Bear wanders onto rugby field with team called the Bears (PHOTOS)
An unexpected guest made their way to Rugby practice this week.
The famous and well know bear around Banff, Bear #148 wandered onto a rugby pitch during the Banff Bears practice.
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Coach Lee Garrett was able to safely document the surreal occurrence.
“I was just walking to my car leaving practice a little early, so I was on the far side of the field to the kids. Then a lady come down the road (where my car was parked around 20-30m away from me) yelling “there’s a bear coming toward you!” I kinda thought it was down the ways a bit but turns out the bear was a lot closer than I thought.”
Garrett says he tried not to panic, but that he saw the bear staring right at him in the open field. “I kinda picked up a my pace and just headed straight to the car – didn’t run however everything in my body wanted me to!” said Garrett.
The other teaching staff and coaches got the kids under control and in a big group. “They basically moved the group so they stayed on the opposite side of the field. That’s when I started snapping the pics.”