# Workmen excavating a hole finds a bear. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workmen-excavating-a-hole-finds-a-bear/773194 "2016-11-27T18:26:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workmen-excavating-a-hole-finds-a-bear/773194/1 "2016-11-27T18:26:59Z")
One of the wildest videos that I’ve seen in a long time. LOL I’ve run into my share of rats and snakes working construction. I got sprayed by a skunk one time clearing brush. But a full grown bear? OMG The workmen had no way of knowing they were digging into a den. Bear was obviously very frightened but unhurt. I think he left some bear crap behind in that hole. 😃 > **[Workmen in Turkey find bear emerging from hole](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3976122/Workmen-Turkey-bear-emerging-hole.html)** > > Workmen at a site near a chicken farm in Bolu, Turkey, had the shock of their lives after they discovered the huge brown bear beneath the forest floor that they were working on ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workmen-excavating-a-hole-finds-a-bear/773194/2 "2016-11-28T01:06:08Z")
Poor bear; at least he wasn’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workmen-excavating-a-hole-finds-a-bear/773194/3 "2016-11-28T01:20:55Z")
Late November is when they are supposed to be hibernating, right? It just lost a ton of calories and no longer has a remote and secure den. I suspect there will be a new, scruffy bear rug available by February. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workmen-excavating-a-hole-finds-a-bear/773194/4 "2016-11-28T03:39:43Z")
The incident is listed at [url=\*\*]Know Your Meme;\*\* the front page text for it said “In this stunning video shot in a small rural town in Bolu, Turkey, a group of local villagers enlist help of a backhoe to rescue a grizzly bear that had fallen into a pit at a chicken farm.” That explanation makes more sense; the jackhammer is hammering through a preexisting concrete wall, and if they were inadvertently busting into a bear’s den, I would have expected the bear to beat a hasty retreat through the den’s main entrance. This bear had no other way out of there, which fits with the idea of this being a rescue operation. The comments under the video at KYM are hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workmen-excavating-a-hole-finds-a-bear/773194/5 "2016-11-28T06:11:25Z")
It would be interesting to know what the men are saying. Anyway, even misidentified it’s still a cool video. Seeing that angry bear’s head pop through the hole is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workmen-excavating-a-hole-finds-a-bear/773194/6 "2016-11-28T13:03:36Z")
Feel sorry for the bear, but yeah, that’s weird