A brown bear terrorised three Russians by trying to claw its way into their car and climbing onto the bonnet after they broke down on a remote stretch of road.
Footage taken by the front-seat passenger shows the terrifying moment the young bear attacked their Honda C-RV, rocking the vehicle and tearing off a windscreen wiper.
The driver tried to scare it off by repeatedly blasting the horn and revving the engine as the bear tried to break in.
The beast appeared unbothered however, ignoring the noise and continuing to scratch at the paintwork and windows.
The two women and one man in the car were waiting to be rescued after the car’s clutch failed on Sakhalin, Russia‘s largest island, when the incident took place.
A brown bear terrorised three Russians by trying to claw its way into their car after they broke down on a remote stretch of road
The young bear clambered up onto the bonnet and rocked the Honda C-RV
The driver tried to scare the bear off by sounding the car’s horn and revving the engine
The bear appeared unbothered however and continued to attack the car
One woman in the SUV can be heard screaming with fear.
Speaking in Russian, one female voice said: ‘He’s about to climb onto the car. That’s it, he climbed onto the car!’
As the bear finally got off the car and tore off the windscreen wiper on the driver’s side, a woman said: ‘No, not the wiper.’
The driver replied: ‘To hell with it,’ apparently relieved they had not been attacked.
Eventually, the predator vanished and was later seen lying on the side of the road.
It is understood that bear’s behaviour may be linked to drivers feeding bears on remote roads, leading to them coming close to cars than in the past.
Eventually, the bear climbed down from the bonnet but did not leave them alone
The bear tore off the windscreen wiper on the driver’s side of the car
The two women and one man in the car were waiting to be rescued after the car’s clutch failed on Sakhalin, Russia ‘s largest island
One woman in the SUV can be heard screaming with fear as the bear scratched at the car
After failing to get into the car, the predator vanished, but was later seen resting on the side of the road
