Wild bear joined the mass race in Colorado
In the U.S. state of Colorado black bear jumped into the road, where he held a mass on race day. He long watched the runners from the bushes and did not dare to cross the road, yet people did not become less. Some runners slowed down to let the animal someone stopped and took the photo.
In the U.S. state of Colorado black bear jumped into the road, where he held a mass on race day. This publication reports the Colorado Springs Gazette.
Donald Sanborn (Sanborn Donald), who witnessed the incident, said that at first the bear was watching runners from the bushes. The beast did not dare to cross the road, yet people did not become less.
“Why the bear ran into the road? To scare runners and spend my precious time in a race!”
Sanborn has published in Facebook several pictures from the race. According to him, some runners slowed down to let an animal, look around for other accessions bear, and someone stopped to take a picture of it with your smartphone.
The 16-kilometer route of the race ran through the “Garden of the gods”, divides the city of Colorado springs and Manitou springs. According to Sanborn, he first met the bear while the mass of the race, but in training in the Park often sees wild animals, including deer, elk, and bobcats.
Black bear, or baribal, is the most common in North America the species.
The adult male reaches a length of 1.4—2 meters. Species that met the runners in Colorado was not such a big.
On 6 June it was reported that in Colorado a bear got into a residential building, began to dash around the living room and accidentally played the piano.