Bear Attacks

Onlookers watched in horror from the chairlift above, attempting to warn the man of the danger on a slope in Predeal, Romania.

Wildlife officials later found the female bear and euthanized the animal, taking her two cubs into their possesion.

"If that bear would have gotten in the house, it probably would have been all over for us," Sid Lebarron said.

The bear charged at the child in "a predatory manner," state officials said.

"Once she grabbed me it was like a car wreck it happened so quick," the hunter Ronnie Dalton said.

A bear was spotted suddenly climbing onto the trunk of car on a roadway heading to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park.

The guard "was attacked by a polar bear and injured on his head," the cuise ship operator said.

New Hampshire authorities received a call at 1:15 a.m., after the bear had swiped at a local woman's face in her own home.

It was an action "we don't condone," a wildlife specialist said.

Northern Europe is facing a spate of bear raids on bee yards, as one ursine cleared an electric fence to get a taste of honey.

Despite losing a portion of his face, the Colorado man said he still loves hunting.

In Russia's Sakhalin region and elsewhere, predators yearning to fatten up before winter hibernation are biting dogs and terrifying locals.