Bear approaches child in Port Coquitlam

Surveillance video captured some tense moments as a black bear approached a young child in a Port Coquitlam neighbourhood.
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[@chara_jade197]

I love how kids recover.. he just scoots away like a lil cutie 🥰

[@Josh-mp3ow]

Why is this news worthy? My cat scares off black bears all the time .. guess I should be calling it in. the bear showed no aggressive body language whatsoever. you didn't save the child from anything.

[@codyevans6454]

Why would you attach grizzly bear footage to this?

[@ferociousgumby]

This might even be the same bear that wouldn't leave our back yard a couple of weeks ago. This pretty much happened in our neighborhood. There was also a terrible accident in which a bear was hit by a car and had to be put down, and the cubs taken to a sanctuary.

[@mattmcneill3669]

Some Guard Bear that was. Gets scared off by a man, I hope that kid is alright and fought back against the man.

[@msbecks7004]

Stop building on their habitat!

[@nephilimshammer9567]

No women saying she would rather be near bear than a man in this one ehhh

[@BrunetteBabePS3]

I’m sure he would have been fine regardless ..

[@standing0]

I live in BC near the mountains, a neighborhood Rottweiler paid the ultimate price protecting their yard last night...keep an eye out there and your trash inside.

[@MrSurgi1]

Going towards the kid? It was in their neighborhood ! Lock up your garbage! They are getting ready for winter, hungry and idiots that don’t understand that we have the laziest conservation officers so that bear is dead! People should be fined for garbage left out! That bear had no interest in that child!

[@RyanInterceptor]

The husband didn’t save the child because the bear never did anything to the child.

[@steveshea7725]

Luckily, the kid froze. The physical environment probably helped in stopping him from running too. That was a young black bear. He pranced at the kid, possibly to investigate as food. If the boy had run it would likely have triggered a prey attack response . However the bear was a bit confused as to how to proceed as the boy just stood in place.

[@SillyBillies1]

0:50 Liberal 😂

[@robertcroteau5597]

NDP will not let straight men speak at their conferences absolutely hilarious definitely not the party for the working family

[@leecrumble3921]

Oh you can speak but your last to speak!

[@randoir1863]

That kid is lucky that wasn't a full grown bear and is probably only a few years old . Pretty smart neighbor to know how to scare off a small bear .

[@robert2375]

So what... this isn't even news.. pls produce better news.. or stop calling yourself news...

[@Super4la]

Oh no! I just moved to Port coquitlam with my kids

[@douglascoleman1252]

Hi Katie…Doug and Deb ❤️

[@jeepstuff4004]

Saved the child from what? The bear didn’t do anything lol 😂

[@magdalenasteplewski3963]

It not necessary had a bad intentions.

[@leecrumble3921]

All it's doing is looking for food before it hibernates, if that kid would have ran away the bear would have made him dinner!

[@magdalenasteplewski3963]

@@leecrumble3921 Well I live in Canada we have plenty black bear here and you can tell your story. However I beg to disagree... Bottom line I see black bears very often and no they do not kill people unless provoked. They choose to run away on most of occasions. Actually man by trying "to protect kid" was risking to make him panicked and attack. His actions were stupid. Bear was looking curious more than anything else. If he wanted to eat kid, he wouldn`t run away just kill them both. A lie can pass for a good story only but so far

[@leecrumble3921]

@magdalenasteplewski3963 Being lucky doesn't mean black bears don't kill humans. Ontario had a black bear kill humans In 2005,2019 and 2020. North America since 2000 has had 32 people killed by black bears. Bears should be running from humans, not running up to them.

[@magdalenasteplewski3963]

@@leecrumble3921 Black bears do not hunt humans... If you provoke the animal you might get killed. This bear did not come there to eat human child... Bears will be bears and dangerous as they are, they do not hunt humans. In each of these cases there was something else involved. Dog for example, bear cubs. Competing for fish territorial problem. If go to bear country, you take a risk always , you`ll do well to remember it. Some polar bears hunt humans but not all of the either.

[@leecrumble3921]

@@magdalenasteplewski3963 Thats what everyone said about coyotes till a few kids in ontario cities were almost dragged off by them! Animal behaviour changes based on food availability, bears don't shop at walmart.

[@Maikonix]

And thanks to a quick thinking bystander..-- Bystander: Sup Dood. We gon’ do this or what?!

[@jimhofoss9982]

that was close…keep a close eye on your kiddos

[@heinrichs5]

Gosh! That guy is brave!

[@nicks4802]

If the bear wasn’t doing anything, then why did he run when he got caught?! He’s a menace!

[@debrataylor4509]

Bears are curious!! These black bears don't hurt people if they are not protecting their own young. Just curious.

[@bjornbiggs7109]

You don't know what you are talking about Black Bears kill people regularly. You are down playing the danger and these peoples tragic deaths.

[@MarieeHerbert]

Please learn about bear behaviours I loss a dear friend and also had bears encounters. Do not assume!

[@debrataylor4509]

​@@MarieeHerbert, I know the bears in my community! I stand by my comment. Bears are curious. Mama bears can be dangerous if people are out near them with their young. The child froze, which is better then running away. The man came out with outstreatched arms looking big,thatwas correct thing to do also.

[@jaymiller6009]

People who have been attacked by male black bears must have just imagined it… Or do you think male bears protect cubs?

[@TizianaBarrera-e8v]

​@@debrataylor4509 È un orso carino

[@wendyboyd6311]

Omg

[@FC-ei5hj]

Super hero 😅

[@TerrenceAndrews-yh7oq]

The real Bear whisperer

[@jamesrutter4100]

Very lucky. That bear is a danger and will become more dangerous as it ages.

[@BrunetteBabePS3]

Bears hang out in poco all the time. I see one every other day ! One time I was hanging out with my toddler and a mother and her two cubs casually snuck up behind us.. they didn’t even look phased by us being there. Although that specific encounter kind of had me on edge not going to lie lol