Beer, Bear; Almost the Same Thing, Right?

A 23-year old Serb was found dead and half-eaten in the bear cage of Belgrade Zoo at the weekend during the annual beer festival.

The man was found naked, with his clothes lying intact inside the cage. Two adult bears, Masha and Misha, had dragged the body to their feeding corner and reacted angrily when keepers tried to recover it.

“There’s a good chance he was drunk or drugged. Only an idiot would jump into the bear cage,” zoo director Vuk Bojovic told Reuters.

After seeing a wedding reception held at a zoo on Food Network’s Ace of Cakes over the weekend, I wondered why more social events did not occur at the zoo, and this is probably the reason why. It only begs the question: did the man enter the cage looking to get laid or was he simply confused about the spelling?

Bears eat man at beer festival [Reuters]