In Kamchatka's Sovolevsky district, a bear killed a guard at a tourist base located in the upper reaches of the Kolpakova River, Interfax was told by the region's intelligence services.
According to the agency's interlocutor, the guard stopped communicating on November 7, and the owners of the camp site sent a helicopter to look for him. On November 10, about 4 km from the base, the searchers discovered a snowmobile and traces of blood from a helicopter, about which the law enforcement officers were informed.
"According to preliminary data, the guard saw the bear, tried to run to the snowmobile where the weapon was found, but was not enough. Almost eaten human remains were found," said the interlocutor of the agency.
An investigative team flew to the scene on November 11. They also found a bear there that had been shot. In the evening, the remains of the deceased were delivered to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
The Regional Ministry of Forestry previously reported that in 2026 in Kamchatka three people died as a result of bear attacks: on June 15, near the village of Zaporozhye, Ust-Bolshersk District, a predator killed a 50-year-old fisherman; On September 19, in the village of Ust-Kamchatsk, a 73-year-old guard bear attacked a factory; On September 29, near the village of Ustyevoye, Sovolevsky district, the animal killed a 23-year-old man who was picking berries. This year, about 250 dangerous predators were shot in Kamchatka.