Todd Orr was hiking through through Montana's Madison Valley last Saturday, looking for elk when he nearly met his death.

Oregon Live reports that Orr came across a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs. He shouted to scare the bears off, which is what experts recommend. The bears ran off, but the mother returned. Orr describes what happened next in the video above, which is graphic and includes PG-13 language.

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