Friday 21 December 2007

The Man Who Lives With Bears


It looks like a circus performance as the man reaches up to cuddle an 8ft-tall grizzly bear. But amazingly, this is not a trained animal but a wild beast that could kill 68-year old Charlie Vandergaw with a single swipe of its huge paw.

The retired schoolteacher risks his life every day to befriend grizzly and black bears. Charlie is convinced the bears - which weigh up to 500lbs when fully grown - are his friends.

(via A Welsh View)

2 comment(s):

Anonymous said...

Put the crack pipe down, Charile...

mister anchovy said...

Charlie may be smug because he's survived so far, but it's only a matter of time until one of the bears wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, so to speak, and wacks Charlie upside the head with enough force to send his brains across the room.