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And again, Sulo Karjalainen and bears. This is a bit older clip, but again English subtitles. Even though there is translation, it´s a bit pity, that translation loses something when he speaks. He use local dialect and is also certain kind of personality. It´s difficult to imagine situation, where he wouldn´t be calm... If someone don´t know and is looking at right side of his face thinking, that looks odd, those are scarves from a bear. He once had a bear, which was kind of wilder as others.

Sulo was cleaning in enclosure and told to bear Tassu, that he should go further. Tassu went behind Sulo and rose to two feet, when Sulo rose his head, bear suddenly swiped him to head so, that right cheek was ripped open and half scalp ripped loose.  Sulo admits, that at that moment he cursed... a lot. Then hit Tassu with shovel to bum and commanded him to go away. He says, that when he got out of cage he had time to get frightened, that how badly he was injured. He managed to get in house and call ambulance.

While he was in hospital, where his scalp and right cheek were stitched, officials had made decision and Tassu was euthanized (I´m not sure if right expression). Sulo felt bad about it, but it was done while was in no condition to object. I bet, that if he would have been asked in hospital, he would have been objecting :) That is only time, when he has had major problem with bears during decades. When there is really sunny day, his right eye is watering, that is kind of memory of that incident. It was about millimeters, that he didn´t lose sight from right eye.

But here video, a bit older, from 2012.

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