Park and Wildlife officials have captured and euthanized a bear that they believe attacked a young man at a campsite in Boulder County early Sunday morning.
The 19-year-old, identified only as Dylan, worked for Glacier View Ranch, a Christian camp.
He and other staffers were spending a night in sleeping bags when, at about 4 a.m., Dylan woke up to a crunching sound and a bear biting his head, he told Denver7.
“The crunching noise, I guess, was the teeth scraping against the skull as it dug in,” Dylan said.
He tried to hit the bear first. He then found its eye. “I started poking its eye with my fingers as hard as I could,” he told CBS Evening News.
The bear dragged him 10-12 feet while the other campers tried to scare it away. The bear eventually left on its own, leaving Dylan with multiple gashes on his head that needed nine staples.
Marks left by bear. Dylan tells us he teaches wilderness survival at #GlacierViewRanch camp-- clearly, no one more qualified! Story at 5p. pic.twitter.com/eDWCM323YX
— Amanda del Castillo (@AmandaDTV) July 9, 2017
WARNING: Graphic pic of #bearattack survivor, Dylan. Back of his head, before staples. Is recovering. Took some time to speak with #Denver7 pic.twitter.com/N6ixtLBRLr
— Amanda del Castillo (@AmandaDTV) July 9, 2017
