Sweden has jogging bears ?

A policeman who was out running in the forrest near Stockholm yesterday was chased by a large bear!

The policeman is happy to be alive he told the press. Out running in the evening he suddenly noticed that something big was running along side of him and after a quick glimpse he saw that it was a large bear. For a moment he thought, well, at least I got to be 39 years old. He tried to stay calm and kept on running at a steady pace. After a while the bear stopped following him and he dared to look back. The bear had sat down and was just sniffing the air.

So what actually happened, does Swedish bears also try to keep fit? Or was he simply not in good enough shape to catch a Swedish policeman? Truth is probably that bears in Sweden are pretty friendly as nobody really shoots at them. Though the policeman said he was happy to have experienced this one when it wasn't in a bad mood.