The key facts

  • The 64-year-old fisherman suffered a skull fracture and the loss of his nose, reaching a cabin on his own at night
  • An investigation into the incident is underway; the victim's condition has not been disclosed
  • Earlier, reports emerged of a wife being saved from a bear in the Irkutsk region and of a hunter whose face was reconstructed

Attack on a fisherman

In Siberia, a 64-year-old fisherman sustained severe injuries in an encounter with a bear. According to the REN TV channel, the man set out fishing early in the morning and during the day came across the predator, which attacked him and bit off his nose. The victim made his way to a cabin on his own only at night. Doctors diagnosed a skull fracture and the amputation of his nose; no detailed information about his condition has been released. An investigation into the incident is underway.

Other recent cases

In the same article, Gazeta.Ru recalls two other recent incidents. In the Irkutsk region, a man sacrificed himself to save his wife from a bear: the animal came out of the forest toward residential cabins and tried to get inside, breaking doors and smashing windows. The man distracted the predator to himself, while the woman jumped out of a second-floor window and suffered a comminuted fracture of the upper third of the tibia with complete displacement and loss of bone tissue; a full recovery, according to doctors' estimates, will take up to six months. In addition, earlier, surgeons rebuilt the face of a Russian hunter who had survived a fight with a bear.