Carl Moore is 73-years-old and hails from Sacramento, California, where it turns out there is the odd wild bear knocking around the place. 

He learned that particular fact the hard way recently when he heard his chihuahua outside the house making a whole lot of worried-sounding noises. As he came out the door to see what was happening, he ended up face to face with a bear, who was looking like it fancied itself a quick snack on Carl's dog. However, instead of turning and making a run for it, Carl, a former marine, ran straight up to the creature and punched it square in the face in order to save his dog. 

He's not telling porkies either, because his friend John (the pair have been mates for 25 years) saw the whole thing go down, and he wouldn't lie to us...would he? Not Carl AND John, surely. 

Anyway, as Carl points out "the man or beast that I run from ain't been born, and its momma's already dead". Whoa.

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