Famous life · 20.11.1939
The friendly bear of the Sonda forest
Sonda metsa sõbralik karu
In November 1939 forest workers in the Nüri guard district of the Sonda forestry kept getting a visitor: a bear that lived in the same woods would turn up and calmly watch them at work. On Monday 20 November it sat observing the men from only about ten metres away. The woodcutters tried to make friends too, tossing it pieces of food from their bread bags. The forest guards reckoned the bear had got used to seeing people when it was young and had simply grown completely accustomed to them.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1939. aasta novembris käis Sonda metskonna Nüri vahtkonnas töötavatel metsatöölistel sageli külas samas metsas elav karu, kes vaatas rahulikult pealt meeste tööd. Esmaspäeval, 20. novembril jälgis ta neid vaid umbes kümne meetri kauguselt. Ka metsamehed püüdsid temaga sõprust sobitada ja viskasid talle leivakotist söögipalu. Metsavahtide arvates oli karu juba noorena harjunud inimesi nägema ja aja jooksul nendega täiesti harjunud.