While Noorlander had bear spray on his belt and ... and forearm to create his chin and lower lip. Segments of bone were molded to create Noorlander's jaw shape, then pre-drilled with holes for ...

Noorlander, 61, underwent three surgeries in the past five weeks at the hospital after a bear bit off his lower jaw on September 8 in Custer Gallatin National Forest near Big Sky, Montana.

BIG SKY, Mont. — A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw is ready to return home after five weeks in a Utah hospital, a physician and his family ...