A black bear tried to reach into a hatchback and people are in shock
You probably can't bear to look at this.
Visitors to a Beijing drive-by wildlife park narrowly escaped the claws of black bears after they swarmed a white hatchback on Feb. 26th. The car was driving through Badaling Wildlife World -- where two women were mauled by a tiger in July last year -- when the incident happened, according to an eyewitness report.
A Weibo user called JenniferSalvatore -- who's surname is Wang according to the South China Morning Post -- wrote an account of the brief, minute long ordeal, and posted a series of videos that went viral.
Wang wrote in her original post: "Dangerous! [I was at] Badaling Wildlife World -- the white car had a child at the back, and a small gap in the window; the bear went over to reach in, and maybe the child was scared and they pressed the wrong button, but the window became bigger; and the bears all swarmed over. They've clearly stated you shouldn't open the windows, why won't these people just listen? Thankfully staff came over, so that the white car could drive away."
She then posted a series of videos depicting the whole ordeal:
The video depicts a black bear sticking its head into the back seat of the white hatchback, while another searched for food near the car. The bears were chased away after staff made loud noises, Wang added in a subsequent Weibo post.
She also wrote that she saw the car's passengers feeding the bears. "Before the car was attacked by the bears, there was a window open and they were feeding the black bears," she said. "Even my short-sighted husband saw that they were feeding the bears through the window."
Park officials confirmed to Legal Evening Daily that the incident did occur, and added that there were no casualties in the incident. "When visitors enter, staff will continually remind them that they shouldn't open the doors and windows, aside from the entry agreement visitors have to sign," a park spokesperson named Cao told the newspaper. "Cars today have safety locks; once the driver locks the car windows, no one else should be able to do so."
People on Weibo were angry about the encounter.
"Parents like these don't check their own behaviour. If anything happens to their kid, they'll just blame someone else." said Weibo user LiTurns:
"God this is so scary," wrote DefinitelyLateHanabi. "Thought that the parent and kid was stupid and therefore opened their window, but it just seems as though the kid only opened a small gap. Was it that they just wanted some air? But in these dangerous situations, why can't people just follow the instructions posted?"
"Thank god nothing happened, if not they'll blame the zoo again," said DaFengMiS:
"This sort of people should never visit the zoo again -- after they get themselves killed, the zoo will still get the blame," said Weibo user RabbitSister.
Last year tigers attacked a mother-daughter pair in the same wildlife park. The mother died while the daughter was severely injured.
Topics Animals
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