Tragic biker tourist mauled to death by brown bear moments after taking smiling selfie and vid with ferocious wild beast
Omar Farang Zin, 48, was on holiday in Romania when he initiated the unwise encounter.
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A selfie Omar took with the bear - just moments before it mauled him to death
Credit: Omar Farang Zin
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The large brown bear was reportedly with cubs
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The beast mauled Omar to death just moments after he uploaded these images to Facebook
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The Italian was riding along the spectacular Transfagarasan road - famously crowned the "most beautiful in the world" by Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear.
He encountered a bear on the route, uploading a video of a shaggy beast peering onto the road, and returned the next day in hope of spotting another.
Omar got what he was looking for when he met a bear with cubs wandering around a car park, and stopped to feed it.
That turned out to be a terrible mistake.
A photo found his mobile shows Omar, kitted out in sunnies a helmet for his pleasure ride, grinning and pointing to a brown bear who is standing just metres away.
He also took a video of the predator as it prowled around the area, flicking menacing glares at the camera.
The biker can be heard saying: "Here is the bear! How beautiful! It's coming towards me," in his native Italian.
Omar uploaded the video to Facebook - but that would be the last thing he ever did.
Just moments later, the bear charged him and unleashed a ferocious attack.
The beast dragged Omar out of the car park and about 60 metres into a ravine, where it mauled him to death.
Bloodthirsty bear leaves only woman's severed head behind in vicious attack as victim's last moments captured on CCTV
Passing motorists witnessed the harrowing scene and immediately called the emergency services.
Police officers, firefighters and forest rangers all rushed to the scene - but Omar could not be saved.
The rescue teams managed to recover his body, which was covered in bite wounds, and took it away for a post-mortem.
Armand Chiriloiu, director of the forest authority, told Romanian newspaper Cancan: 'He got off his motorbike and offered some food to the bear.
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Omar spotted this bear the previous day - and returned to see more
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The bear was shot dead by rangers following Omar's death
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'The Italian tourist's phone was also found, which contained some photos taken before the attack.
"As the bear approached, he approached. With photos, close-ups.'
The area was cleared following the fatal encounter and the bear was later shot dead.
He also took a video of the bear as he passed it on his bike.
The clip shows a shaggy bear peering onto the road over a barrier as Zin trundles past on his bike.
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