The bear was later put down by wildlife specialists (Picture: CBS Baltimore)

A woman told a 911 operator ‘please tell my husband I love him’ as a 200lb bear mauled her on a driveway.

Karen Osborne lay bleeding on the floor with a broken arm and bite wounds to her head and torso as she used her mobile phone to call for help.

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In horrific audio, released by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, the 63-year-old can be heard saying: ‘A bear just attacked me. I’m laying in the driveway.

‘Hurry, he’s broken my arms and my legs, I’m bleeding and I’m going to die.’


Miraculously, the woman from Maryland survived the ordeal, but she required more than 70 stitches.

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The state had an estimated 1,000 bears in 2011 (Picture: Getty Images)

The operator tells the woman he will stay on the line until help arrives.



But she says: ‘He’s coming back.’

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As the animal circles the woman, she adds: ‘Please tell my husband I love him.’

Karen tried punching the bear and when that didn’t work she played dead.

Her husband, Ronald Osborne, said: ‘She punched him in the face a couple times. She’s a tough babe.’

Karen’s son-in-law Mark Snuffin (Picture: CBS Baltimore)

Her son-in-law, Mark Snuffin, told CBS Baltimore: ‘The officer told me that the second time she called, he could hear the bear.

‘We’re lucky… It could have ended up a lot worse.’

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Ronald said his wife went outside to investigate constant barking from their daughter’s house, who lives next door.

They found the dog had confronted a bear and its cubs, causing the mother bear to attack.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources wildlife specialists later tracked down the bear and put it down.