A few guests were stunned when a black bear joined them at their table and punched a woman in the face at the Chipinque Hotel in San Pedro de Garza García, a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León.
Wild footage shows 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 employee and a security guard surrounded the table with pipes in an attempt to scare the bear away.
Undeterred, he got a swipe at the female diner’s face.
The woman responded by turning her face away and remained seated after being grazed by the bear during an attack on the Chipinque Hotel
A black bear surprised guests at a Hotel Chipinque restaurant in Nuevo León, Mexico and treated itself to food before attacking a woman and escaping
At the Chipinque Hotel in San Pedro Garza García, a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León, a woman was seen walking away from the restaurant table after being grazed in the face by a black bear.
The shocked woman did not react and sat quietly.
She was unharmed and the bear thankfully retreated.
DailyMail.com contacted the Chipinque Hotel and the Nuevo León Civil Protection for comment.
The incident happened just a week after another black bear broke into a house in San Pedro Garza García.
The bear, which was about six feet tall, was filmed struggling to open the refrigerator door as the homeowner stood back and shouted, “You son of a bitch! He doesn’t care.
In September 2023, a similar bear was captured on video interrupting a family picnic and munching through trays of enchiladas and tacos at the Chipinque Ecological Park, also located in San Pedro Garza García.
In late October, a black bear was seen breaking into a house in the city of Nuevo León, San Pedro Garza García
Black bears are considered an endangered species in Mexico and live in the northern mountainous region in the states of Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, Zacatecas and Durango.
They are known to leave their habitat due to drought and lack of food, and because parts of the habitat corridor have become urbanized over the years.
They are often seen in public, especially in the metropolitan region of Monterrey (Nuevo León), Mexico’s second largest region with 5.2 million inhabitants.
Residents and park visitors are warned not to approach or harass the bears – and that includes taking photos. They are also advised to keep food away from the bear and not to leave garbage behind.
