Famous life · 04.1940
A bear walks across the ice to Saaremaa
Karu tuleb üle jää Saaremaale
In April 1940 a man fishing on the sea ice off Riksu village in Lümanda parish, on the west coast of Saaremaa, came face to face with a young bear. He went for it with the axe he had with him, but the bear got away to land. Afterwards villagers from Riksu and the neighbouring villages saw it several times in dense forest on the Gotland heath. The fisherman insisted he knew a bear when he saw one, having grown up on the Russian steppes. Saaremaa had no bears at all, so the paper guessed it had walked over the ice from somewhere far off.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1940. aasta aprillis nägi Saaremaa läänerannikul Lümanda valla Riksu küla kohal merejääl kalal olnud mees noort karu. Ta tahtis looma kaasas olnud kirvega surmata, kuid karu pääses maale. Hiljem nägid seda Riksu ja naaberkülade elanikud mitu korda Gotlandi nõmmel tiheda metsa vahel. Kalur kinnitas, et tunneb karu kindlasti ära, sest on üles kasvanud Venemaa steppides. Saaremaal karusid seni üldse polnud ja leht oletas, et loom tuli mööda jääd kuskilt kaugemalt.