Rudy Noorlander, who lost part of his jaw in a grizzly bear attack in Montana last month, says he’s looking forward to a special treat as he prepares to leave the hospital.
“‘That first root beer float is going to taste so amazing,’” the Navy veteran said through a letter of thanks read by his daughter, KateLynn Noorlander-Davis, at a Friday news conference at University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City.
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.
As someone who lives right where this happened this always terrifies me. Not going to stop me from camping in those woods tho.
While the grizzly bear responsible for this responds with “Oh really, you want to lose more than your lower jaw? I can take more from you and have you placed in the morgue awaiting your funeral if you don’t learn to stay out of my territory, idiot!”