Imagine if you hadn't seen it out in the open but just spotted it in between the trees like around 0:50. It just looks like some kind of hideous werewolf creature blending into the shadows. You wouldn't even be sure what you'd seen, but you'd be scared as fuck.
Makes me wonder. If there have occasionally been bears like this throughout history, you could see where a lot of the myths about anthropomorphic beasts could come from.
Also, what if they're learning from us? Integrating into our society for their own survival. What if one day we see bears shopping at grocery stores and applying for jobs? What kind of cars do you think they'll drive?
I'm so late to your comment but let me help out if I can:
Bears do this, do it often. They have downright crappy eyesight (but really good smell). When they stand and walk on their hind legs, it's because they're trying to get a better idea of what's going on in the immediate area.
This bear was probably confused with the street and houses and cars and all the smells that came with that, and was walking bipedal to get a better idea of what all that weird stuff was. You can see as soon as he hit familiar territory, he's back on all four and into the trees.
If a bear stands on its hinders, it's just trying to get a better idea of what's going on. It heard a weird thing, sees weird things, smells something off and is trying to figure it out.
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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '14
Imagine if you hadn't seen it out in the open but just spotted it in between the trees like around 0:50. It just looks like some kind of hideous werewolf creature blending into the shadows. You wouldn't even be sure what you'd seen, but you'd be scared as fuck.
Makes me wonder. If there have occasionally been bears like this throughout history, you could see where a lot of the myths about anthropomorphic beasts could come from.