“Won’t Leave the Doors Open for a While Now”: As 7-Time Tour de France Winner Lance Armstrong Explains His Scary Brush With a Wild Animal, Sports World Had a Variety of Responses on the Matter

It’s been 12 years since he retired from professional cycling, and more so, 10 years since his bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey. And yet, Lance Armstrong still finds a way to stay relevant and make news in some way or the other. The American cyclist, who won the Le Tour de France a record 7 times, has been sharing his take on the ongoing edition at various stages. Amidst it all, he also shared a separate incident that involves him and a wild animal entering his house premises. As Armstrong shared the incident, fans online found it both hilarious and scary.

Lance Armstrong, recently narrated an incident where he found a bear inside his kitchen. Having gone into full panic mode, Armstrong chased the bear with an ice scraper, which became the butt of jokes. The fans too joined in on it, but there were mixed responses as well.

Lance Armstrong avoided what could’ve been a very dangerous encounter

Lance Armstrong recently took to his Instagram and wrote, “I call this one: “A guy in spandex (me), HR, and a bear walk into @lancearmstrong’s kitchen…” It was clear the former cyclist could see the humorous side of it. But as he narrated the incident on the podcast, he was totally panicked at the moment.

Armstrong said, “There is a bear in our kitchen… we’re trying to get this thing… he is not moving”. The clip cuts to Armstrong in nothing but shorts and holding an ice scraper in his hand, trying to chase the bear away. However ferocious as they are, the bear takes its time before moving off his property.

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Armstrong was fidgety even when he was trying to chase the bear away, and was unsure how. Luckily for him, there were no signs of aggression from the bear and everyone walked away unharmed. However, things could’ve turned ugly under any other circumstance.

His fans could see the humorous side of it, although some took a dig at him

As the netizens learned of this incident that the 7-time winner went through, different people had different reactions. Here’s how some of them reacted:

“Another classic! You won’t leave the doors open for a while now will you buddy? LOL” wrote a fan who realized that Armstrong learned his lesson about not being a bit too open and being more protective from now on.

“George’s response- Was you going to comb his hair with that ice scraper!!” At the very end when Armstrong’s co-host noticed that he was holding an ice scraper, he made the comment. The hilarity of the situation was self-explanatory, but as Armstrong himself explained that he was panicky and didn’t know what to do.

“The bear found your stash of Ketones. he will be back with more energy than ever” wrote a fan who took a sly yet not-so-subtle dig at Armstrong’s already controversial past of doping during races, to which he admitted.

“Comedy GOLD,” wrote someone who could see the funny side of it, only because nothing dangerous happened during the counter.

“The ice scrapper was for the honey,” wrote another person who found another creative way of cracking a joke on the matter.

Lance Armstrong currently hosts the THEMOVE podcast where he discusses the latest events from his life and also, cycling. The 51-year-old has slowly warmed up to the public after his bold confession 10 years ago, and his fans enjoy small nuggets of such thrilling stories from the former world champion.

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