Man Injured After ‘Leaping On’ Polar Bear to Protect Wife

A man who “leapt on” a polar bear in Ontario, Canada, to save his wife from an attack sustained serious injuries but is expected to fully recover, authorities in Canada’s remote Ontario said. This is reported by The Independent.

The couple in the Fort Severn First Nation, in the far northern section of Ontario, encountered a polar bear at 5am local time in their driveway on Tuesday.

The bear attacked the woman, pinning her to the ground. Her husband leapt on top of the animal to save her from the rare attack, the Nishnawbe Aski police service said in a news release.

The husband was saved just in time by a neighbour who heard the struggle and ran over to shoot down the bear. The police said the animal retreated to the woods where he died and the man suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries to his arms and legs.

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