A National Hockey League team’s mascot had a tense run-in with a grizzly bear during a fishing trip in Alaska. In footage posted on social media, the Seattle Kraken captured the moment a wild bear briefly charged at Buoy, the team’s blue-haired sea troll mascot, at Katmai National Park during a fly fishing outing. “While we were fishing, we got a couple close calls with a couple of bears,” Kraken center John Hayden said in the video. The clip showed Hayden fishing in a stream, and then he panned the camera to reveal a grizzly in the distance that began moving in their direction. “We got a bear,” Hayden said, while another person said, “Oh, I got to break you off now. Hey, Sam, we got a bear, we’ve got to move down.” The bear briefly lunged toward Buoy, but halted before getting too close.

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