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A woman who recorded the terrifying moment she encountered a black bear outside a cabin in Alaska has garnered international attention because of the way she begged and pleaded with the large mammal to please, please leave her kayak alone.

Mary Maley was on a solo kayaking trip from Ketchikan to Petersburg, Alaska, when she decided to stop at a U.S. Forest Service cabin in Berg Bay. Before she could head out on a four-mile hike, she met her nemesis, the bear. Maley posted a video of her close encounter to YouTube Tuesday evening. Since then, it has garnered more than 337,000 views.

“I had just carried my tent, food, and all my gear into the cabin to dry,” Maley wrote on YouTube. “I heard something outside as I ate my lunch, and well, I never got to go on that hike.”

Thank you for leaving my kayak alone

The video is two-and-a-half minutes long, but the bear attack lasted up to 17 minutes, Maley wrote.

The victim: her kayak.

“Thank you for leaving my kayak alone,” Maley says at the very start of the video. Then the bear starts lumbering towards her. “I’m going to pepper spray you in the face,” she says. And she does.

Alas, this doesn’t seem to have the desired effect. The bear turns around and Maley’s worst fear is realized. It’s heading for her kayak.