Police took this woman of Natalya Pasternak when they found her (Picture: Vostokmedia/The Siberian Times)

This mother-of-two has an incredible story to tell her children.

She was attacked by a bear which then buried her alive apparently to save her for her next meal.

Natalya Pasternak, 55, was with a friend collecting birch sap when her dog started barking to warn them of the bear.

But it was too late and they tried to run away. Her friend managed to get away and raised the alarm with authorities.


Police search teams found her under earth and leaves in a forest in the Amur region of the Russian Far East.

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The Siberian Times reported: ‘The bear evidently thought the woman was dead and sought to bury her and hide its prey, apparently saving its next meal.’

The bear, a female, was shot dead when she tried to attack them.

Natalya was ‘alive and conscious’ and ‘in deep shock’ but is now in hospital where her condition is described as ‘severe’.

The bear was killed when it tried to attack her rescuers (Picture: Tatyana Nikolaeva/The Siberian Times)

She is now recovering in hospital (Picture: Odnoklassniki/Siberian Times)