Angry Bear Rears up Leaps at Cruel Snowmobilers

A ferocious bear turned on a group of riders who baited it from their snowmobiles.

The ravenous creature had just woken from hibernation in the remote Kuril Islands, Russia.

In the nerve-wracking footage the riders taunt it before it begins to give chase. The pursuit lasts 40 second before the animal rises up on its hind legs, towering over the snowmobile. The animal bears its teeth and brandishes its claws.

But the unidentified driver is too quick and speeds away from the potentially fatal encounter.

The video has sparked fury on the Pacific rim of Russia where such bear chasing stunts turn the animals into future killers.