Imagine your just hanging out on your back patio with your friend, enjoying a couple slices of your favorite pizza, when, suddenly, BAM, black bear ate your pizza. It sounds like something out of a children’s story. “Phil The Bear is Hungry For Pizza!”
Unfortunately for the eastern Kentucky fellas in the following TikToks, that’s exactly what happened to them! We’ll start off with the posted CCTV footage, as it actually shows the beginning of the incident.
@kycatmanoutdoors Hazards of ordering pizza in eastern Kentucky!!!!!#bear #mountainlife #pizzahut #benhamschoolhouseinn
I guess the bear must have entered the building, and the two men spotted him making his way towards the patio. You can see them freeze up and attempt to move the pizza away from the bear, but it doesn’t seem to do much.
Just to clarify, IF A BLACK BEAR APPROACHES YOU, you shouldn’t freeze up. Instead, according to the Humane Society of the United States, you should stand up and get as big as possible, spreading your arms or possibly a jacket. Once you’re big, you should get as loud as possible. Start making noise, yell at him, bang on the table, bang pots and pans. Chances are, you’ll be able to scare a black bear away. If it does decide to attack, don’t play dead, fight back as hard as possible.
Anyways, we also get this shot of the bear munching on and enjoying what looks to be a rather delicious Pizza Hut pie. I honestly think Pizza Hut should just buy the rights or something to this incident. It could make a great advertisement. “Pizza so good, the bears will try to steal it!”
@kycatmanoutdoors When bears like your pizza more than you, you let them have it!!!!! #bear #harlancounty #606 #mountainlife
Image Credit: Jim’s Ky outdoors on TikTok