A man’s terrifying “bear” encounter has left people in stitches after it turned out to be a much more friendly animal.
In a TikTok video posted by homesteader Heather (@ilovesheepers), she recalled how a neighbor’s misidentification of her pet pig left her in stitches.
With more than 590,000 views, she recalled: “My neighbor that was fishing on my creek bank started yelling ‘BEAR!’ at the top of his lungs and woke me up.”
But the footage showed not a bear, but a close-up of Veronica, Heather’s adorable 12-year-old pet pig, nonchalantly rustling through the brush.
Heather, who lives on a small farmstead, laughed off the bear mix-up in the comments and wrote: “The creek is about 5 feet down from ground level so he probably saw black and freaked out.”
And it’s true—though the first glimpse of Veronica’s round, shadowy form might trick an unsuspecting eye, any fears vanish the moment she comes into …