'It felt like a brick smacking you in the side of the head, and instantly sliced my ear in half,' says Dave Chernosky.
avoiding playing dead and trying to escape to a higher surface. If you can't escape, fight back using any objects you can find to hit the bear, focusing your blows on the bear's face and muzzle."It slowly backed away, and then ran out the door it originally came through," he says. Chernosky was relieved to see the bear leave his house, but he knew he was injured. He grabbed a towel to put over his head to stop the bleeding and called 911.
When Chernosky arrived at the hospital, they tended to his wounds and put in more than 50 stitches on his face, neck, and back. Fortunately, a CAT scan confirmed no serious damage, including to his corroded artery, which was an initial concern."I consider myself lucky. I nearly lost an eye," he says. Two weeks after the attack, Chernosky had his stitches removed, and he's already back to working, hiking, riding his mountain bike, and caring for his kids.
"For me, this was an experience where it resets things for you. I really felt soon after like I had another lease in life," he says."It's interesting how it's affected me, but it has been positive." He does add, though, that he'll definitely be looking into a stronger lock on the front door. And Chernosky doesn't hold this experience against the bear."Aspen is obviously a wilderness area, and we love that about it. We see moose, bears, mountain lions—it's God's country and it's beautiful," he says."Bears are not after us, they're just hungry and it's their lifestyle to do whatever they can to find food."
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