Voytek: The Soldier Bear

In 1942 Polish soldiers found a motherless bear cub which they quickly adopted. This is his story.

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+39 1. PaterSin commented 10 years ago

at least give him a helmet...^^
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-13 2. KikooStyle commented 10 years ago

They were some Polish soldiers left in 1942 ? >:)
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+2 3. chefnaj commented 10 years ago

Captain Voytek !
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+14 4. smacky commented 10 years ago

Awsome animal-human friendship ! No wonder he became the mascott with so many friends ^^
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+1 5. Crash0 commented 10 years ago

That's Rasputin! If any of you had read Sven Hassels books...
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+8 6. polishdemon commented 10 years ago

In case anybody is curious, the name in Polish is spelled "Wojtek". Interesting story, though. Never heard about this!
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+9 7. samxgx commented 10 years ago

Sir, they have a Grizzly...

What kinda thank is that?

No Thank sir, it's an actual Grizzly
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-4 8. deenajs commented 10 years ago

He shot himself at the age of 22? ;)
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+1 9. NotFirst commented 10 years ago

I knew an old man who had a pet tiger. He was in the Air Force, same kinda story, wish there was a video for it :(
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+2 10. GhostInShell commented 10 years ago

awesome bear :)
good story
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+1 11. c2quad commented 10 years ago

Wow Really Good story
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+2 12. sux2bu commented 10 years ago

@ 1:06 The bear was humping the ammunition? Get him a girl bear!

Great story and I hope the bear ate a few Nazis.
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-1 13. yakuzasssi commented 10 years ago

Where do you get Voytek??? its Wojtek, dumbass.