Fact · Benbecula
A grizzly bear was loose on Benbecula for 24 days
In August 1980 a grizzly bear called Hercules escaped while filming a Kleenex advert on Benbecula and was loose on the island for 24 days. He would not eat the sheep. A crofter spotted him swimming and he was flown home by helicopter, having lost half his weight.
Hercules was a trained grizzly owned by the Scottish wrestler Andy Robin. On 20 August 1980, while filming a Kleenex television commercial on Benbecula, he slipped away. Hundreds of volunteers searched for three days before the hunt was called off, though Robin kept looking on his own. On 13 September a crofter saw the bear swimming. He was darted, netted and flown back by helicopter, 15 stone lighter: raised on cooked food, he had refused to touch the island's sheep, cattle or wildlife. The escape made him famous around the world, and he went on to appear in Octopussy.
Sources / notes: Wikipedia: Hercules (bear) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(bear)