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Missing Hiker Found in Ravine After Bear Attack

Summary by Kathimerini English Edition
A Greek hiker who fell off a cliff on Monday afternoon trying to escape a bear attack in the lush Fraktos Forest in the northeastern part of the Rhodope Mountain range, near the border with Bulgaria, was located by rescuers on Tuesday morning.

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Speaking to protothema.gr, the head of the OFKATH rescue team points out that in the first 25 meters of the ravine, the victim's cell phone was found, which contained a video of the moments when he came face to face with the bear.

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The friend of the man who fell in a gorge of 800 meters deep after being attacked by a bear tells what happened on Monday in this forest of north-east Greece.

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The walk of two climbers in Drama had a tragic ending, after they were attacked by a bear, with one falling into a ravine and being found unconscious. Spyros Psaroudas, general coordinator of the environmental organization Kallisto, spoke on the main news bulletin of ERT3 about what could have happened and what led to this tragic ending. "Condolences to the man's family, he was a nature lover, in love with this area, he had visited it repeatedly…

"The bear was huge, it pushed Christos off the cliff," says his friend who was rescued - EMAK and fire department rescuers requested helicopter assistance to retrieve and transport the hiker. The hiker was found unconscious after falling into a ravine more than 800 meters deep, after being attacked by a bear yesterday afternoon in an area of the virgin forest of Fraktos, in the municipality of Paranesti in mountainous Drama. The area is inaccess…

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Kathimerini English Edition broke the news in Athens, Greece on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
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