Read this on wikipedia, so don't know if it's true or bollocks but it's bizarre reading.

In 1994 whilst travelling through Canada on tour with his then band 'Pulp,' Cocker was involved in an incident in which he had to fight a bear. Cocker came into contact with the bear whilst he and his entourage were stopped at a service station in a rural area of the Western Provinces of Canada. Whilst returning from the restroom Cocker came upon the animal and was forced to defend himself from it, managing to drive it off slightly before making his escape. Speaking of the incident Cocker said, "I turned a corner and there he was, just staring at me. I knew right then what was going to happen, that it was just me and him, mano y bearo. So I grabbed a gazebo pole from the ground and managed to halt his beary advances by swiping at his face. When he took a few steps back I ran to the bus." Cocker escaped unharmed but was later questioned by animal rights group PETA over his behaviour in this incident.