A MOTORCYCLIST was mauled to death by a bear moments after taking a smiling selfie with the deadly wild beast.
Omar Farang Zin, 48, was on holiday in Romania when he initiated the unwise encounter.
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The Italian was riding along the spectacular Transfagarasan road – famously crowned the “most beautiful in the world” by Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear.
He encountered a bear on the route, uploading a video of a shaggy beast peering onto the road, and returned the next day in hope of spotting another.
Omar got what he was looking for when he met a bear with cubs wandering around a car park, and stopped to feed it.
That turned out to be a terrible mistake.
A photo found his mobile shows Omar, kitted out in sunnies a helmet for his pleasure ride, grinning and pointing to a brown bear who is standing just metres away.
He also took a video of the predator as it prowled around the area, flicking menacing glares at the camera.
The biker can be heard saying: “Here is the bear! How beautiful! It’s coming towards me,” in his native Italian.
Omar uploaded the video to Facebook – but that would be the last thing he ever did.
Just moments later, the bear charged him and unleashed a ferocious attack.
The beast dragged Omar out of the car park and about 60 metres into a ravine, where it mauled him to death.
Passing motorists witnessed the harrowing scene and immediately called the emergency services.
Police officers, firefighters and forest rangers all rushed to the scene – but Omar could not be saved.
The rescue teams managed to recover his body, which was covered in bite wounds, and took it away for a post-mortem.
Armand Chiriloiu, director of the forest authority, told Romanian newspaper Cancan: “He got off his motorbike and offered some food to the bear.
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“The Italian tourist’s phone was also found, which contained some photos taken before the attack.
“As the bear approached, he approached. With photos, close-ups.”
The area was cleared following the fatal encounter and the bear was later shot dead.
He also took a video of the bear as he passed it on his bike.
The clip shows a shaggy bear peering onto the road over a barrier as Zin trundles past on his bike.