The Seattle Kraken’s mascot, Buoy the sea troll, recently had a close call while fly fishing with the team at Alaska’s Katmai National Park In a video captured and shared by the team's social media, a grizzly bear could be seen briefly charging at the mascot in a stream Kraken center John Hayden said in the video that the bear likely went after the mascot as it was “pretty interested in his whole look” The Seattle Kraken’s mascot got into a hairy situation with a real bear.

The team was filming “experiential content” of Buoy and Kraken forward John Hayden in the scenic Alaskan wilderness, when the bear gave the team some different content than they would’ve

A traveling NHL mascot got the full Alaskan fishing experience last week while filming a promotional video in Katmai National Park. The resulting viral video clip shows “Buoy, t