Alaska Woman Tries to Reason With a Spiteful Bear

Please do not end today without spending two and a half minutes with this video of an Alaska woman (Mary Maley) begging a black bear (no name known to humans) not to eat her kayak. She is at a cabin in Berg Bay, clouds rise from the tree-covered hills, the water is silvery, the bear is black. The bear is not even supposed to be awake at this time of the year. "It's the end of September," distressed Maley yells, "why are you here?"The human communicates with her voice, and the bear with its body