A Scottish woman vacationing in Romania is lucky to be alive. She and her friend were driving along in the Carpathian Mountains. when they encountered a mama bear and her cub. They tried to get some photos of the adorable creatures but weren’t getting the money shot.
This is when Moira Gallacher, 72, rolled down her window. Charmian Widdowson watched in horror as the bear took this as an invitation to take a bite out of her. Thankfully her jacket protected her. She is expected to make a full recovery.
“What happened was the bear came up to the window at my friend’s side, and no problem. It let us take a picture and went away,” Moira told STV News. “But I didn’t get a proper picture, so we went back and it was at my side.”
Charmian parked the car. “I thought he wanted to be friends,” she said. “The bear came and wanted to get into the car, but he started getting into the car and bit my friend.”
Both woman think they may have triggered the bear by talking about food. “My friend said, let’s get something to eat,” Charmian stated. “No, you are not allowed to give food. Absolutely nothing, nothing, nothing. And I think he heard it and decided he had to eat my friend instead.”
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Both women are so glad the situation wasn’t worse and that might be thanks to fashion. “She was wearing a thick Marks & Spencer jacket and the poor bear got more jacket than arm,” Charmian explained.
“I’m a very lucky woman,” Moira stated.
