Dave McKigney (June 9, 1932 – July 4, 1988) was a Canadian professional wrestler, also known by his ring name, The Bearman.

He would start training Terrible Ted, an American black bear, stood 7"0 and weighed 600 lbs.

On Boxing Day in 1958, before 8,250 fans, "Terrible" Ted defeated his mentor McKigney at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

With Terrible Ted, McKigney eventually grew out his hair long and had a scruffy beard and wrestled under the Bearman and Wildman gimmicks.

The challenge was accepted and met by John Szigeti (a 36-year-old welder who wanted the money for truck repairs), who pinned Ted "for maybe 15 seconds" before McKigney pried him free.

He would sometimes wrestle in Japan even defeating Japanese legend Antonio Inoki by disqualification, the United States in Michigan and Ohio.

On July 2, 1978, in Aurora, Ontario, McKigney left the door open on the cage of his second bear, Smokey, while he answered the phone.

Smokey entered McKigney's house and mauled his girlfriend, 30-year-old Lynn Orser, to death.