Russian Man Gets 'Eaten Alive' By Bear Right After Joking With Wife About Being Attacked By One

It was just another day for 66-year-old Alexander Korneyev who was out to pick up wild mushrooms from a Suluk village in Russia.

Just a few hours before he stepped out for the mushroom hunt, his wife called to check on him. In the conversation, he joked about getting mauled by a bear to his wife.

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"I'm going to pick mushrooms. If I don't call you again by 10 am, it means I've been eaten by a bear," Alexander had told his wife.

Little did he know that it would turn into a brutal reality.

Korneyev, while picking mushrooms, was savagely attacked by a bear and all he had for a self-defense weapon was a pen knife, reports Siberia Times.

Alexander was mauled and reportedly ¡®eaten alive¡¯ after his weapon failed to inflict any serious injuries on the brown bear.

"There was blood everywhere. His penknife was broken in half, and there were signs of a fight. His body was lying face down. There was no single untouched spot,¡± Sergey Ryabov, head of the village, was quoted by Mirror UK.

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When the rescuers found the bear, they shot it and found Korneyev remains in the animal¡¯s stomach.

According to reports, there has been an influx of bears close to towns and villages across Siberia and the Far East of Russia in recent weeks.

Just a few months ago, a Russian man was found alive about one month after being mauled by a brown bear that broke his back and dragged him to its den to keep him as food.

Earlier this year, a man¡¯s corpse was found in Russia in the same state, an Express report states that the mummified remains with gouged eyes were found in oil-rich Tatarstan region. Investigators believe that he¡¯d been killed by a brown bear and his remains had been stashed for later consumption.