Video with a bear in a Russian car became a hit Of the Internet

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There are several established stereotypes among foreigners regarding Russian life. The vast majority of residents Westerners are sure that it is always very cold in Russia, here everyone always drinks vodka, and there are so many bears in the country that everyone can afford a clubfoot pet. Some materials appearing here and there on the Internet have the property reinforce the confidence of foreigners in the immense love of Russians for bears.

So, on the popular video hosting “YouTube” recently got a record, made by the DVR of a certain Russian motorcyclist. Roller depicts an old “Volga” moving around the Urals with the present a bear in the cabin. The original video has gained many hundreds of thousands views, a record is also repeatedly published by Western the media, coming up with headlines like “Such possible only in Russia “or” Big country of large pets. ”

Domestic journalists managed to find a car driver and find out the whole story from his lips. The young man said that the bear Nicknamed Topik was really his pet, however the owner was drafted into the army, and he had to say goodbye to clubfoot friend. To do this, he and his comrades put a bear in the back seat GAZ-3110 cars and drove from Rostov-on-Don to Nizhny Tagil, where the beast agreed to shelter a private zoo. Almost all the way the owner the animal played with him, sticking out his hand out the window, and the bear in his her turn nibbled slightly. Two and a half thousand way kilometers took four days from the Russians, and a bear managed to see a lot of interesting things during this time. First Bear Topeka intended to put in the “Gazelle”, but the car in the most the wrong moment broke, so I had to take him to the zoo in a passenger car.

“I knew that there was a case in Russia. I didn’t even doubt it,” writes one of the English-speaking commentators on YouTube. “IN next time it’s the bear’s turn to drive the car itself, ”jokes other. “I can’t imagine what the Internet would do without recordings with Russian DVRs, ”the third ironically states.

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