An elderly British tourist was mauled by a vicious bear after she rolled down her car window to take a selfie with it in Romania.
The 72-year-old Scottish woman was driving on the Transfăgărășan mountain road in Argeş county on April 22 when she encountered two bears.
When he stopped the car to take a photo with the impressive predators, one of the bears jumped on its hind legs directly outside his vehicle.
The tourist bravely rolled down the window to get a better look at the beast, preparing her phone for the photo.
But in a gruesome turn of events, the bear lunged forward and mauled her right arm.
A 72-year-old Scottish tourist was driving on a mountain road in Romania when she encountered two bears.
After deciding he wanted to take a selfie with the bear, he rolled down his car window, but one of the predators had jumped on its hind legs.
The bear mauled his arm while he was still in the vehicle. She was rushed to a nearby hospital and she told local reporters that her arm hurt.
His traveling companion quickly stepped on the accelerator as the pair fled the scene of horror, making a desperate attempt to escape a new attack.
The woman was rushed to a nearby hospital after the brutal attack in the Carpathians.
She told local reporters that she came from Scotland and revealed that her arm hurt after her encounter with the creature.
The traveler said: ‘We were in the car and we were going to take a photograph.
“And the bears came to the window.”
In his hospital bed, he added: “I just wanted to take a picture of him.”
Doctors have since confirmed that the woman’s injuries are not life-threatening.
Following the attack, police reportedly organized themselves into several teams to drive bears away from the area.
They also advised residents and tourists to always maintain a safe distance if they encounter animals in the wild.
It comes after a terrifying series of bear attacks in Slovakia last month.
A 31-year-old Belarusian woman was hiking in the Low Tatras mountain range with a companion before being attacked by a bear.
According to his partner, he and the woman fled in different directions, towards the thick surrounding forest and steep ravines.
His body was discovered by the Slovak Mountain Rescue Service in March, with the bear still nearby, which was scared away by the rescue team’s gunfire.
A few days later, a brown bear unleashed its terror as it rampaged through the Slovak town of Liptovský Mikuláš and attacked two people, leaving them hospitalized.
A 49-year-old woman suffered a shoulder injury, while a 72-year-old man was treated for a cut to his head after the beast attacked them.
A 10-year-old girl and two other adults suffered scratches and bruises, authorities said, while a couple pushing their child in a stroller was “lucky to escape unharmed.”
The brown bear that wreaked havoc on the streets of Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, was shot dead on March 27
Authorities then declared a state of emergency and locals were urged not to leave their homes while the predator remained at large.
The grizzly bear was shot and killed on March 27 after a 10-day drone hunt.
Bears are common in much of Eastern Europe in the areas surrounding the Carpathian Mountains, which stretch from Romania to Poland and through Slovakia.
In recent years, there have been a series of bear attacks across Eastern Europe, including a fatal attack in Slovakia in 2021.
The Slovak Environment Ministry said that together with Romania it will propose at the next EU Council of Environment Ministers that bears should be reclassified on the list of protected species because their numbers mean they are no longer endangered and could be euthanized. selectively.
