MAN JOKES ABOUT BEING EATEN BY A BEAR. GUESS WHAT HAPPENS?

A Russian man was eaten by a bear just hours after joking about it. Alexander Korneyev was out picking wild mushrooms when a brown bear savagely mauled him in eastern Russia, just outside the village of Suluk. The mauled remains of the elderly man were found on a dirt road close to the village. Witnesses who found his body said there was blood everywhere. His penknife was broken in half, and there were signs of a fight. After discovering Mr. Korneyev’s corpse, locals hunted the bear down and shot it dead. They found some of Mr. Korneyev’s remains inside its stomach. Mr. Korneyev’s death was made even more ironic because he had called his wife before the attack and joked about being killed by a bear, telling her: “I’m going to pick mushrooms. If I don’t call you again by 10 a.m., it means I’ve been eaten by a bear.”
* A bear who’s really, REALLY possessive when it comes to nearby mushrooms.
* You know – just spitballing here – if I were going to fake my death, this would be a good way to do it.
* “If I don’t call, I’ve been eaten by a bear,” and poof! You’re gone, and the bear gets the blame.
* He must have had a good chuckle to himself over the irony of the situation. Before he was, you know, eaten by the bear.
* “Hey – this evidence seems pretty compelling, but maybe we should look inside the bear’s stomach for chewed-up pieces of Mr. Korneyev.” “Yeah! Yeah! That would be cool!”
* If you’re not careful, mushrooms can kill you.