A Swedish man came very close to being attacked by a brown bear, but his primal roar was apparently enough to drive the animal back into the forest. Ralph Persson is from Ljusdal, north of Stockholm, and was reportedly out training a beagle in the Jämtland forests when he sensed something was wrong based on his dog's behavior.
When the brown bear was just a few feet away from Persson, he let out the roar that might have saved his life. Persson and his wife Lena captured the encounter on camera.
Persson told Helahalsingland, "To lie down and play dead I do not believe in."