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While filming for the David Attenborough-narrated documentary series "The Hunt," a BBC film crew got their hut looted by a polar bear.
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According to Håvard Festø, the team's field assistant, the bear had eaten the team’s bacon, marinated steak, chicken, sour cream, yogurt and fruit. Although, it had apparently left all the alcohol and Marmite (definitely not a British polar bear then).
Not too far from the cabin, the polar bear was having a post-lunch nap. They had to use flare guns, which create a loud bang and flash, to frighten the bear without causing harm. Over the next two days, however, the polar bear came back three times.
Maybe it's payback for nature documentary filmmakers interrupting all those mating sessions.
[H/T: Mashable]
