Roderick Toombs, aka "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was one of the most electric performers in the world of professional wrestling throughout the '80s and '90s — and definitely the only one to regularly play bagpipes. Piper parlayed his wrestling fame into an acting career, most notably starring in John Carpenter's cult classic They Live in 1988.

Considered by many to be one of the greatest wrestling villains of all time, Piper's real-life backstory was the stuff of legend. But there's one story that seems just too bizarre to be true. Did Roddy Piper really wrestle a bear? We've got the answer.

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