COOKE CITY (LALATE) – Yellowstone nearby bear attack victim Deb Freele reveals how she survived. Yellowstone neighboring bear(s) killed one and injured two yesterday at Soda Butte Campground.

Simply put, Deb says she survived by acting dead as the bear ate at her bones. While a hideous revelation, Freele tells news that it was means by which she survived.

She tells GMA Thursday “A split second before something told me something was wrong. I woke up and the bear bit down on me. I haven’t even moved. I screamed and he bit down harder. He continued to bite and shake and I could hear my bones breaking.”

“I decided I was going to play dead…. After a few seconds, he loosened his grip and he left.”

The actual attack was five miles from Yellowstone at Soda Butte Campground. The 10 acre area is in Gallatin National Forest. Soda Butte, Chief Joseph and Colter were promptly closed Wednesday. Ron Aasheim a spokesman for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said bear attacks like this are not typical. “This is not typical bear behavior…It’s not normal.”