Hiker photographed bear before it killed him

A hiker killed by a bear earlier this year took a series of photos of the animal with his mobile phone before it mauled him to death.

Hiker photographed bear before it killed him

A hiker killed by a bear earlier this year took a series of photos of the animal with his mobile phone before it mauled him to death.

Police in West Milford, New Jersey, have released five photos taken by 22-year-old Darsh Patel before he was killed by the black bear, which weighed more than 21 stone, while hiking with four friends in the Apshawa Preserve, 45 miles north-west of New York, in September.

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