Carl Mock died after a 410lb grizzly bear attacked him
The father of a 40-year-old man who died after being severely mauled by a grizzly bear in southern Montana has revealed details of the fatal attack. West Yellowstone resident Carl Mock was attacked by the bear on Thursday near Baker’s Hole Campground, which is located around three miles north of the town. His father Chuck Mock told The Billings Gazette of how his son’s dominant left hand was “chomped up” by the bear as he tried to protect his neck and head. Emergency responders rushed Carl Mock to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls where he underwent extensive surgery and was placed in a medically induced coma. But he suffered a stroke over the weekend and subsequently passed away. One of the bear’s teeth punctured the skull of Carl Mock during the attack, causing his brain to swell. Mock tried to use mace to fend the bear off, according to his father. “They knew he had for sure launched off his mace because there was even mace on his clothes,” Chuck Mock said. His father said his son called 911 on Thursday while bloodied and dazed following the attack by the 410-pound male grizzly.
