Brown Bear Attack - Olga, Igor, and the Kamchatka Brown Bear

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Tooth & Claw

True Crime, Nature, Science, Comedy

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Olga and her step-father Igor were out in the Kamchatkan wilderness when they inadvertently committed the cardinal sin of recreating safely in bear country. The ensuing tragedy was captured through what might just be the most horrifying phone call a mother has ever received. Watch here: https://youtu.be/iXNYUZNsif8 LMNT: Get a free 8-count Sample Pack with any purchase at http://drinklmnt.com/tooth Ollie: Take the online quiz and introduce Ollie to your pet. Visithttps://www.ollie.com/toothtoday for 60% off your first box of meals! #ToKnowThemIsToLoveThem Cornbread Hemp: Get 30% off at http://cornbreadhemp.com/tooth and use code TOOTH Wild Alaskan: Get $35 off your first box of wild-caught, sustainable seafood—delivered right to your door. Go to: https://www.wildalaskan.com/TOOTH ~~ To advertise on the show, contact us! ~~ Tooth & Claw is brought to you by QCODE. Support the show and get access to an extensive library of exclusive episodes like this by supporting the show on Patreon or joining the Grizzly Club on Apple Podcasts. For the latest updates on the show and all things wildlife, follow us at toothandclawpod.com and social: Instagram: @ToothandClawPodcast Twitter: @ToothandClawPod Wes: @GrizKid Jeff: @jefe_larson Mike: @mikey3ds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. Welcome to Tooth and Claw podcast. We have our bear biologist, wildlife biologist, Wes Larson.
0:21.8	That's me.
0:22.2	We have our tech guy, Mike Smith.
0:24.9	Hey.
0:25.0	And we have me.
0:26.7	I'm Jeff Larson.
0:27.8	Me and Mike are both beefy guys.
0:29.7	Wes is a little bit small.
0:32.6	Yeah.
0:33.6	Getting bigger, though.
0:35.7	I'm beefing up.
0:36.8	You're joining in the club.
0:38.0	I'm curious now if that article got written today, I don't know if he would describe me as that much smaller than you guys.
0:47.1	Nice.
0:48.2	Yeah.
0:48.6	All muscle.
0:49.5	All muscle, dude.
0:50.6	I'm like 2% body fat.
0:52.6	You enjoying your Montana summer out there I am we're
0:56.7	in like the prime of Montana summer right now longest days you think all the
1:02.0	everyone listening should move to now I was about to say it's full of bears cold
1:07.5	winters lots of just like rednecks that, yeah, don't move here.
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