Watch: Mountain biker and black bear share a scary moment

A mountain biker in British Columbia was riding on a single track when a running black bear made things problematic, video footage reveals.

Mountain biker Philippe Schlesser was riding a single track in Kamloops, B.C., recently when he suddenly found himself on a collision course with a black bear running toward the trail he was occupying.

Schlesser told Storyful he made clicking sounds with his mouth to “deter any wildlife like deer and bears,” but obviously it didn’t work in this case, evidenced by his GoPro video footage.

As soon as he noticed the running bear approach the trail in front of him, Schlesser let out a “whoa!” and slowed to a stop while the bear appeared to make a quick U-turn.

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Schlesser then growled to scare it away for good, though that probably wasn’t necessary.

“Looking at the footage later on, I noticed that the bear was running parallel with my direction,” Schlesser told Storyful. “I got scared, the bear got scared, and we both went our [separate] ways.”