http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/23/russia.skating.bear.death/index.html?iref=newssearch

10/23/2009 1:38:48 PM

IN SOVIET RUSSIA, BEAR KILLS . . .. eh fuck it. They're Russians.

10/23/2009 1:39:58 PM

poor bears. how are 1,000 lb animals supposed to slide across ice on two skinny blades?

10/23/2009 1:40:13 PM

Quote :

"Russia has a long-standing tradition of training bears to perform tricks such as riding motorcycles, ice skating, and playing hockey."

10/23/2009 1:40:13 PM

Quote :

" It is unclear what caused the bear to attack Potapov, 25, nearly severing one of his legs while dragging him across the ice by his neck. Medical personnel were unable to save Potapov, who died at the scene. "

DAMN!

10/23/2009 1:40:44 PM

Apparently I did not misread the title

10/23/2009 1:48:35 PM

I wish wild animals the world over, wherever they are tamed and raised to be circus freaks, would do this to their owners and owners' owners.

10/23/2009 1:58:21 PM

that bear was bad news

10/23/2009 2:01:16 PM

that pain must have been unbearable

10/23/2009 2:02:35 PM

he almost killed TWO circus hands...sounds like the second guy bearly made it

10/23/2009 2:05:07 PM

I'm glad our country has the right to bear arms

10/23/2009 2:05:24 PM

maul him? i bearly knew him



thats the best i could come up with

10/23/2009 2:09:29 PM

So did it kill him with his bear hands?

10/23/2009 2:12:44 PM

Circus hands die sometimes son. It's part of being in the Russian circus.

10/23/2009 2:13:12 PM

10/23/2009 2:14:41 PM

i wonder if it could do a bearrel roll

10/23/2009 2:14:41 PM

i wonder if they had some stupid costume on it or it was bear.

10/23/2009 2:16:54 PM

I can have bear arms too son.

10/23/2009 2:19:29 PM

I was thinking they were gonna cremate the guy, but the article clearly states that he'll be bearied

10/23/2009 2:21:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gv58dLL3VU

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10/23/2009 2:23:03 PM

must be terribly embearassing for the circus company

10/23/2009 2:24:50 PM

damn you guys for outwitting me in my own thread

10/23/2009 2:36:18 PM

It was truly a grizzly scene

10/23/2009 2:38:09 PM

That circus hand must have been beareft of sense.

10/23/2009 2:40:40 PM

saps got bearback raped in his own thread

10/23/2009 2:43:43 PM

this is quite the polarizing story

10/23/2009 2:44:36 PM

i bet after it happened it was a media circus

10/23/2009 2:46:39 PM

There were photographers on the scene. I guess you could say it was a kodiak moment.

10/23/2009 2:46:39 PM

you could say that it was a scene of pandamonium

10/23/2009 2:48:53 PM

This will be an event long remembeared

10/23/2009 2:49:39 PM

The circus released a statement that their next trainer will be more koalafied

10/23/2009 2:52:20 PM

They also said the trainer was drunk, and Baloo a .17 shortly before the incident

10/23/2009 2:54:38 PM

and there's a reason they called him Smokey

10/23/2009 2:55:37 PM