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This bear charging unsuspecting mountain bikers is utterly terrifying

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

There are a great many things you should be afraid of while mountain biking — random bears running up to you probably isn’t one. Unless you’re in Slovakia.

These two riders got more than they bargained for at a park at the “Malinô Brdo ski & bike family park” when a bear ran out of the woods and charged at an almost unthinkable pace at the lead rider.

The video is slowed waaaay down, but regardless of what language you speak you know that person is swearing over and over and over again — because that’s what we’d all do.

Thankfully, the bear decided to turn back and retreat to the woods, because berries are easier to eat than cyclists. But it’s moments like this you appreciate your life a little bit more.

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