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David Strege

Watch: Swimming polar bear a ‘beautiful sight’ to man passing in boat

A man in a boat returning to his remote village in northern Quebec considered it a blessing to have witnessed a polar bear swimming offshore as night was falling Saturday.

The man from the Inuit village of Akulivik captured video of the encounter, and those who viewed the footage were awestruck by the sighting.

@xsupenook Sharingg what we saw last night #foryou #fyp #foryoupage #fypシ #xsupenook #polarbear ♬ original sound – XSupEnook

“Very blessed to have been given a beautiful sight,” the man wrote on TikTok. (Note: On some servers you’ll have to click the above link to view the video.)

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Among the comments on TikTok:

“So cool. Lucky you.”

“Absolutely amazing.”

“That’s awesome.”

“Wow! It’s once-in-a-lifetime experience, I’m sure! Just beautiful.”

Of course, there were also the obligatory comments about the polar bear being from the Coca-Cola commercial. More than one commenter asked if it offered him a Coca-Cola.

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