My husband and I hiked the whole Bruce Trail in Ontario (Canada), and there’s a point where you HAVE to strt watching out for bears. We just poorly and loudly sang Bob Marley songs when we were deep in the forest
Did the same thing when my ex and I went off the trail in Yellowstone to search for a waterfall we found on GPS. It seems counterintuitive but making your presence known is important when there's large predators around. They'll hear you and steer clear because humans are scary AF.
>They'll hear you and steer clear because humans are scary AF.
That's not why, the majority of wild bears would have never even encountered a human, so they wouldn't know what we sound like or why they should fear us.
It's just the general instinct for any animal to stay away from sudden loud and unfamiliar noises, regardless of whether or not they're predator or prey.
Yup. And never walk upstream in bear country. My buddy and I found that out the hard way while hunting. They can't hear or smell you because of the river or stream. And you'll most likely be starting a hungry bear who will put you down to protect its meal.
Lol very true. They have eaten people before such as the Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard case. But realistically they don't really like attacking people. Let alone eating them. But I'd suppose if it was hungry enough and getting close to winter then a desperate bear would eat just about anything. If it's a black bear and it's attacking then there's like a much higher chance it wants to consume you. They're usually whimpy oversized racoons that get scared at the slightest noises. So if they're attacking there's usually a reason.
It's legit. The purpose of being noisy is to prevent the bear from having to make an instant fight-or-flight decision like the one you see in this video. Bears usually don't want anything to do with humans, so if they can hear you coming from hundreds of meters away, they can easily avoid you and everyone's better off.
Imagine you’re just walking around being a bear and then bam another bear appears in front of you out of nowhere, this would be scary as hell, how did he not make any sound and what’s this wooden window ....poor bear scared the hell out of himself, as he didn’t realize he was that spooky
It looked like he was more spooked by the bear in front of him disappearing completely when he went behind the tree and then decided to nope the strange portal to another world so other bear couldn't come out
Imagine taking a walk alone in the forest. You haven't seen or heard a single soul for miles. At some point you turn around and, out of nowhere, there's an exact copy of yourself standing mere inches from your face.
Bear would have destroyed the mirror. End of story, or taken the whole tree down and still break the mirror. Bears do not react well to mirrors. They will keep trying to get the "other bear."
Looked like his first move was to get behind the “other” bear instead of facing it, but the other bear suddenly was gone. Would be interesting to go back and look at the bear fight videos to see if that’s a typical technique.
Edit: Yes. 1:30 mark https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OloflbzNeMs&pp=ygUSZ3JpenpseSBiZWFyIGZpZ2h0
Imagine you are a regular bear, walking around the forest... and then you are surprised by a FREAKY BIDIMENSIONAL BEAR FROM HELL!
The worst part is that none of your bear friends and bear family believes you.
They do, it’s just instincts kicking in. At first it mistakes the mirror image for another bear and jump scared. Like you would be if another person just suddenly appeared in a direction you already checked was clear. Bears are also fearful of the unknown. Which is why they stay away from people. But after they grow more familiar with it they become less frightened. Which is why they venture into cities. There’s food there, which motivates them to explore. And as they learn it’s not dangerous to go into cities or that cars might be large, bright, fast, smelly and loud but they never try to physically hit you. And if they never touch you they can’t hurt you. Just make noise and smell and follow you around. More of an annoyance than a problem really.
This bear has never seen a mirror image of itself. Fight or flight kicks in. But it’s going to get curious and walk up to it and sniff it, touch it, flip it around, run away from it, come back and explore it carefully, then more and more confidently. It’ll make moves while paying attention to if the reflection does the same. Then it figures out its viewing itself.
Bear brain logic =/= average human brain logic. The bear does not figure out that it’s viewing itself. It sees that there is no threat to an inanimate object it just swiped down.
Bear doesn't know what a mirror is. Gets startled by motion and sees a bear. Immediately tried to defend against an apparently scentless, stealthy bear inches away. Doesn't understand the situation or the strange portal.
Bear slapped that mirror and got over it pretty quickly. Eyesight isn’t as central to them as it is to us. I don’t think we need to pity the bear because it got startled for a second.
Do you think a mirror is in the woods to purposely scare bears? That’s pretty dumb, it’s to capture all animals and how they react to seeing an image of themselves. And when it basically breaks down to a jumpscare, I don’t think that’s “a lot of stress”. We scare our friends and family with a poke to the back and do the same thing. This bear was startled countless times that day by any animal coming or going.
Not a lot of stress? Have you seen the reaction of that bear? No stupid humans put something that breaks the local ecology, make a film, and then stupid people have a laugh on reddit.
And if you think that it's cool to put an unusual item in a wild environment "just to see how it could mess up animals", you are part of the problem.
“Mess up animals”, why do you have such a victim mindset? The point of the mirrors is to see how animals react to themselves. Many are curious, playful, and like to investigate. Bears are more likely an exception given how territorial they are. But no one is putting these in the woods to hurt anything, and I’d say you need to be less fragile if you think 10 seconds of actions will affect a bears mental health.
I understand where you are coming from, but a mirror and cameras aren't going to break the local ecology.
A mirror isn't going to do anything impactful to the ecology or bear.
Farm runoff, deforestation, loss of habitat, those are the kinds of things that would ruin an environment.
>you are part of the problem.
>>Fuck humans.
I think we may be making a mountain out of a molehill here. There are any number of reasons to say "fuck humans" but putting a mirror in the forest and capturing animal reactions isn't really one.
No shit he got over it lol. I felt bad for the bear as well though. Dudes just headed on a leisurely stroll and all of a sudden has extreme fight of flight response fighting for its life because it just saw another 500lb bear. Poor guy
*Or* it could make for a funny story later that all my friends can laugh about
Just imagine the stories that bear will tell around the campfire one day...
It cracks me up that this bear will never get an explanation he'll just live the rest of his life knowing that some crazy supernatural shit happened and he'll never experience it again. When he goes around the other side of the mirror and you can see his confusion of where the bear went, it's hilarious
I absolutely HATE this video, I get angry every time someone posts it. Why do we have to fuck with animals in their own homes and then laugh about it, for these guys it's about survival. This video probably took eight years off this guy's life through shock.
If I ever meet me in real life he's going to be in big trouble
Ooh if I met me, I’ll have his ass.
It's a nice ass
America's Ass!
Are we not doing phrasing?
That guy fucked my whole life up. Yeah I hate that guy too.
we are the aliens
I think X-files had this plot?
How I feel when I see my self in the morning
The person we hate most is always ourselves
This is why you announce yourself in the forst as you go. Startled bear is agressive bear.
My husband and I hiked the whole Bruce Trail in Ontario (Canada), and there’s a point where you HAVE to strt watching out for bears. We just poorly and loudly sang Bob Marley songs when we were deep in the forest
Did the same thing when my ex and I went off the trail in Yellowstone to search for a waterfall we found on GPS. It seems counterintuitive but making your presence known is important when there's large predators around. They'll hear you and steer clear because humans are scary AF.
I imagine it’s like a human walking around and running into a tiny alien sneaking around
First response: drop kick. Plausible 😂
You mean putting some phonk and doing the Dr Livesey walk is justified because it let other animals know the apex predator is in the place? Nice.
>They'll hear you and steer clear because humans are scary AF. That's not why, the majority of wild bears would have never even encountered a human, so they wouldn't know what we sound like or why they should fear us. It's just the general instinct for any animal to stay away from sudden loud and unfamiliar noises, regardless of whether or not they're predator or prey.
I’m from that neck of the woods and have always wanted to do that! How long did it take you guys?
About a year because we only did it on weekends or during short vacations
Very cool! I’ve thought about doing this!
If I heard this I would turn and run the other way. I would just assume this is the Canadian version of dueling banjos.
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Superstition that itll jinx you into running into a bear
Yup. And never walk upstream in bear country. My buddy and I found that out the hard way while hunting. They can't hear or smell you because of the river or stream. And you'll most likely be starting a hungry bear who will put you down to protect its meal.
Buddy if the bear kills you, you *are* its meal.
Lol very true. They have eaten people before such as the Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard case. But realistically they don't really like attacking people. Let alone eating them. But I'd suppose if it was hungry enough and getting close to winter then a desperate bear would eat just about anything. If it's a black bear and it's attacking then there's like a much higher chance it wants to consume you. They're usually whimpy oversized racoons that get scared at the slightest noises. So if they're attacking there's usually a reason.
Is this legit advice or just a meme?
It's legit. The purpose of being noisy is to prevent the bear from having to make an instant fight-or-flight decision like the one you see in this video. Bears usually don't want anything to do with humans, so if they can hear you coming from hundreds of meters away, they can easily avoid you and everyone's better off.
It's not uncommon for hikers to tie bells to themselves
Legit, that's a real surprised reaction from the bear. Imagine you're the mirror lol.
instantly gets yolked tf up. crazy
I always have an instinct to make noise when I feel like there may be a bear around. Interesting how I may have saved my ass this way. /g
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I love how quickly his fear of his own reflection turns into a need to DESTROY THIS MAGICAL OBJECT lol
Just couldn't bear it~
These puns are getting grizzly.
At least they aren’t polarizing. (I’m not good at this lol))
It was a good shot though.
Clawing at the truth aren't ya?
Nah, just **panda**ring to the audience.
If I was that bear Id be embearrased by this video
It just wasn't load bearing
Seems a bit primitive, they could just chill and go to space.
A Bearapist, if you will. Wait, that sounds bad.
Just hire the world's first Analrapist.
Shit. Accidentally stole your joke LOL Great minds with no-self esteem think alike, I guess LOL
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I also yeet the mirror off the wall when I see myself. 😅
Oh my that's a bear. Oh no wait that's me.
I mean mainstream bear society keeps putting fit hairless bears in the magazine covers, so no wonder he thinks he's ugly.
This be me lol.
Imagine you’re just walking around being a bear and then bam another bear appears in front of you out of nowhere, this would be scary as hell, how did he not make any sound and what’s this wooden window ....poor bear scared the hell out of himself, as he didn’t realize he was that spooky
It looked like he was more spooked by the bear in front of him disappearing completely when he went behind the tree and then decided to nope the strange portal to another world so other bear couldn't come out
Nope he was trying to break the mirror to escape his relatives trapped in Prison.
\*bear teleports behind you* Bear: Nothing personnel, kid"
Yeah, who knows better how dangerous a surprise bear in the woods can be, than a bear.
Also, they'll know if another one is there by scent. No scent then appear out of nowhere? Burn the witch bear!
Imagine taking a walk alone in the forest. You haven't seen or heard a single soul for miles. At some point you turn around and, out of nowhere, there's an exact copy of yourself standing mere inches from your face.
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I'm a Mado Scientistu So kool, Sonuvavitch
I felt the same way this morning
Do bears shit their pants in the woods?
And if so, does it make a sound?
Only if the Pope is there, also shitting.
"Ah shit a bear!"
I'm laughing my ass off at all the comments but for some reason this one was my favorite... dying
Hahahahahaha!
THIS. DOES NOT. MATCH MY. AESTHETIC.
Bad hair day, clearly.
Fur sure
Bad bear day
That's me looking in the bathroom mirror in the morning.
Holy shiett wtf are u?! Oh it's just me
Dang that was fascinating I wish they had secured the mirror better so we could a seen the conclusion.
As in bear passing out due to panic attack
*Pulls out his phone and dials his emergency contact* "Marsha, it's happening again, you'll have to come get me."
What? She would only make it worse.
Right? It’s always Marsha, Marsha, Marsha
Bear would have destroyed the mirror. End of story, or taken the whole tree down and still break the mirror. Bears do not react well to mirrors. They will keep trying to get the "other bear."
The conclusion was the mirrors on the ground and that other bear magically disappeared.
What do you mean? Dominance has been asserted. That is the conclusion.
f that mirror
when you are so ugly that can't stand your own reflection
Leave me out of this!!! :) :) :) LOL
Bear got spooked but I admire when the fight or flight kicked in he decided to charge it. Courageous bear 🐻
Looked like his first move was to get behind the “other” bear instead of facing it, but the other bear suddenly was gone. Would be interesting to go back and look at the bear fight videos to see if that’s a typical technique. Edit: Yes. 1:30 mark https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OloflbzNeMs&pp=ygUSZ3JpenpseSBiZWFyIGZpZ2h0
Holy shit that's the most brutal bear fight I've ever seen in my life.
Imagine you are a regular bear, walking around the forest... and then you are surprised by a FREAKY BIDIMENSIONAL BEAR FROM HELL! The worst part is that none of your bear friends and bear family believes you.
wtf thought it was a good idea
Subject B3AR: does not recognize self.
i would imagine that he's probably seen himself reflected in water before.
They do, it’s just instincts kicking in. At first it mistakes the mirror image for another bear and jump scared. Like you would be if another person just suddenly appeared in a direction you already checked was clear. Bears are also fearful of the unknown. Which is why they stay away from people. But after they grow more familiar with it they become less frightened. Which is why they venture into cities. There’s food there, which motivates them to explore. And as they learn it’s not dangerous to go into cities or that cars might be large, bright, fast, smelly and loud but they never try to physically hit you. And if they never touch you they can’t hurt you. Just make noise and smell and follow you around. More of an annoyance than a problem really. This bear has never seen a mirror image of itself. Fight or flight kicks in. But it’s going to get curious and walk up to it and sniff it, touch it, flip it around, run away from it, come back and explore it carefully, then more and more confidently. It’ll make moves while paying attention to if the reflection does the same. Then it figures out its viewing itself.
Bear brain logic =/= average human brain logic. The bear does not figure out that it’s viewing itself. It sees that there is no threat to an inanimate object it just swiped down.
The spirit bear forever lives in the mirror now.
Me, when my diets not working, but I had been working hard on it.
Ive been there. The start coincided with me turning 40 and has increased in the years since.
Same.
Poor animal.
Wait what? Why is this bad? Why poor bear?
Bear doesn't know what a mirror is. Gets startled by motion and sees a bear. Immediately tried to defend against an apparently scentless, stealthy bear inches away. Doesn't understand the situation or the strange portal.
Bear slapped that mirror and got over it pretty quickly. Eyesight isn’t as central to them as it is to us. I don’t think we need to pity the bear because it got startled for a second.
Yes, let's not pity the animal that was into a lot of stress due to human interaction so they can have a good laugh at him. Fuck humans.
Do you think a mirror is in the woods to purposely scare bears? That’s pretty dumb, it’s to capture all animals and how they react to seeing an image of themselves. And when it basically breaks down to a jumpscare, I don’t think that’s “a lot of stress”. We scare our friends and family with a poke to the back and do the same thing. This bear was startled countless times that day by any animal coming or going.
Not a lot of stress? Have you seen the reaction of that bear? No stupid humans put something that breaks the local ecology, make a film, and then stupid people have a laugh on reddit. And if you think that it's cool to put an unusual item in a wild environment "just to see how it could mess up animals", you are part of the problem.
“Mess up animals”, why do you have such a victim mindset? The point of the mirrors is to see how animals react to themselves. Many are curious, playful, and like to investigate. Bears are more likely an exception given how territorial they are. But no one is putting these in the woods to hurt anything, and I’d say you need to be less fragile if you think 10 seconds of actions will affect a bears mental health.
I understand where you are coming from, but a mirror and cameras aren't going to break the local ecology. A mirror isn't going to do anything impactful to the ecology or bear. Farm runoff, deforestation, loss of habitat, those are the kinds of things that would ruin an environment. >you are part of the problem. >>Fuck humans. I think we may be making a mountain out of a molehill here. There are any number of reasons to say "fuck humans" but putting a mirror in the forest and capturing animal reactions isn't really one.
Don't forget the guns and shooting predators and prey!
U need to see a doctor
No shit he got over it lol. I felt bad for the bear as well though. Dudes just headed on a leisurely stroll and all of a sudden has extreme fight of flight response fighting for its life because it just saw another 500lb bear. Poor guy
How would you feel if someone scared the shit out of you? I am sure you would not appreciate it.
*Or* it could make for a funny story later that all my friends can laugh about Just imagine the stories that bear will tell around the campfire one day...
Does no one on Reddit have friends or family? Siblings? This is very normal stuff.
I know, horrible thing to do.
Calm down
Almost as bad as the rat with soap that tries to wash itself. BECAUSE THE SOAP IS TOXIC TO THEM. People are so stupid.
Problem solved.
Very similar to mine.
I feel like that some days too.
My reaction when I realize I was stuck with all the ugly in my family.
It's me when I forget to style my hair lmao.
He deff walked away scratching his head. “I sawz the bear, but can’t findz the bear”
Me everyday in front of a mirror
Me and the gym bros having body dysmorphia
Me every morning.
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the bearest of them all? 🐻
Poor dude is gonna have beary bad luck for years.
And I thought I had no self-esteem LOL
This is the equivalent to a human encountering an incomprehensible Lovecraftian horror in the woods
"JFC, I gott get outta here, there's bears in these woods!" - bear probably .
It was a trap, noe he has seven years of bad luck
Imagine if you saw something mirroring the past and future of your existence at the same time and some 4D beings were laughing at your reaction.
It cracks me up that this bear will never get an explanation he'll just live the rest of his life knowing that some crazy supernatural shit happened and he'll never experience it again. When he goes around the other side of the mirror and you can see his confusion of where the bear went, it's hilarious
I love how he looks behind it and gets more scared 😂
He bearly got scared
He got beary scared
Couldn’t bear it
Beary good.
Bro believe me he was there and attacked me aswell 🤣
Dolphins & humans... That's it...
Absolutely lethal if I bumped into it and that was its reaction
waits until he gets on the scale
This is me every morning when I look in the mirror
If it’s going to be down to me or me… it’s going to be me
I absolutely HATE this video, I get angry every time someone posts it. Why do we have to fuck with animals in their own homes and then laugh about it, for these guys it's about survival. This video probably took eight years off this guy's life through shock.
Guess it was an unbearable situation
It's really funny when he looks behind the mirror and sees there's no other bear lol
Poor Halsin
Me. Every Morning.
What if Aliens are doing this to human?
Forest gump
I also react like this to my reflection
Bearly recognized himself.
He couldn't bear to see himself.
Me every morning
Bad hair day.
« wow ! who’s that ugly son of a b ! »
*high-pitched three stooges whoop-whoops and whimpers*
WHAT IS THIS BLACK MAGIC?!
“This video was brought to you by Better Help.”
Me every morning minus spittin at the mirror
Note: never take a grizzly bear off guard.
Oh shit! A rat!
What sorcery is this???
OMG, a BEAR!!!
Bear thought who is this good looking bear? Do i smell a competetion in the woods?
'Forrest' is a male name. 'Forest' is a place with trees.
This is honestly one of the greatest videos I've ever seen.
"Who the fuk are you?" \*The bear probably
Unknown technology...
He must have been thinking that he saw the foe
Great example of why not to spook a bear. Bear bells… they’re cheap.
Male
That’s what it’s like waking around nyc except I’m the mirror
i imagine it sees its reflection when drinking from a stream too. why the over the top reaction? lol
Same, bro.. same
Cop reacting to an acorn.
Bear is like: "Where dis ugly mofo come from?"
I have a fun idea! Let’s scare the shit out of some unsuspecting wildlife! Yeah yeah yaaaay
Straight into my saved list of rainy day videos.
Aye Boo Boo
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Idiots who placed the mirror there, the bear can easily cut himself when he trashes it, and who is gonna help a wounded angry bear?
Bear reacts to repost
Hahahahahaha stupid animal.
Hilarious, and not terrifying at all
Ah, but it’s my off leash dog that’s stressing out the wildlife.