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What Would You Do If You Saw a Bear Drowning? It Happened And This Man Did The Unthinkable

Long-form5:27People & BlogsPublished Oct 17, 2026, 10:00 PM · 3d ago
Views
10,078
+15 views/hour
Views / hour now
15
measured 40m ago
Peak views / hour
94
15h ago
First 24 hours
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not tracked from upload
Engagement
1.7%
likes + comments / views
Likes
175
1.7% of views
Comments
0
0.00% of views
Est. ad revenue
$14–$42
lifetime, $1.4–4.2 RPM

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Avg views / day
2.9K
since upload
vs channel median
0.5×
this video's views ÷ the channel's usual
Rank in channel
#13
of 22 tracked

Views over time

9 readings

Total views Views gained per hour

Description

What Would You Do If You Saw a Bear Drowning? It Happened And This Man Did the Unthinkable CHAPTERS: 00:00 Face-to-face with the bear 00:42 Why it needed relocating 01:32 The bear heads into the bay 02:29 Keeping its head above water 04:23 Real photographs, a false story SOURCES: - Man Saves Black Bear From Drowning — CBS News / AP — June 30, 2008 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-saves-black-bear-from-drowning/ - Adam Warwick interview — Animal Radio — May 30, 2015 https://animalradio.com/053015.html - Fact Check: Russian Visitor Ivan Stepanov Did NOT Rescue Drowning Bear From Lake Tahoe — A Stolen Story — Lead Stories — August 14, 2025 https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/08/fact-check-russian-ivan-stepanov-did-not-rescue-bear-from-lake-tahoe.html Rescue photographs: Becky Bickerstaff, provided to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Narration and commentary: *By Jon for Awesome!* #SavingBear #BlackBear #SaveDrowningBear
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AwesomeAwesome!Adam Warwickbear rescue375 pound bearman saves drowning bearFlorida black bearAlligator Pointwildlife rescueanimal rescuewildlife biologisttrue rescue story

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