This photo was taken by Roman’s mother, Valentina, on July 6th, 2014.

The Mobile Zoo show had arrived all the way from Moscow and it was Roman’s first time experiencing being in a zoo. He had plenty of fun observing and interacting with the animals and wanted to take this picture with the polar bears.

This photo is intrinsically characteristic of the internet-created persona of Sminem, as the bringer of the bull market and “sealer” of the bearish market.

It was used countless of times, mainly as a good luck charm whenever the market turned bearish and people were hoping for recovery.