Man who looks like a mummy was never attacked by bear
Man looks like a mummy after being rescued from bear den month after he vanished A question mark ha..
A question mark hangs over the identity of a living mummy who was reportedly attacked by a bear and left for dead.
It was thought the man, known only as Alexander, was found by hunting dogs in a bears den in a remote region of Russia, a month after going missing.
But a new twist has emerged, following claims the bearded survivor was actually in a hospital in Kazakhstan and had never been attacked.
Every hospital in the Russian region of Tuva, where the attack supposedly happened, has denied the man was ever a patient, reports MailOnline.
The bear attack story was first broken by Moscow-based news agency EADaily.
They have since offered a cash reward to anyone who can shed light on this event.
Independent researchers say the woman speaking in the footage is speaking Kazakh rather than Tuvan.
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A group who search for lost people in Kazakhstan say the man was from the city of Aktobe, where he was hospitalised, and wasnt attacked by a bear.
Aktobe is around 1,600 miles from Tuvas regional capital of Kyzyl.
The organisation known as zello.poisk made the claim after trying to find out of Alexander was a missing man with the same name they were looking for.
