Harrowing final words of teenager eaten alive by bear while on phone to her mum
Here are the harrowing final words of teenager Olga Moskalyova, who was eaten by bears while on the phone to her mother.
When it comes to discussions about the worst death imaginable, most people will likely say either John Jones' passing inside Nutty Putty Cave or the Byford Dolphin diving bell incident.
However, one which is overlooked is the harrowing death of Russian teenager Olga Moskalyova, who was attacked and killed by bears.
In August 2011, Olga was hiking in the countryside near the Far Eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky with her stepfather, Igor Tsyganenkov.
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The pair had been walking along a local river when they happened upon by a brown bear.
Weighing as much as 720 kg in some cases, the Siberian brown bears are aggressive and pose a threat to humans.
So when one attacked Olga and her stepfather while they were walking, the pair were in very real danger.
The aggressive predator first lunged at Igor, crushing his skill and neck in front of 19-year-old Olga. She was briefly able to escape, running around 200 feet before the bear caught up with her.
After biting into her leg, Olga was dragged to the ground by the bear. Terrified, the teenager phoned her mother numerous times, at first shouting: "Mum, the bear is eating me! Mum, it's such agony. Mum, help!"
Olga's mother Tatiana, had initially thought she was joking, only realising the true extent of the situation when she heard the beast growling and chewing in the background.
"I heard the real horror and pain in Olga's voice, and the sounds of a bear growling and chewing," the heartbroken mother recalled (via MailOnline).
"I could have died then and there from shock."
Tatiana then attempted to phone her husband for help, unaware that he'd already been killed by the mother bear, before contacting the police and begging them to head to the river where her husband and daughter had gone to retrieve a fishing rod.
Olga would then call her mother for a second time, revealing that the mother bear had now returned – this time bringing her cubs.
"Mum, the bears are back. She came back and brought her three babies," she cried.
"They're... eating me."
She would make a heartbreaking final call to her mother about an hour later, informing her that she was no longer in pain, having likely gone into shock.
"Mum, it's not hurting anymore. I don't feel the pain," she told her mother. "Forgive me for everything, I love you so much."
The bodies of Olga and Igor were later recovered that day, when a search party, including Igor's brother and local police, arrived on the scene. It was here that they found the bears eating Igor's remains, while Olga's body lay nearby.
The mother bear and her cubs were later shot and killed by hunters in order to prevent any further attacks.
Paying tribute to her 'fun, warm and friendly' daughter, Tatiana said: "She had graduated from music school, and just days before the bear attack, she got her driving licence."
Brenna Cooper