According to local media, the resident of the area went with friends to the forest to buy pine cones. By evening the man was exhausted, and a short man with a backpack appeared in front of him, walking slowly and moaning lightly.
The Russian caught up with him and asked him to light a cigarette, hitting his "backpack", but he felt wool under his hand. Out of fear, both the man and the bear screamed at the same time and ran in different directions. The pinecone collector later returned to the forest with a gun, but never found the animal.