Cat goes viral for hilariously chasing a giant bear out of his backyard, forcing it to jump the fence, his owner says: 'The same bear 2 years ago [was] eating my apples in the tree... no cats around so he [was] safe'

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Jul 3, 2026 1:30 PM EDT

Cats are a complete enigma. They are both not afraid of anything at all and are afraid of everything at the same time.

If you are a cat owner, then you have experienced this phenomenon. Our cats are both the bravest creatures in the world and are scared of literally everything at the same time. Seriously, a giant dog walks into my house, and my cat stares him down like he's an itty bitty kitten. A stranger walks home, and the first thing my cat does is walk up, sniff him, and decide whether he's allowed to stay inside or not. But if an unexpected noise catches her off guard, if a thing is not in a position that it is supposed to be, if a bird flies next to the window and casts a shadow in the wrong direction, one second, my cat will be chilling and living her best life, and the other, she will be under the bed and not to be seen again for at least 20 minutes.

That's the beauty of cats. The contradiction. On the one hand, you have cats getting startled by hair clips. You have cats getting spooked by people yawning next to them for the first time. You have cats getting scared over a slight rustling of paper as you flip the pages of a book. And then you have cats like the one in this story, chasing off bears as they walk into their backyard. Not a care in the world. Not a concern. Nothing. He saw an intruder and made sure the intruder was gone, and there isn't anything to it beyond that. Also, he saved his owner's apples, because apparently, this exact bear was munching on them last year when there was no cat in the house to chase him off.

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The aura that cats have is the only thing that is carrying them in situations like these. He is tiny. The bear is huge. One paw smack from the bear, and the cat would no longer be a problem. But no, the cat knows he's terrifying. He knows his aura is too strong, and he is not ashamed to use it.
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"The same bear 2 years ago [was] eating my apples in the tree... no cats around so he [was] safe"

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Literally looks like this came straight out of Looney Tunes. There was no fear in the cat at all. He came at this bear with full speed and full confidence.
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