Many people thought this bear looked like an alien (Pic: YouTube)

A freaky-looking bear attacked by plantation workers and mistaken for an alien has been rescued.

The malnourished sun bear, suffering from a mystery illness, was filmed in January after being hit with sticks in the village of Sibu in Borneo.

At the time, a worker told the Borneo Post: ‘We were shocked. None of us has ever seen such thing.


‘One of us then hit the animal until it appeared to have passed out.’

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And he added: ‘It could be a rare species of bear. When it regained consciousness, we forced it to go back into the jungle.’



A video of the animal has been viewed six million times on YouTube, with many commentators saying she looked extra-terrestrial.

After more than two months of searching, a team from the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) finally tracked the bear down on Wednesday.

Nickson Robi, from the SFC, told The Dodo: ‘The bear is in a good and safe place.

‘She has eaten the food and drank the water we gave.

‘But she still is hairless and sick, and we need to find out what the sickness is.’