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Blake Gettys
2:55 - 3:29
"So I sat up right into the mouth of bear, and my entire head in its mouth. The top canines were on the back of my head and the bottom teeth had me hooked underneath the jaw and I couldn't get my head out of the mouth. Finally, it relaxed the bite enough that I was able to pull my head out. Just as I did that, the canines came down and cut through my forehead and took my nose off and ripped this open. And I thought I lost that eye because when that flap came down, it filled that eye with blood."
“So I sat up right into the mouth of bear, and my entire head in its mouth. The top canines were on the back of my head and the bottom teeth had me hooked underneath the jaw and I couldn't get my head out of the mouth. Finally, it relaxed the bite enough that I was able to pull my head out. Just as I did that, the canines came down and cut through my forehead and took my nose off and ripped this open. And I thought I lost that eye because when that flap came down, it filled that eye with blood.”
- Speaker
- Blake Gettys
- Timestamp
- 2:55 – 3:29
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kenai Peninsula
- Captured at
- July 3, 2026
From the transcript
So I sat up right into the mouth of bear, and my entire head in its mouth. The top canines were on the back of my head and the bottom teeth had me hooked underneath the jaw and I couldn't get my head out of the mouth. Finally, it relaxed the bite enough that I was able to pull my head out. Just as I did that, the canines came down and cut through my forehead and took my nose off and ripped this open. And I thought I lost that eye because when that flap came down, it filled that eye with blood.