A resident of Transbaikalia in the forest thought a bear was a person and asked for a cigarette, RIA Novosti reported. A man named Vladimir told reporters about it; According to him, everything happened to his father.
The men went into the forest to get cedar cones, and by evening they were tired, the agency says. "Through the low clouds I saw: in front of me was a short man with a rucksack walking slowly, growling lightly. His father caught up with him and asked him to light a cigarette, slapping the backpack. But instead of cloth, I felt wool under my hand. They both screamed: the bear also gave a loud sound," Vladimir said.
According to the publication's interlocutor, his father hurried to get a gun, but when he returned to the meeting place with the bear, the animal was no longer there. Only "traces" remain after eating nuts. "The bear must have been trying for a long time to get rid of undigested food, so it went and groaned," Vladimir said.
The man pointed out that all this happened a long time ago.