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Flying Bear. Car. Canadians. - 1/9/2012 11:11:41 AM

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I realized this happened over the summer, but I just saw it.

A tragedy, certainly, but also a WTF? moment:

Flying bear kills two Canadians in freak accident
Wed Jun 8, 2011 11:10am EDT

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Two Canadians died instantly in a freak accident when a car hit a 440-pound (200-kg) black bear and sent the animal flying straight through the windshield of an oncoming vehicle, local media said Wednesday.

The bear's body hit the 25-year-old driver and a 40-year-old man sitting behind her and then shot out of the back window. The bear also died.

Commentary that was ... interesting ...

"We don't see (this) often ... That's really rare," local police spokesman Martin Fournel told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

No shit.

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RE: Flying Bear. Car. Canadians. - 1/9/2012 11:39:11 AM

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Your title made me think of the discussion that Randal and Dante have in Clerks about their flying car...

But damn. What a way to go. Still mauled by a bear...Is it kind of sad I also feel bad for the bear?

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RE: Flying Bear. Car. Canadians. - 1/9/2012 11:40:36 AM

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Ok, the accident is sad, but the "we don't see this very often" is cracking me up.

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RE: Flying Bear. Car. Canadians. - 1/9/2012 12:14:24 PM

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I've heard it's more common for them to get killed by car/moose accidents.

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RE: Flying Bear. Car. Canadians. - 1/10/2012 4:08:02 AM

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It seemed a lot funnier in the cartoon.

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