Boy miraculously escapes a dangerously close encounter with brown bear

A young boy has escaped a bear attack by keeping calm and following his family's instructions.

The 12-year-old boy, named Alessandro, was hiking with some adults in the Brenta Dolomites, northern Italy, when he made the close encounter.

But unlike many others who would have panicked in that situation, he managed to keep calm and slowly walked away, avoiding any danger.

A clip of the incident shows the brave boy walking away while the bear follows him about two metres behind.

The person filming the video can be heard saying: "Come Ale [Italian diminutive of Alessandro], don't turn your back at him.

As he walks down the hill, Alessandro constantly checks the bear's movements.

When the bear stands on its hind legs, the boy nervously calls for his mum, who tells him to keep walking and avoid any panic.

"Keep calm."

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[anasdorra]

It shows how much the kid believes in his father and trusts him blindly 👌🏻

[ahassen]

The bear must've watched the news about social distancing

[josephgeorge]

Yo that kid is soo brave it’s not even funny. My guy was shushing his mom!!

[eightiesboy]

Dad stayed calm. Mum shouting like a lunatic. Normal family behaviour. Well done kid.

[andrewanderson]

That kid is smart as he is brave and nerves of steel.

[jbn]

Good thing the boy's father was there and not just his mother. She almost caused this scene to be tragic by her panic.

[martinyuhas]

Don’t turn your back on a bear. Walk backwards slowly. If that kid were alone it wouldn’t have ended like this. The bear could see the other people. They rarely attack a group of people.

[hansvonessen]

Gosh.... what a narrow escape from that big brown bear . I admire the kid and his father as they both stayed calm in such a dangerous situation. The kid in particular who was metres away in front the bear, remained
very calm and was able to be himself to listen to his dad's instruction and walked slowly away from the bear
to come forward to his father. God be praised.

[MichalOlender]

Well someone's guardian angel was on duty.

[TheMTAL]

Awesome ability to stay calm. Dad too. As a dad that had to be the scariest situation to ever be in.

[bestopinion]

Bear: ok, I brought the kid back safe, I'll go now.

[KCJonez]

Omg! I can't believe how calm the boy and Dad stayed! I'm still shaking after watching the video.
When the bear stood up and casually looked at them like the bear wanted to check out the family of humans! Omg !
Great job to them for showing such self control in the face of danger/ & possible death of all of them.
Glad everyone is well and in one piece ! : )

[oldladyfalling]

Kids a champ. Could have turned out really bad

[efraherrera]

How long till Jamie pulls this video up on JRE ?

[andreacognetta]

In an Italian TV program they said that the boy was prepared, he studied bears behavior before the encounter and he knew how to act

[sarawat]

Meanwhile on Hollywood films
The Rock: At the count of 3, Run!

[jamesarthur]

Mama couldn't keep quiet. Lucky her fear didn't affect the bears attitude. What a strong kid.

[ПредседательЁжиков]

Только выдержка и спасла, да видно, что и медведь не голодует. А так все могли отгрести по полной. Хорошо что так закончилось!

[sushipancake]

I got so nervous when his mom screamed...

[rulebrittania]

Almost ruined by his stupid mother. The father and son kept cool and calm.