Vasya the cat chases away a brown bear in the woods of Eastern Siberia

The Siberian Times ^ | 08/04/2021

[BenLurkin]

The astonishing video of a humble domestic cat winning a territory battle with a young brown bear was filmed on 31 July by a group of fishermen in the north of Irkutsk region.

The friends were having a party after a day on the Angara River near Ust-Ilimsk, when a brown bear approached their camp.

The predator was several metres away from the campfire, when cat Vasily, or Vasya, taken along on the trip as a companion, pounced forward and stood between the humans and the bear.

The video filmed by angler Sergey Tarasov shows the puffed up cat with its back arched and tail up standing firmly in front of the puzzled predator.

The cat did not budge even when the bear stood high on its hind legs to mark a pine tree, towering above the tiny feline.

[BenLurkin]

Poor kitty!

[BenLurkin]

https://youtu.be/V5cmqeT50Ro

[Viking2002]

Poor bear, if it got within claw range.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Tough Kitty. The bear looks more black than brown, though

[Yardstick]

I like their commentary:

“I didn’t know I had such a fearless cat”

“Well done, Vasya”

[GaryCrow]

Yeah, that’s a black bear, not a brown. I doubt that cat would have been as successful if it’d been a brown bear.

[NohSpinZone]

Not sure which cat is more bad a$$, Vasya or this one

[telescope115]

Male or female, that cat has one HUGE set of brass balls!😼

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The humans all sound drunk.

[BenLurkin]

Good kitty!

[gundog]

Siberia. It may be a black color phase, but it isn’t a Black Bear.

[TChad]

Good cat!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The humans all sound drunk.

Whoever heard of going fishing without beer?

[blueunicorn6]

A master of Cat Fu.

[ptsal]

Bkmk

[Exit148]

Cats rule!

[texas booster]

Thanks!

I started reading the Siberian Times way back when a linky from FR found them (10 years?). I do wish they updated their site more often, but I never seem to tire of the winter skiing video ...

The things we learn at FR.

[TChad]

I remember that video. An extraordinarily vicious little dog -- there were internet photos of the kid's bite injury -- versus an extraordinarily protective cat. Obviously, the cat won.

I admit that I would not like to get into a serious fight with a strong, young cat. They are too damn quick, and those claws and teeth work too well.

[SJackson]

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