Real life jungle book

[Jamisjockey]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/boy-3-lost-freezing-forest-two-days-says-bear-kept-safe-230715952.html

3 year olds can be pretty imaginative, especially with hypothermia and lacking food or water....
Anyone think a mama bear legit watched after the kid?

[grampster]

Why not?  Stranger things have happened.  The bible tells us that it's possible for us to be in the presence of angels.  One covered in fur would be useful in this case.

[Ben]

While it sounds unlikely, the article gave several other examples. What they all had in common was very young children, so you have to wonder if some bear's maternal instinct kicked in given the size of the kids relative to a young bear cub. Also I wonder if there are acoustic similarities between the cries and whimpers of scared kids and of cubs in distress.

[makattak]

We just watched a documentary last night that included a polar bear (a HUNGRY polar bear) that decided to play with the sled dogs it had been stalking when they responded with play cues instead of running/ fighting.

Animals may have certain tendencies, but we most certainly don't understand what drives them fully.


That's a long way of saying: Sure, it could have happened that way. Not 100%, but it's not impossible, either.

[Fly320s]

When that kid fell into the gorilla pit at a zoo, the gorilla seemed to care for the kid.  It certainly didn't attack the kid.