Ask anyone who lives in bear country how to protect yourself from a grizzly attack and the advice will always be: "Don't fight back." But that is exactly what 68-year-old hunter Gene Moe did as he was set upon by a bear with paws the size of a man's face.

In a remarkable escape, Moe managed to stab the bear at least three times before reaching for his gun and killing it. "The bear was starving and needed the meat. I had no choice but to defend myself," Mr Moe told reporters.