Overview

• The recovered cellphone footage shows a large brown bear advancing toward 61-year-old Christos Stavrianidis before the video cuts out as he plunges into a ravine.
• The incident occurred June 8 in the Fraktos (Fraktou) forest area of Drama, northern Greece, during a hike with his friend Dimitris and a dog.
• Audio captures calls for help and the use of spray, and Dimitris later told Greek media that Christos first deployed a small can while he then used pepper spray to drive the bear away.
• Dimitris said the bear closed to within a few meters and appeared to push Stavrianidis near steep terrain just before the fall.
• Forensic authorities confirmed Stavrianidis died instantly from the fall, and the friend said he relayed coordinates to emergency services in an area described as difficult to reach.