‘I bit off its tongue – it was in my mouth’: the man who survived a bear attack Russian school caretaker Nikoly Irgit got a nasty surprise when he went down to the woods – and ran into a bear. A post from “Documenting Reality” in June 2015 claims the attack “happened at café Gohar when a couple of drunk and young people tried to pet the bear.” GRAPHIC CONTENT: Named only as Alexander, the man was found by hunting dogs in the bear den in Russia's remote Tuva region with his rescuers initially thinking that he was a mummy. In August 2011, 17-year-old Horatio Chapple and 12 others were on a camping trip on a remote Norwegian island as part of British Schools Exploring Society camping trip, when a starving polar bear invaded the camp in the middle of the night. Russia bear attack: Shock twist in story of man 'saved from Siberian bear den' revealed GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: A RUSSIAN man was allegedly found in a bear cave following an attack … The truth behind the story of the man left 'looking like a mummy' after surviving a month as a Siberian bear's captive. The caption for the image simply reads, “2,000 lb Bear Killed In Russia Recently.” The next image is extremely graphic, as it shows a man completely ripped apart. The origin of those photographs is not clear, but they appear to trace back to a bear or other wild animal attack in Russia. The day after the deadly attacks, Gildart and Landa headed to look for the suspect bear at Trout Lake. The bear keeps its distance, and when it appears that this will be like any other encounter, Tim decides to tape at least the audio portion for use in future presentations, yelling out to Amie to turn the camera on, which startles the bear, who had been still up to this point, and triggers the attack. Shocking pictures and videos emerged last week showing the man looking emaciated as well as covered in blood, cuts, and sores. It was claimed he had been savaged by a bear … They are photos of the remains of a human reportedly mauled by a bear. Russian ‘bear attack’ mystery deepens over claim ‘victim’ was actually in hospital in Kazakhstan and never mauled by beast ... Pictures and footage … A San Diego man killed by a grizzly bear in Alaska's Denali National Park had been snapping photos of the animal for eight minutes before it attacked, authorities said Tuesday. This attack is an unfortunate example of being unprepared in bear country.