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Outdoor Activities => Northern Ireland Camping and Bushcraft => Topic started by: KyleL on April 01, 2013

Title: Bear in Tollymore Forest
Post by: KyleL on April 01, 2013

So I took a trip up to Tollymore a day or two ago and spotted a brown bear - thankfully he didn't spot me. Pretty scary, he was a big fella but seemed gentle.

I didn't know we had bears here?

Anyway, here's a pretty low quality video I shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)

Title: Re: Bear in Tollymore Forest
Post by: LandyLiam on April 01, 2013

wow, wouldn't have believed it if i hadn't see the video  :o  what freaked me out is that i walked through that forest the other night myself, heard some rustling but assumed it was a sheep or dear, this definitely looks like it could be a bear though

Title: Re: Bear in Tollymore Forest
Post by: robertsreilly on April 01, 2013

wow, they move a lot faster than I thought they would. Have you reported this to the PSNI?

Title: Re: Bear in Tollymore Forest
Post by: FlapJack on April 01, 2013

He can really move, wow  :o.  It has a strange sheen on it's brown fur!

Title: Re: Bear in Tollymore Forest
Post by: Wolf_Larson on April 01, 2013

That bear has the moves  8)