Global warming story

An acquaintance of Boris and Leonid has been killed in a bear attack. In January.

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Boris: He was just taking a two-day holiday.

Leonid: We know that. And he was killed by bear. What we don’t know is how he came to be walking where he was and what a bear was doing out of hibernation in January.

Boris: We’re piecing it together. He goes skiing the first day. Then he goes back in the evening and says, “I’m getting too old for all this downhill speed. And these skifields are not very ecologically friendly. They cut down the trees and run those lifts. Isn’t there a gentler winter sport?” And the lodge-owner says, “I’m sixty, like you. Let me suggest an eco-friendly activity. Snowshoeing.”

Leonid: And that’s what he was doing when the bear jumped him?

Boris: Right. So he sets off snowshoeing through the forest on the second day. The winter is warmer than usual and a bear comes out of hibernation in January. Never been seen before. The bear is hungry and jumps him.

Leonid: Bears run fast, even through snow. And he can’t run away on snowshoes.

Boris: Double punch. He's trying to do his bit to reduce levels of CO2 and gets caught by one of the results of global warming.

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