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.

“And to top it all off, [the bear] gave him as what Rudy describes as the most disgusting French kiss of his life before biting down and tearing off his lower jaw.” The terrifying encounter ...

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 ...

8 when a grizzly bear attacked him and bit his lower jaw off, his family said. Following emergency surgery in Bozeman, he was flown to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City ...

The Navy veteran whose jaw was ripped off by a grizzly bear last month is already prepared ... kiss of his life” that left him without his lower jaw. Dr. Hilary McCrary, a surgeon and head ...

A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off his lower jaw is doing well at a hospital in Salt Lake City but has a long recovery ahead, his family said Monday. Rudy Noorlander ...

A man had his lower jaw bitten off after being "ambushed" by a grizzly bear during a horrific mauling that left him in agonising pain. 61-year-old Rudy Noorlander, who owns and operates Alpine ...

A Navy veteran who was mauled in a vicious grizzly bear attack on Friday in Montana ... his life before biting down and tearing off his lower jaw," Davis wrote. Fortunately, Noorlander was not ...

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 ...

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 said Friday during a ...