Earlier this month, Michael Bellack from Cohoes, New York was filming a deer in his yard when it slowly approached him and licked his camera. Bellack believes the friendly buck walked over from a nearby state park and mistook his Contour ROAM2 camera for a carrot.
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Outdoors | Nature
Whale Lifts Kayakers Out Of The Water In Extremely Close Encounter
While kayaking off the coast of Puerto Madryn, Patagonia in Argentina, a pair of kayakers had an extremely close encounter with a large southern right whale. YouTube user gisela6652 says, “As we watched from the top of the kayak, if one of the whales turned and came towards our direction and we lifted the boat twice!” A GoPro camera captured the entire incident.
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British Man Builds Obstacle Courses For The Squirrels In His Backyard
In 2013 Steve Barley built the “Triple Squirrel Assault Course”, a collection of elaborate obstacle courses for the squirrels in his neighborhood. In this video two squirrels attempt to navigate the course and Barley provides play-by-play commentary.
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Man Flies Drone Equipped With GoPro Through Fireworks Display
Jos Stiglingh from Rutensberg, South Africa recently strapped a GoPro HERO3 onto a DJI Phantom 2 Quadcopter and sent it through a fireworks display over West Palm Beach, Florida. Stiglingh then paired the incredible footage with Andrea Bocelli’s “Con te Partiro”, and this is the result.
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Alaskan Man Has An Incredible Close Encounter With A Large Brown Bear
In August of 2012 Drew Hamilton from Anchorage, Alaska visited the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary to watch a group of Alaskan brown bears fishing for salmon. While viewing the bears, from what Hamilton thought was a safe distance, one large bear decided to join him along the riverbed.
Related: Two Canadian Joggers Film Their Terrifying Close Encounter With A Black Bear
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