Oh, Buoy, this was one close call.
While the Seattle Kraken undoubtedly are familiar with the Boston Bruins, it was a bear of a much different variety that gave a scare to forward John Hayden and mascot Buoy during a recent fishing trip.
While the mascot – a six-foot-tall sea troll with blue hair – and Hayden were out fly fishing and filming a promotional video, they had some unexpected company: A grizzly bear.
The incident took place in Katmai National Park in Alaska on June 25, with the frightening clip being posted on the mascot’s official X account last week.
In the video, Hayden, the mascot, and a camera crew were fly fishing in a river before one member of the squad points out the bear having emerged from the tree line and went into the river.
As the crew wrapped things up to mo