Wild animals are best experienced from a safe distance, when humans get too up close and personal with untamed beasts, the consequences can be fatal. Luckily, everyone involved in these not so funny animal videos lived to tell the tale of their encounters with nature’s critters.
Mother Bravely Shields Son With Down Syndrome While Big Black Bear Devours Taco Picnic
A Mexican mother reacted with supernatural calm, when a picnic snatching bear leapt onto the table that she and her 15-year-old son were eating his birthday dinner at.
As the black bear gobbled up their feast of tacos and french fries, at Mexico City’s Chipinque Park, Silvia Macías sat statue still, shielding the face of her son, Santiago, who has Down Syndrome and is terrified of animals.
Big Black Bear Crashes Party, While Mother Bear Protects Son
“That’s why I covered his eyes, because I didn’t want him to see it and scream or run. I was afraid that if he got scared or screamed or scared the bear, that the bear would react,” she explained. “I just think I’m a mother who protected her cub.”
She said the black bear was so close that she could smell him as he noshed on their dinner, until her friend snatched an uneaten plate of enchiladas and tossed it away from the table. The hungry bear followed and the trio was able to retreat quietly and slowly away.
