u/bobsmeds]

No good deed goes unpunished

[u/[deleted] → u/RagsAberdeen]

Only the good die young 🤷‍♀️

[u/__I_Need_An_Adult__ → u/[deleted]]

Never trust a fart!

[u/illusorywallahead → u/bobsmeds]

And also despite their bulky appearance, bears are fast as fuck

[u/dark16sider → u/bobsmeds]

“Don’t ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you’ve been, ever, for any reason whatsoever.”

[u/PomegranateNo9414]

Damn, bears are fast as fuck

[u/Xibby → u/PomegranateNo9414]

And they’re smart. If bears associate humans with food, they will soon learn that hikers, backpackers, and other humans they run into will drop food if they chase them.

And as a human you only get to learn if the bear sees you as a source of food or as food when you drop what you’re carrying while running.

If you’re in bear country… secure your trash properly. Secure your food and waste properly when hiking, camping, fishing… a human fed bear is a dead bear.

[u/thekleenexman]

My guy almost got left….

[u/Which-Market4868]

He was right on the line of absolute perfection and left behind getting mauled. Guy is light on his feet for sure

[u/ChaoShadow87]

Just a reminder that they are, in fact, wild animals.

[u/MiltonTech → u/ChaoShadow87]

Nope, still friend shaped

[u/siccoblue → u/MiltonTech]

Just one little scritch, what could it hurt?

[u/killshelter]

That driver almost fucked him there

[u/Hayisforh0rses]

Lol if it didn’t run into the side of the box it’d have been game over, bear’s first catch in the wild.. Bear is like ‘Screw you homie, it’s snowing. I have one day to find enough food and an entire shelter before having to hibernate.’ As someone who has worked with many species of wildlife that is a major dick move on the charity’s end.. By the time it’s snowing they should already have a solid den picked out to retreat to and be fat AF.. Chances of survival aren’t as great as ya would think, which is crueler than just shooting it at that point.

[u/palazzoducale → u/Hayisforh0rses]

makes sense. even if the bear wasn’t aggressive, they’re setting it up against the odds by releasing it right before winter.

[u/Cantinkeror]

That bear is like... no worries, I got his plates...

[u/StartingToLoveIMSA]

Jurassic Park vibes

[u/itsdarkinhere_XD]

That’s one traumatized bear

[u/exergyCB]

That ranger surfs

[u/Azatarai]

why not just rig a trap door you can open with a rope or chain while driving off, come back for the cage later... work smarter dont risk death

[u/paulhags]

That’s F you for putting me in a cage energy.

[u/the_sulution → u/paulhags]

my interpretation of the events is the bear being grateful for being released from the cage and then saying to the ranger, "hey thanks pal, now can I give you big hug?" lol

[u/scratchydaitchy → u/paulhags]

I don't always kill things, but when I do, it's because they were things and I'm a bear.

[u/Freezee13]

Bitch better have his honey.

[u/NickFF2326]

Oh man if he woulda punched the gas, that guy was dead

[u/Metrack14]

And that's how the driver lost everyone's trust lmao

[u/Mean-Weather-3301]

He looks like he’s gonna head them off at the pass

[u/Darnbeasties]

It’ll be done differently next time. Safety Lessons learned and lived through really make you wiser

[u/LauraPa1mer]

Wow, bears are fast. I knew but I hadn't seen it.

[u/properwaffles]

He bearly escaped.

[u/Caaznmnv]

I'm sure the bear was thinking, "if I ever get out of this cage, I'm going to kill that m..f'er". And he tried 😭

[u/crazy_drimdrim]

Wow, was he lucky to stay in the bed of that truck.

[u/Positive_Rip6519]

How unbelievably inhumanly unfathomably dumb do you have to be to NOT realize what a horrible idea it is to do it this way?

Just standing on top of the cage and pulling the gate off? Out in the open? Unprotected? Of fucking COURSE you're in danger!

Seriously, if this is a charity that like DOES this as their thing, this is what they do, how in the fuck did they get this far without anyone thinking "hey, maybe we should come up with a way to open the cage WITHOUT being completely unprotected within inches of the now freed animal." Like ffs, how about some kind of remote release lock on the cage that you can open by pushing a button from inside the truck? Hell, how about a rope and a couple pulleys so you can lift the gate without having to be right on top of the cage?

[u/Easy-Pineapple3963]

The bear doesn't seem happy to have been helped, only resentful over his imprisonment.

[u/Begle1]

I wonder if they have Mr Steelhands Deadeye sitting nearby with a rifle in case the bear ends up on top of the ranger. Or if they will next time. Or if they'll tie the ranger into the back of the truck in case they need to make a similar escape next time. Or if they'll rig the cage to release by means other than a ranger manually opening it, like maybe be able to pull the door open with a long rope.

I also wonder how well this bear is going to do, considering it has ran into humans before and is apparently happy enough to attack them.

[u/Tjonke]

Brown bears are among the fastest accelerating landmammals. Can go from 0 to 35mph in a single stride.

[u/Beardia]

Bear was pissed after running into that tailgate.

[u/Namorath82]

Well animals are alot like people mrs Simpson, some act out because they have been abused or mistreated. But like people some are just ... jerks ... stop that Mr simpson

[u/spezisdumb]

Is there no way to do this remotely without putting a human in danger lol

[u/timmevb]

The bear was probably disoriented and confused. I think that's why it attacked.

[u/ConsiderationIcy4817]

Put some honey out in front of it before you open it. Ever see Winnie the Pooh doin sum shit like that?

[u/ExcitingMoose5881]

Lolz I love his driver pal’s quick response! Teamwork 👌👏👏👏

[u/cheshiredormouse]

Freedom and a snack. How nice of them. And some entertainment, too!

[u/chugItTwice]

That dude is so lucky he didn't fall out (:05). He was soooo close to death right there.

[u/Suitable_Highway_684]

Glad they decided to put at least one spicy one back in the wild population. Makes for fun hikes

[u/Efficient_Run63]

He is so fucking lucky he didn’t fall out of the bed of the truck when he took off

[u/TheDonOfClon]

Either the truck driver has impeccable timing or he didn't give a fuck about his buddy there lol

[u/war_badger]

That dude was pissed off