This bear is real. I have spoken first hand with a professional wrestler that wrestled this bear. He is my father-in-law's brother. I do not know who the man is that is narrating this video. The bear's owner, Tuffy Trusdale, did exist, did own this bear, and did have this bear wrestle men. (Tuffy also owned an alligator.) The bear was declawed. The bear wrestled in small venues in Oklahoma and Kansas in the late 1950's. The wrestling matches were not competitive -- it was just a show.
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