Posted on 09/06/2015 8:01:26 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
One Russian town is living your worst nightmare: a bear apocalypse. Luchegorsk, a town of 21,000 near the Chinese border, is being terrorized by hungry bears following a shortage of wild nuts and berries, a.k.a. foods bears usually eat to fatten up for the winter. The Guardian reports that one brown bear and one Himalayan bear are "ruling" Luchegorsk, walking through the streets and attacking residents. Asian black bears have also been spotted, and another 30-ish bears are circling the town's borders.
Local police are using sirens, cars, and pressure hoses and firing into the air to scare the bears away. Streets are filled with loudspeakers telling people not to leave their houses, and children are being kept inside. It's basically the end of times, and there's good reason to be cautious—one man was attacked by a bear at a bus stop, and another was ambushed while walking his dog.
So far at least two bears have been shot because they "posed a real threat to humans and were attacking local residents," said Vladimir Vasilyev, head of the region’s animal control department.
As the bear's food and habitats disappear, bear attacks in Russia are on the rise. Last summer a heat wave drove bears into cities, and at least three people died in bear attacks. The summer of 2010 was so hot that Siberian bears dug up human graves looking for food. According to Vasilyev, the situation will only get worse over time. Looks like it's time for Luchegorsk residents to embrace their new bear overlords.
The only good bear is a dead bear.
Why don’t they know this?
That sounds specist. #bearlivesmatter
Maybe because the bear is their symbol. Perhaps it`s kinda like having flocks of Bald Eagles invading an American town and driving folks out, the Feds would probably be hesitant to allow the mass shooting of them.
They should capture them and conscript them into The Russian Bear Cavalry.
Google it.
Wow. Great commercial. Also, cool to see Mark Levin at the Reagan Library afterward. Thanks.
That was a grizzly tail, umgood.
See a bear, see a bearskin rug. The Mosin-Nagant in volley fire can take down the biggest bear. What’s the problem?
Too many bears in Siberia are dying of old age — hmmm, wonder what the solution is. /s
One of the greatest ads ever. One of the candidates needs to dust it off and use it again
The town folks should be aware that bear meat is delicious.
Na,na,na my big white a55!
They are very bold people. Brown bear meat is usually infested with porkworms.
Exactly. And several people will have some nice new rugs.
Send over the knucklehead dentist from Minnesota!
Bear Apocalypse for the new Undead Thread? We could play creepy and atmospheric Russian music ...
Bear apocalypse, flamingo carnage redux, and one other possible thread.
Hmm.
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