If there’s one thing that you really don’t want to encounter in your life, it’s a hungry polar bear. No, they’re not all cute drinking Coca-Cola bottles like you’ve seen on television.

These pictures show just how close a man came to being dinner for one in the Alaskan town of Barrow.

As you can see the bear stands on its haunches and peers over the car roof at his prey, a surveyor returning to his vehicle in the Alaskan town of Barrow.

The target, a surveyor, was returning to his car in the remote town of Barrow, Alaska, when he saw the great white beast. 

With no time to unlock the door of his vehicle and climb inside, he tried to duck out of sight. 

Now the bear begins to make his move, and he’s on the move. While we’re sharing this flashback event from 2008, it’s hard to not think what an asshole the guy taking pictures must really be? I mean, couldn’t he have honked a horn, done something? Insane, right?

Yikes: The bear lumbers around the car as the man sprints for his life

But the hungry bear was not giving up, and a terrifying chase began. 

First, the beast stood up on its furry haunches and eyed its prey. Then it loped around the car, and even climbed over the bonnet to try to reach him. 

Desperate to not be eaten alive, the man makes a break for the empty truck.

The following is from The Daily Mail:

After a few laps of the car the bear almost caught up, managing to land a few heavy swipes on his prey. 

The man eventually managed to take refuge in a neighbouring truck which was unlocked. 

His back and head were covered in more than 100 deep scratches where the massive claws had managed to rip through his thick winter clothes and padded coat. 

Barrow is the northernmost town of the United States, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle. 

Polar bears are frequently spotted around the area. 

They are the world’s largest land predator, and are the only animals that actively hunt humans. 
Adult bears grow up to 10ft tall and can weigh 95 stone. 

They are predominantly carnivores, eating seals, fish, reindeer, seabirds and even whales and baby walruses. 

Environmentalists have warned that there could be as few as 22,000 left in the wild, and that they face extinction because the ice they live on is melting. 

The wildlife group Polar Bears International says only one person has been killed by a polar bear in the U.S. in the past 30 years. 

In Canada eight have been killed and in Russia, 19. 

A spokesman said: ‘In all instances in which a human was killed by a polar bear, the animal in question was undernourished or had been provoked.’ 

Wildlife groups have warned that increasing numbers of the giant bears have been spotted near towns and villages because they are trying to scavenge food.

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