A pair of diners were stunned when a black bear joined them at their table and punched a woman in the face at the Hotel Chipinque in San Pedro de Garza García, a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. .
Wild images show the creature leaning on the table and nibbling on a plate of food as the woman sat frozen next to her male companion.
A hotel worker and a security guard surrounded the table with pipes as part of an attempt to scare away the bear.
Without flinching, he punched the diner in the face.
The woman reacted by turning her face and remained sitting after being grazed by the bear during an attack at the Chipinque Hotel.
A black bear surprised diners at the Hotel Chipinque restaurant in Nuevo León, Mexico and gave itself food before attacking a woman and escaping.
A woman was seen walking away from a restaurant table after a black bear grazed her in the face at the Hotel Chipinque in San Pedro Garza García, a city in the state of Nuevo León, northeastern Mexico.
The surprised woman did not react, remaining seated and calm.
She was unharmed and the bear fortunately backed away.
DailyMail.com contacted Hotel Chipinque and Nuevo León Civil Protection for comment.
The incident took place just a week after another black bear broke into a home in San Pedro Garza García.
The bear, which stood approximately 6 feet 5 inches tall, was filmed struggling to open the refrigerator door while the homeowner kept his distance and yelled, ‘You bastard! He doesn’t give a damn.
In September 2023, a similar bear was caught on video interrupting a family picnic and nibbling on trays of enchiladas and tacos at the Chipinque Ecological Park, also located in San Pedro Garza García.
A black bear was seen breaking into a house in the city of San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, in late October.
Black bears are considered an endangered species in Mexico and live in the northern mountainous region of the states of Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, Zacatecas and Durango.
They are known to abandon their habitats due to drought and lack of food, and because parts of their habitat corridor have been developed over the years.
They are often seen in public, especially in the metropolitan region of Monterrey (Nuevo León), which is the second largest in Mexico with 5.2 million inhabitants.
Park residents and visitors are warned not to approach the bears and to refrain from disturbing them, and are even encouraged to take photographs. They are also advised to keep food away from the bear and not leave trash around.
