FORMER Manchester City star Martin Demichelis has narrowly avoided a horrific fate… after a BEAR went on a rampage in his garden.
The Argentine defender won a Premier League title and two League Cups before ending his three-year spell at Etihad in 2016.
Demichelis, 44, has been manager of Mexican top club Monterrey since August last year.
But the 51-cap international and his family were left terrified when a huge black bear invaded their property earlier this week.
Demichelis' wife Evangelia Anderson posted a video on social media of the powerful beast prowling around their yard.
The family emerged to confront the creature, and one of the couple's daughters is heard screaming as the bear runs back and forth.
Evangelia tells the girl, “Don't get too close, because there is no light.
'Come here when he comes running. It scares me.'
The bear disappears behind a hedge before reemerging on a nearby access road.
A frightened Evangelia exclaims, “It's huge, isn't it!”
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Fortunately, a security guard at the posh estate where the family lives stops in a golf cart to chase the animal away.
Wild bears are often seen in towns around Monterrey, near the US border with Texas.
They are known to come from nearby mountains in search of food.
It is not the first time Demichelis has been visited by them since arriving in northeastern Mexico, with Evangelia reporting an invasion last November.
Demichelis played 106 times for Manchester City and scored four goals.
His other clubs include Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Malaga and River Plate domestically.
He started his coaching career with Bayern's youth team and then spent two years in charge of former club River.
The Buenos Aires side fired him last July, but Liga MX side Monterrey hired him two weeks later.
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