This was a sight that train passengers, as well as walkers in Hampstead Heath Park in north London, were not expecting: a polar bear of frightening size, strolling freely for its pleasure within touching distance of them.<\/p>\r\n
\u00a0But passengers can rest assured: it's just a giant puppet operated by an internal mechanism, as part of a promotion for a British television series.<\/p>\r\n
\u00a0The producers of the series about the polar bear chose to embark on a creative marketing move: the doll from the film will reach people on the street before they reach it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Did the creative idea succeed, or did some people develop a reluctance to any future contact with 'White Bear'? The series' producers will know the answers this summer, when the series will be released for broadcast.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Hampstead Park in North London, quite a few dogs and other animals are walking around \u2022 But even regular visitors to the site were surprised, not to mention horrified, to discover: a giant polar bear is walking within touching distance of them","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[3504,6370,5600,8264,2079,6963],"class_list":["post-134560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-95","tag-3504","tag-6370","tag-5600","tag-8264","tag-2079","tag-6963"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n