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• A Scottish woman, Moira Gallacher, 72, and her friend, Charmian Widdowson, were touring Romania, enjoying a drive through the Carpathian Mountains, People reported.
They happened upon two brown bears and stopped the car to get a picture with them. Then Widdowson turned the car around and pulled up to the bear for another photo op.
"I went down the window; I thought he wanted to be friends," Widdowson told STV News. "He started getting into the car and bit my friend."
She said she thought the bear approached because he heard the women talking about getting something to eat.
"I think he ... decided he had to eat my friend."
Gallacher was wearing a thick jacket with two layers underneath; although the bear clamped down on her hand with its jaws, she escaped with minor wounds. "I've been very, very lucky," she said. [STV News, 4/24/2024]