A resident of the Trans-Baikal Territory told how he distracted a bear with a can of lingonberries and ran away

A resident of the Trans-Baikal Territory told RIA Novosti how he distracted a bear with a can of collected lingonberries and ran away from him.

Vladimir lived in a village in the Chita region, not far from the forest, where he often went to buy lingonberries.

“I once collected lingonberries together with a bear. At first I thought that some kind of cow or deer had approached, but when the dogs became agitated, I realized that something was wrong. I took a closer look: what I previously thought were horns turned out to be the ears of a bear - I’m short-sighted, my glasses were broken the day before, and my legs turned out to be bear paws. I slowly moved away from him, grabbed a pole, hit a pine tree and screamed. Then I started running, dropping a storm jacket and a 5-liter can of berries,” said the agency’s interlocutor.

He said that he managed to run to the road, and then the dogs stopped whining and growling.

“I met hunters there... One of them ran with a gun to the clearing where the bear was and fired once. Then he brought my rain jacket, torn into shreds, and a crushed can,” the interlocutor said.

He added that the bear was following him, but was distracted by things: a jacket and a can of berries detained the animal.