A snowboarder is claiming to have taken the term ‘extreme sport’ to a whole new level, after she was “chased by a bear” while riding in Japan.
Kelly Murphy was snowboarding in Hakuba 47 Ski Resort when an inquisitive mountain dweller apparently started pursuing her.
The video she uploaded to YouTube starts with her singing Rihanna’s “Work” in the direction of a selfie stick. So far, so your average 2016 holiday video.
But just after she starts her run, the pretty convincing-looking bear rocks up in the background and starts chasing her. We say convincing-looking, but a lot of people reckon the clip is a fake. The bear gives up before catching her, which would presumably have been the point when we got a definitive answer either way.
Kelly said she was completely oblivious of what was going on until she later reviewed the clips. She wrote on her YouTube channel: “OMG! I was going through my snowboarding videos and I found a bear chasing me!!! I nearly got eaten!!!”
The video has been viewed over 1,200 times already, though a lot of commenters have doubts about how genuine it is. Much of the cynicism seems to be about the fact that the animal in the clip looks like a brown bear, which aren’t typically found in that part of Japan.
We want to believe that it is a real bear because that’s way more fun. A real bear that just happens to be a big fan of Rihanna’s newest material.
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