College Wrestler Tried To Pull Grizzly Bear Off Teammate Amid Gruesome Attack

Two college wrestlers suffered serious injuries after they were mauled by a grizzly bear while out hunting near Cody, Wyoming, on Saturday afternoon.

Kendell Cummings and Brady Lowry, both students at Wyomings Northwest College, were on a hunting excursion with two other wrestling teammates that they had separated from, according to a fundraiser created by their school.

Cummings and Lowry were west of the Bobcat Houlihan trailhead in Shoshone National Forest at the time of the sudden, surprise encounter with the wild animal, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department said.

They were able to call 911 after the attack and met a search and rescue team at the trailhead with the assistance of their two teammates as well as a local resident and another hunter in the area.

Cummings was airlifted to a hospital in Billings, Montana, while Lowry was taken to Cody Regional Health by ambulance. After a few hours there, Lowry was also airlifted to Billings.

Both students underwent multiple surgeries in Billings. Theyre expected to make a full recovery, according to the school fundraiser.

In interviews, the students said the bear appeared very suddenly and attacked Lowry first. Cummings intervened to try to pull the bear off his friend, successfully drawing away its attention.

I grabbed and yanked him hard by the ear, Cummings told Cowboy State Daily in an interview Monday.

I could hear when his teeth would hit my skull, I could feel when hed bite down on my bones and theyd kind of crunch, he recalled.

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