Image: Black Bear Credit: (PD) United States Forest Service
Aaron Smith had been driving along a road in British Columbia when he spotted something very unusual.
It had been around 5:15pm and he was heading home from work near Silvermere Lake when he stopped to capture some footage of what appeared to be a black bear with a distinctly blue head.
The peculiar spectacle had attracted the attention of several other motorists who had stopped by the roadside as well but none of them could figure out what might have given the animal its unusual hue.
When he got home Smith uploaded the footage he'd taken on to social media where it managed to attract even more attention. He also reported what he's seen to the Conservation Officer Service.
The story behind the bear's strange affliction however continues to remain a mystery.