Watch: Bear gets swept downstream while crossing South Yuba River in Nevada County
Updated: 10:54 AM PDT May 29, 2023
Watch: Bear gets swept downstream while crossing South Yuba River in Nevada County
Updated: 10:54 AM PDT May 29, 2023
COMFORTABLE GETTING OUT ON YOUR OWN. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE SPEED OF THE WATER IN THE SOUTH. YUBA RIVER TAKING A BEAR WITH IT TODAY. TAKE A LOOK. OH, THERE IT GOES. MIKE STEWART, THE WASHINGTON, CALIFORNIA, FIRE CHIEF, SENT THIS VIDEO TO KCRA THREE TONIGHT. HE SAYS THIS ADULT BLACK BEAR TRIED TO CROSS THE RIVER IN THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON TODAY IN NEVADA COUNTY. HE ALSO SAID THIS KIND OF BEAR IS A MUCH BETTER SWIMMER THAN A HUMAN WOULD BE AND THAT IT’S UNLIKELY A HUMAN WOULD HAVE SURVIVED. YOU CAN SEE THAT BEAR, LUCKILY, IS ABLE TO SWIM TO THE SIDE, BUT IT TAKES HIM A REALLY LONG TIME
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Watch: Bear gets swept downstream while crossing South Yuba River in Nevada County
Updated: 10:54 AM PDT May 29, 2023
A black bear was seen being swept downstream in the South Yuba River over the weekend in Nevada County. Mike Stewart, the fire chief in Washington, California, shared a video Saturday that shows the speed of the fast-moving water in the river. He said the adult black bear tried to cross the river in the town of Washington. The bear is a much better swimmer than a human would be, and it’s unlikely that a human would have survived, he said. The bear was able to swim to the other side of the river.| MORE | Here's what it would feel like to try to stand in a NorCal river right now
WASHINGTON —
A black bear was seen being swept downstream in the South Yuba River over the weekend in Nevada County.
Mike Stewart, the fire chief in Washington, California, shared a video Saturday that shows the speed of the fast-moving water in the river.
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He said the adult black bear tried to cross the river in the town of Washington. The bear is a much better swimmer than a human would be, and it’s unlikely that a human would have survived, he said.
The bear was able to swim to the other side of the river.
| MORE | Here's what it would feel like to try to stand in a NorCal river right now