However, given the serious situation with predators

However, given the serious situation with predators, such jokes/speculations/glitches are extremely inappropriate. According to him, there have been instances where goats and large dogs were mistaken for bears, citing others' words without specifics, and now it's a cat.

Coverage (2 sources)

• Russian man called emergency services, mistaking a cat for a bear — Вечерняя Москва
• Cat is not a bear: Mayor of Chunksky District declared inappropriateness of glitches — Вести

Key entities

• Chunksky District
• Nikolay Khrychov
• Irkutsk Oblast
• Moscow
• VKontakte
• Chunskom
• Chuny