Alexander was pulled from the bear’s den where it is believed he was being stored for a later meal

A missing man has been described as a talking mummy after being pulled from the brink of death.

Named only as Alexander, he was discovered by hunting dogs in a bear’s den a month after he vanished in a remote region of Russia.

He was rushed to hospital suffering with a broken spine after fighting the bear, according to local reports.

He told them that he had survived the attack when the bear overpowered him and drank urine to survive.


He said: ‘The bear preserved me as food for later.’

The dogs that found him are said to have refused to leave his side in the bear’s den in the mountain forests, leading hunters they were with to realise something was amiss.



However, doubt has now been cast over the report and an appeal has been issued to identify and locate the man.

UPDATE: A doctor came forward after publication of this article to claim the man was his patient, who was never mauled by a bear but instead suffered from severe psoriasis and bed sores.

Dr Rustam Isaev from the Aktobe Medical Centre in Kazakhstan said the earlier reports were incorrect and insisted Alexander had never encountered a bear nor been in Russia.

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With a broken spine he was unable to pull himself out of the den to get help (Picture: East2West News/Siberian Times)

At first the hunters believed that he was dead, but then they realised he was alive and summoned help.

He remembers his first name but not his age, according to the EADaily.

A hospital video shows the bearded man opening his eyes and confirming his first name.

He was described as having ‘severe injuries and rotting tissue’ from lying motionless for so long in the den.

Doctors are not sure how he managed to survive the injuries.

Brown bears are known to hide their prey and return to feast on it later.

He was found by chance by a pack of passing hunting dogs who refused to move (Picture: East2West News/Siberian Times)

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