Video: Bear Sneaks Up On Child

Have you seen this video: Bear sneaks up on child in Aspen while eating kettle corn. This video is going viral and it's pretty incredible that no one was hurt. It's crazy how close this bear got to this child in the video. Luckily, the bear got scared off and never touched or hurt the child. The reason that the video is going viral, is because the child never even knew the bear was right there.

The boy, in the video and his parents were spending the weekend with family in Aspen, Co. Earlier in the day, they visited the farmers market and bought a bag of kettle corn. He was sitting outside on some chairs and was enjoying his bag of corn. You can see in a surveillance video, that the bear emerged out from the woods behind the home. It's most likely, the bear smelled the kettle corn.

The video shows the bear sniffing in the air while approaching the boy, who was sitting on a chair near a firepit. The bear came within about a foot of his head. According to the news report, the boy’s mother, Rachel Schmela said she didn’t know what to do. Her husband and brother saw he bear and jumped up immediately and started yelling to scare the bear away. In the video, the bear sneaks up on child, but then he runs off after hearing the loud noises. He never touches the child, but did get very close.

Check out the video below

Even though this story was in Aspen, CO, we have lots of bears in Florida. Parks and Wildlife in Florida has tips to keep bears away and prevent events like this from happening.

There are a lot of dangerous animals in Florida. But if you ever wondered what the most dangerous are? This list was put together by A-Z Animals. Between 1999 and 2019 only 247 people in Florida died as a result of an animal attack. Florida ranks as the third deadliest state in the United States for animal attacks. Texas is number one with 520 and California is number two with 299. Those findings come from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

So, what is the first animal that you think of when you think dangerous in Florida? You probably think of the Alligator, but that isn’t the number one overall dangerous animal in Florida. The Great White Shark is the most dangerous animal in Florida. While not on the land in Florida Great White Sharks swim the waters around the state of Florida. Back in 2020 Florida had 16 shark bites on record. Second was Hawaii with only five.

The dangerous animals in Florida that didn’t make the top five are some that you may have thought could’ve been higher. Firstly, number six on the list is the Black Widow Spider followed by the Florida Panther. The Florida Panther is the state animal. It was chosen in 1982 by a vote of students throughout the state. Following the Florida Panther on the list is the Wild Boar. You can find the Wild Boar in all 67 counties of Florida. Their estimated population is over half a million.

Next is the Timber Rattlesnake. It is also known as the canebreak rattlesnake and it is a species of pit viper. The Timber Rattlesnake has a Chevron pattern and a stripe running down its body. Finally, coming in number 10 on the list is the American Crocodile. They are found along the coast of Florida as north as the Hillsborough/Pasco County border on the west side of Florida.

Below, you can find the top five most dangerous animals in Florida.

Yes, Great White Sharks are found in the waters around Florida. A almost 1,200 pound shark that was almost 13 feet in length was tracked back in March of this year.

#1 and #2 on the list are sharks. They are in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. They grow to about 11 feet and can live about 24 years.

Alligators live in all 67 counties in Florida. You can find alligators in any body of water including lakes, ponds, rivers, marshes, swamps and man-made canals.

They are found in pine flatwoods, longleaf pine and turkey oak hammocks, sand pine scrub areas, and coastal barrier islands. Yes it is venomous.

It is venomous and can be found throughout Florida. It is called a cottonmouth because of the white color of the inside of its mouth.