Posted on 06/03/2024 12:46:36 AM PDT by Morgana
A Minnesota woman leapt into action when a black bear began to chase her dog, and fearing for his life, ran after them.
Bailey Jacobson was leaving her Maple Grove house with the family dog, Zeus, on Tuesday night, when they came face-to-face with a group of unexpected visitors.
A home security camera captured the hair-raising moment Zeus began trotting in the direction of a mama bear, who was digging through a garbage can with three cubs at her side.
The cubs fled as the German shepherd drew near, with Jacobson trailing behind obliviously. Once she saw the mama bear, however, she let out a blood-curdling scream.
The bear followed Zeus as he bounded down the driveway. After a momentary pause, Jacobson hurried after them and the trio disappeared from sight.
'For me, it was just that natural instinct of thinking I couldn't live with myself if something happened,' Jacobson told KARE 11.
'As a worried pet owner, you think, okay, what do you do? Do you have a fight-or-flight instinct?'
She said her knee-jerk reaction was to try to protect Zeus 'as much as possible.'
Jacobson came around 50 feet away from the bear when reality hit. She abruptly turned and high-tailed it home without her dog.
The Minnesota woman waited from her screened-in porch as minutes ticked by. However, she was able to breathe a sigh of relief when Zeus appeared from the woods, apparently unharmed.
It is not uncommon for Maple Grove's some 70,000 residents to brush shoulders with wildlife.
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You would be right if the dog was a pit bull, but it wasn’t. Distinctions like that don’t matter to some FReepers.
“I would have done the same thing.”
Agree, it’s not like she was trying to get a selfie. I suspect the dog appreciates her effort.
THIS!!
It’s a dog, not worth a human life!
I love our dog, but if it’s me or the dog, well, it’s me!
Now if i have a weapon, like an ‘06 in my hands, different story!
Woman chasing bear ........ not smart!!
I like dogs, too, but she got lucky this time. Her risky behavior for an animal exposed insurers, and indirectlly US as their customers or taxpayers, to the risk of having to pay her medical and welfare costs.
Woman chasing bear becomes lunch bears know how ton use bait too.
I grew up in the Sierra Nevadas. Bears were a part of life. Maybe I was dumb but the best way to get rid of bears sneaking around was to scream and yell, make a racket and chase them. They were pretty timid brown bears and would run away. Never had one stop and turn around. Fire crackers were good too.
There are smart dogs, stupid dogs, and REALLY stupid dogs that chase cars, bite their owners, poop on the floor in the morning, and in the medal category, run after a mama bear with cubs.
Stupid is as stupid does (Forrest Gump).
Luckily the bear had eaten some tourists earlier down the road when it came across these folks....
Giant Bear Casually Walks Past Tourists in Alaska’s Katmai National Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pJGjLp6cnk
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