The incident occurred on June 1, when, according to the performance script, the bear was supposed to roller skate. Having traveled a meter or two, the predator dropped onto all fours, rushed at the trainer and knocked him down. The animal was pulled away by uniform workers; Kvasov, as the circus assured, was not injured. “The bear was playing with a man,” is how they explained what happened there.

According to spectators, the animal was very nervous due to the stuffiness and the large number of spectators in the hall