Terrifying footage has resurfaced showing the moment a trainer was mauled to death by a grizzly bear after a 'simple routine' went horribly wrong back in 2008.
Trainer Stephan Miller tragically passed away after the bear, known as Rocky, suddenly attacked Miller after becoming disorientated while filming a promotional video at the Predators in Action facility in West Virginia.
Rocky then tried to bite his trainer on the neck and forcibly pushed him to the ground as distraught onlookers rushed to the scene to try and help distract the bear.
Randy Miller, Stephan's cousin, ran onto the scene to try and rescue his cousin from the attack, he struck Rocky with a cane as his crew members used pepper spray to get the bear of Stephan.
After managing to distract the bear, Stephan wearily stood back up and went off screen but tragically died minutes later from a pierced jugular vein and artery.
The heartbreaking video shows the trainer and the bear come together as they attempt to shoot a commercial for a stage wrestling match.
Stephan's cousin, Randy, was left distraught as he struggled to come to terms with losing his close cousin and also witnessing such a horrifying incident.
A visibly shaken Randy said at the time: “It’s killing me. We were brothers."
“It happened so fast. We did what we had to do to stop the bear. It took a matter of seconds to get him off, but it was too late.
The video has re-emerged on the 14 th anniversary of the attack, as Rocky was a trained bear who had previously appeared on the big screen, with him as "Dewey the Killer Bear" in the Will Ferrell film Semi-Pro just a few weeks earlier.
Cousin Randy holds no bitterness towards Rocky as he described him as a “loving, affectionate, friendly, safe bear”.
An official investigation was launched into the incident by The California Department of Fish and Game, however, they concluded Miller's death was accidental.
This lead to animal right activists calling for Rocky to be spared euthanasia, with the activists encouraging authorities the bear should be allowed to live and retire to a zoo rather than be put down.
Part of the agreement for Rocky was that he would have no contacts with humans other than his trainers because of the possible danger he could pose again to the public.
