Bear Kills, Eats Owner, Police Find Man's Skeletal Remains

A brown bear fatally attacked and ate his owner to the bone after escaping from his cage in Russia. Police had launched a search operation for the hunter and his bear after they both were reported missing.

The man’s “skeletal remains” were found by police. They also found blood marks on the snow from the fatal attack on the hunter, the Sun reported.

The bear was raised by the victim -- Sergey Grigoriyev, 41 -- after he rescued the bear four years ago along with another cub. Local media said that the animal also attacked and ate one of the hunter's three dogs in the same manner.

Police launched a search for the bear and shot dead the aggressive animal.

“Officers used their service weapons to kill the dangerous animal. As a result of the measures taken, the bear does not pose a threat to citizens' lives and health any longer,” police said in a statement.

Senior detective Alexey Petrov said: “The cage was open. The animal was walking around behaving aggressively. On the plot, we found the skeletal remains of a man.”

The latest incident comes after a caged brown bear tore off a woman’s arm and ate it during a Christmas party in Achinsk, Russia. The woman had reportedly bragged about feeding the animal at the party. As soon as she put her arm inside the cage, the bear grabbed it with its jaws and bit it off. The animal was later spotted chomping on the woman’s arm.

Russian police launched an investigation into the case.

“We have often fed those bears ourselves,” one of the people staying at the guest house said. “We used a stick provided there to push the treat towards the cage. Sometimes the bears open their mouths just like hippos and you can throw an apple right into it. They are very smart, stretching their paws waiting for treats.”

While these are the recent incidents that took place in Russia, an incident that took place in Canada in November, was also nerve-wracking.

A mother and her 10-month-old baby were attacked and killed by a grizzly bear in a remote area of Yukon, a territory in the northwest of the country. The woman was the wife of an animal trapper, who said that the bear had charged at him following which he shot the animal dead.

However, when he returned to his cabin where he lived, he found the bodies of his wife and child outside.