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Man Dies Trying to Take Selfie With Bear
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Posted on 05/04/2018 10:32:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Prabhu Bhatara was on his way back to Papadahandi, a town in the state of Odisha, with others in an SUV after a wedding. Along the way home, the driver saw a wounded bear on the side of the road. His friends told him not to leave the vehicle to take a selfie with the wild animal, but he ignored their pleas. He got close to the bear, which started chasing him. It then mauled him, and he "died on the spot," forest ranger Dhanurjaya Mohapatra told the Hindustan Times.

The passengers in the SUV saw the entire incident. Officials said they chose to film the scene on their phones instead of calling for help. The only one to help Bhatara was a stray dog, which jumped into action and tried to free him from the bear. The dog's efforts failed, officials said.

“The bear is being treated for its injuries,” Mohapatra told the Hindustan Times.

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To: BenLurkin

He won’t do that again!


21 posted on 05/05/2018 12:10:09 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: BenLurkin

One less H-1B recipient.


22 posted on 05/05/2018 12:33:56 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: righttackle44

Don’t be obtuse. The point is not that the idiot’s friends did not try to attack the bear or drive it off. The point is that they just video’d their “friend”’s death instead of calling for help.


23 posted on 05/05/2018 12:38:37 AM PDT by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.
OK, I'm a little curious.
The guy over there has dialed 112, or whatever, the 911 of the sub-continent, and is already talking to the local whatever, or is on hold.
You can yell at the bear, and the guy being mauled is already doing a lot of yelling, but that doesn't seem to be helping.
You can throw some rocks at an already obviously pissed off bear.
Or, you can score a few rupees and record it.

The guy who's occupied with Yogi seems to have had some really bad karma, so, perhaps not getting involved is the best option...

24 posted on 05/05/2018 1:14:05 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: BenLurkin
His friends told him not to leave the vehicle to take a selfie with the wild animal, but he ignored their pleas.

I don’t believe them. If they had the character to try to stop him, they’d have the character to call for help. I’m not convinced he was a willing participant.

25 posted on 05/05/2018 1:16:36 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: BenLurkin

Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.


26 posted on 05/05/2018 2:15:14 AM PDT by boknows
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To: Paul R.

Nailed it


27 posted on 05/05/2018 2:28:59 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

+1

The dog is the hero in this story.

A stray? He deserves to get a forever home out of this fiasco. I hope it happens.


28 posted on 05/05/2018 2:36:54 AM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: KittyKares

It’s like Aesop’s fables for the easily distracted.


29 posted on 05/05/2018 3:16:21 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

The first sentence of the excerpt:

“Prabhu Bhatara was on his way back to Papadahandi, a town in the state of Odisha, with others in an SUV after a wedding.”


30 posted on 05/05/2018 4:33:32 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

Some things are so stupid nobody would believe it without video. A person that stupid probably wasn’t long for this world anyway.


31 posted on 05/05/2018 5:31:52 AM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: dsc
Hold muh curry and watch this...

Next time, leave the curry, take the honey. For the bear.

32 posted on 05/05/2018 5:47:56 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: BenLurkin

Sometimes you snap the bear, sometimes the bear snaps you.


33 posted on 05/05/2018 6:21:19 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: BenLurkin

Cleaning the gene pool one moron at a time.


34 posted on 05/05/2018 6:38:13 AM PDT by RatRipper (Unindicted co-conspirators: the Mainstream Media and the Democratic Party)
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To: Vendome

Keep your Baskets ,give me the Picnickers


35 posted on 05/05/2018 7:05:40 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like a buncha monkeys holding the camera.


36 posted on 05/05/2018 7:27:31 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Dusty Road

I guess they figured he was a goner anyway, so they might as well record and post it.

I remember seeing a home video program (not “America’s Funniest”) that showed a man getting out of his car to feed a bear while his wife videoed them. The bear took the food and then grabbed the man by the arm and pulled it off at the shoulder.

Now, this video had to have been submitted to be on the show. I wonder how the conversation went with the couple. “Hey, Ralph. Do you remember the time when that bear pulled your arm off? I wonder if we still have the video. We should send it in to be on this show.”


37 posted on 05/05/2018 7:49:50 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Paul R.

Definite Darwin Winner for the year.


38 posted on 05/05/2018 9:25:36 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: Equine1952

I need a little more info to search the FR posts.


39 posted on 05/05/2018 2:07:36 PM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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