A resident of Transbaikalia asked a bear he accidentally met in the forest for a cigarette. Together with a group of acquaintances he went to the forest to collect pine cones and later in the process of collecting he turned to a "man" whom he saw ahead. Thinking it was a man with a backpack, he slapped him on the back, but felt the fur. Both the bear and the smoker screamed at the same time and ran in different directions. There were no casualties.