Hide Transcript Show Transcript WEBVTT >> WHEN THAT BEAR DID HAVE ME BY THE BACK OF THE LEG, I’M THINKING TO MYSELF THAT THIS IS IT. THIS IS MY DEATH. THIS IS HOW I’M DYING. REPORTER: TWO NEW FRIENDS ON A HUNTING TRIP ONLY ONE MADE IT BACK ALIVE. MARK UPTAIN WAS COREY CHUBON’S GUIDE ON THE TRIP IN WYOMING. THEY CAUGHT AN ELK THURSDAY EVENING, AND WENT BACK FRIDAY TO PACK IT UP. WE HEARD ROCKS TUMBL AND WE TURNED AROUND AND SAW GRIZZLY BEAR’S COMING RIGHT AT US. REPORTER THE FIRST BEAR WENT FOR UPTAIN, CLAWING HIM. AS CHUBON TRIED TO LOAD THEIR PISTOL, THE SECOND BEAR ATTACKED HIM. >> HE SWIPED AT ME ON MY ARM AND THEN HE WENT AROUND BEHIND M AND GRABBED THE BACK OF MY ANKLE AND HE SWUNG ME BY HIS JAW I TRIED TO THROW THE GUN TO MARK . IT DIDN’T MAKE IT TO HIM, LAID IT ON THE GROUND. SOMEHOW THE GRIZZLY LET ME GO AND THE CHARGED MARK AGAIN. THAT’S WHEN I MADE THE DECISION TO JUST RUN FOR MY LIFE. REPORTER: RESCUERS AIR LIFTED CHUBON TO THE HOSPITAL IN WYOMING. NOW, HE’S BACK IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH STILL VISIBLY WOUNDED, BUT ABLE TO WALK. EMOTIONALLY, HE’S GOT A LONG RECOVERY AHEAD. >> THE APPROACH THAT HE TOOK IN DEALING WITH THE BEARS PROBABLY SAVED MY LIFE. REPORTER TONIGHT AS HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER, HE TELLS US THA MARK LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN. KELLY: A LOCAL NEWSPAPER IN JACKSON HOLE IS REPORTING TRAPPERS WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE AND KILL THE TWO BEARS BELIEVED TO BE BEHIND THE ATTACK. WE REACHED OUT TO WILDLIFE OFFICERS TO CONFIRM THAT INFORMATION, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD Advertisement 'This is how I'm dying': New Smyrna Beach hunter recalls bear attack that killed guide in Wyoming Share Shares Copy Link Copy A News Smyrna Beach man attacked by a bear on a hunting trip in Wyoming spoke Sunday to WESH 2 News.Corey Chubon survived the attack, but the guide, Mark Uptain, did not.Chubon and Uptain were bow hunting Thursday evening in Jackson, Wyoming and shot and elk. Unable to find the elk Thursday, the pair left and went back to pack it out Friday. As they were preparing to take the animal out, two bears attacked them. "I don't even know if I would ever even imagine seeing something like that happening in my life," Chubon told WESH 2 News. "In probably one of the most poignant moments of all of it, when that bear did have me by the back of the leg, thinking to myself, this is it, this is my death, this is how I'm dying." Chubon was able to break away and call for help but received injuries to his leg, chest, and arm. "I tried to throw the gun to Mark, it didn't make it to him, landed on the ground. Somehow, the grizzly let me go and charged Mark again and that's when I made the decision to just run for my life," Chubon said.Crews flew him to the hospital, and he was able to leave Wyoming Saturday. "The approach that he took in dealing with the bears probably saved my life," Chubon said.Chubon, back in New Symrna Beach, said it feels almost like a dream at this point.He told WESH 2 News that Uptain was a father with five children. A GoFundMe account has been set up for Uptain to help his family with expenses: https://www.gofundme.com/mark-uptain<doc-sep>CORNWALL, New York (WABC) -- An NYPD detective is recovering after being attacked by black bear while off duty.William Orange encountered the bear around 9:30 Sunday night after working on his wife's car.The lights were off when Orange entered his garage. "I heard a growl and saw big teeth and something grabbed my shirt," says Orange who took a swing at the animal. "I hit it with my forearm and just ran. "The father of two was treated at a local hospital after the bear's claws left four long scratches on his chest and stomach. The bear's paw tore through the T-shirt he was wearing.Orange was given a tetanus shot and is being treated with antibiotics. He is awaiting medical clearance to return to work. "I guess it could have been a lot worse. It got me, but it's more of a graze," he says. "I'll be alright. "The state DEC has set up a trap in Orange's yard in case the bear comes back again. If it is caught, they will relocate the bear.----------<doc-sep>Lately, he’d taken to keeping the household garbage in the garage, because bears and other animals would get at it when he left the cans at the top of his garage<doc-sep>
CORNWALL – As an NYPD detective, William Orange has seen his share of danger over the years. He didn’t expect to find it in the garage at his home in Cornwall. But then Orange came face-to-face with a black bear Sunday night. The 46-year-old father of two had been working on his wife’s car and then left the garage for a while. When he returned about 9:30 p.m., it was dark. “I was feeling my way along the wall (for the light switch), when I heard a growl and I saw big teeth,” Orange said Wednesday. The bear swatted at Orange, tearing through his t-shirt and leaving several deep claw marks across his chest and stomach. “I threw a wild swing at him to get him off me, and then I ran wildly out of there,” Orange said. He safely got back inside the house off of Mineral Springs Road, and his wife called 911. The Cornwall Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded. “They treated me there, but they said it was probably best to go to the hospital,” Orange said. At the Newburgh campus of St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, Orange was given a tetanus shot, and he’s being treated with antibiotics. He got word Wednesday he won’t need rabies shots. “My doctor said if it had been rabid, it probably would have finished me off,” Orange said. Orange lives in a very rural, wooded part of Cornwall, and bears have been spotted in the neighborhood before. About six years ago, a mother bear and two cubs came on his property. But it’s usually a case of live and let live. Orange figures the bear was attracted by garbage they keep in the garage. After a few days off duty, Orange has gotten the all-clear to return to work. “I go back tomorrow,” he said Wednesday. mrandall@th-record.com