Witness Report
A sighting report from Alaska: a bear that has not yet entered hibernation was spotted in a small town.
As is widely known, bears are animals that hibernate.
What If...? its winter preparations, such as accumulating fat, are not progressing as expected and cannot sustain the bear through the entire winter, it is very likely that it will remain awake throughout the winter, searching for food everywhere.
Animals hibernate to survive the winter not because the temperature is too low and makes them unable to move, but because it is difficult to find a sufficient food source in winter, so they reduce their activity and energy consumption.
Already hungry, and with food scarce in winter, it's easy to imagine how irritable these bears, who have missed hibernation, must be.
Although in southern Alaska, at lower latitudes, food is still available in winter, so about a quarter of male bears do not hibernate, in the north, both males and females strictly follow their biological instincts.
Entering hibernation.
When brown bears that should be hibernating are found wandering outside, humans usually hunt and kill them to prevent these large predators from targeting humans and attacking human settlements.
However, the town only had one old hunter, who was injured before winter and could hardly hunt a bear in the snow. Then almost all the adult men left Alaska to make a living in the continental United States, and would not stay in such a remote little place.
So a young girl, who was not yet an adult, volunteered to hunt down the Kodiak brown bear that had not yet entered hibernation, based on her experience of shooting a few empty bottles with a shotgun.
The town's elderly residents wanted to stop it, but were powerless to do so. Their location was extremely remote, and the town didn't even have a qualified sheriff. Such stagnant towns, while not unique in Alaska, were not uncommon.
A young girl, tracking a bear alone, encountered a man traveling with Tiger in the freezing snow. Had it not been for a living person standing next to the Tiger, she would have shot it Tiger.
The fact that bears that don't hibernate are dangerous doesn't mean that Tiger, which men call "Tabby Cat," are safe.
The man promised to let his Tiger help him hunt the bear, on the condition that he would take the spoils first.
The young girl naturally had no objection to these conditions. The hunter's rule is that whoever owns the spoils keeps them, and they are free to do with them as they please.
The man was a skilled tracker; he could always find the brown bear's tracks in the snow and follow the correct route. However, both he and the Tiger moved clumsily, as if they were not used to moving around in the snow.
They caught up with the large, grumpy creature, which was driven to rage by hunger, in less than a day.
The man had the young girl hold the hunting rifle and provide support from a distance, downwind. This position would prevent the brown bear from detecting their body odor and the smell of gunpowder, thus avoiding their presence.
The man, along with his Tiger, stealthily approached from the side, preparing for a hand-to-hand combat.
The battle between tigers and bears is about to erupt!
Without any warning or command from a trainer, the Tiger simply pounced on the brown bear, which had not yet spotted the predator, once it was within attack range.
Kodiak brown bear, found in Alaska, weigh between 660 and 1,320 pounds as adults. Those that remain active in winter are even thinner than normal brown bears due to food shortages.
The little girl estimated that the Tiger weighed about 500-600 pounds, similar in size to a brown bear.
The tiger and bear were seen using their teeth and claws to tear at each other. They were also vying for the top spot, hoping to overpower each other from above by using their weight.
However, the Tiger's attack pattern is nothing like that of a wild animal.
Large predators have an instinct to hold on tightly once they've bitten. They'll relentlessly pursue their prey until it escapes their grasp. Tigers, lions, and bears are examples of this.
However, the hunting method of this Tiger is closer to that of medium and small predators. It continuously inflicts damage on its opponent, exhausting its stamina and wearing it down to death, much like a pack of hyenas or wolves hunting in a ring.
Regardless of who bites whom, both try to increase the damage by swinging their arms. However, the thick fur of both animals...
Neither of them can be easily defeated by the other.
However, brown bears are more proactive in trying to subdue and control Tiger. Tiger, on the other hand, will always break free at the slightest sign of weakness.
Taking advantage of its greater agility, it attacks from other angles.
They heard a few bear roars, but the little girl watching didn't hear a single tiger's howl.
That Tiger always kept its head down, crouched low, and circled the brown bear. Once it found a suitable angle to attack, it would charge forward.
The brown bear's movements, however, are much more passive. It now doesn't even dare to stand up and try to use its weight to press down or strike the tiger. This is because such attacks are always dodged by the Tiger, which then jumps on top of it and claws or bites its back.
The tiger-bear battle was certainly captivating, but the little girl standing at a distance witnessed an even more thrilling scene: a second brown bear approached the man commanding the Tiger from behind.
Watch out! Behind you!
Instead of shooting the attacking brown bear with her hunting rifle, the cute little girl shouted a warning. The man whirled around, and the bear's paws were already right in front of him.
Because of the distance, the little girl couldn't be sure what had happened. All she knew was that when she raised her gun to aim, the bear had already pounced on the ground, while the bear was still standing upright.
The man, casually sitting on the bear, yelled at his pet, "Kitty, how long are you going to play with that bear that takes one punch? Let's call it a day, we'll have extra food for dinner tonight."
Face to face with the bear, the Tiger suddenly roared. The huge sound that echoed through the mountains and forests made the little girl watching from a distance feel as if she had been hit hard in the chest, and she immediately felt short of breath.
The brown bear, facing the roar head-on, was even more distressed and was so frightened by the roar that it stood on its back.
The brown bear spread its front paws to the sides and roared in response. But as soon as it poked its neck out, the Tiger snapped at it with lightning speed.
After the Tiger bit the brown bear's neck, it did something completely unlike any other animal. Its entire body swung like a pendulum, swinging from the front of the brown bear to its back, almost completing a full circle!
The bear's head followed the Tiger's movements, turning more than 180 degrees and twisting to its back. Its cervical vertebrae were snapped, and it died instantly.
Having already killed before upon arriving in Alaska, Kitty stood on the back of a fallen brown bear and let out a long, defiant howl at the Krypton two-legged creature.
The little girl who witnessed the battle between the man, the tiger, and the two brown bears was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She watched as they carried their spoils and disappeared back into the snowy mountains.