Video: The Real Dancing Bear?

A video that has gone viral on YouTube shows a Russian man calling over a full grown bear and has him perform some extraordinary tricks. The video is titled – in Cyrillic – ‘I see this bear for the first time’. Real or fake? You be the judge.

17 Comments

  • honestly

    honestly ppl, y so negative. so the guy did a good job training it. b happy. the bear is gouegeous

  • fake

    skin is too loose – look when it sits in the chair, there’s no fat bear in there. Looks like a good costume.

  • not so old

    the bear is very young (even do big) and can be traind to do that (real)

  • Mendy

    Go to any Russian circus and you will see bears riding 2 wheel bicycles.

    Think about it – if bears can learn to ride a bicycle and hula hoop – you can learn anything you want! All you need is to really want it!

  • it is a true bear, medviedya pravdoya

    There is a legend of a case of metempsychosis in Old Saint Russia. And so go the tale:
    A soul of a Jew that was entrapped by his sins in a bear.
    A wonder-Rabbi asked to buy the prodigy-bear that was shown in the most famous courts and castles all around Bielo-Russia. The owner refused, then the wonder-Rabbi called loud in Yiddish “Hershel meiner, Hershel genun zayn a behemah, Hershel mine, Hershel enough you were an animal
    ” …and the next day the bear was found dead…

  • not sure

    fake, not sure why it is on crown heights info!!!!!!!!!
    may be the story of the dancing bear ???????

  • karma

    It impossible for that little chair to hold the weight of such a big bear.

  • Real

    Some times in the video you can see the inside of his mouth and tongue which looks like it is real