A black bear attempted to cross a raging river, and bystanders were worried it would drown. Footage from Mike Stewart, a fire chief in Washington, California, back in 2023 showed the tense couple of minutes the bear was swept down river by fast-moving water in the South Yuba River.
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KCRA3 News shared the video on social media. Stewart told KCRA3 that a human likely would not have survived this attempted crossing. Thankfully, the bear did. Although you don’t see it reach land in the video, Stewart said the bear eventually did.
Watch as a bear gets swept down river below (or see it here).
Bear Caught in River | Mike Stewart, the fire chief in Washington, California, shared a video Saturday that shows a bear trying to cross the South Yuba River >> https://t.co/r4yCA9YZm7 pic.twitter.com/rjvwkgS036
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