Man adopted huge bear as a cub after finding it in the woods... she's one of the family

This extraordinary footage shows a wrestling fan riding a huge bear that he adopted as a cub after finding it abandoned in the woods.
It appears that there is genuine affection between man and beast as they grapple together in the snow.
The man was filmed tussling with the young brown bear in south-western Russia's Republic of North Ossetia and Alania.

And it seems clear that he has been watching World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) bouts from some of the moves that he tries on the animal.
But it looks like the bear might have been watching too as the man certainly does not get things all his own way.
The man says that he now regards the bear, which is now one year and seven months old, as part of his family.

He said: "We found her in the bushes when she was two or three months old and have been taking care of her ever since.
"We now keep her at our friends' place but we visit her all of the time."
And he added that, although their wrestling matches were play fights, the bear had given him the odd painful bite.

"We don't give her any meat as we are afraid that she might become more aggressive if we do that," he said.
The man did not reveal his name or address as he is worried about the bear being stolen for a zoo or a circus.