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Mammoth to
Snake Entrance
2701
HOMPSOIT
July 6, 1932
last years cub, and one was a cub of
this year following an adult.
These bears were all on the road,
& were typical "hold up" bears.
He watched the mother & cub for
about an hour. Every car which came
by stopped to see the bears. Most
tried [illegible] at least get pictures. 5 cars
fed the bears. In each case of
feeding the mother bear would
stand on hind feet & put fore paws
against the door. Between cars,
both mother & cub would eat
herbs. (These were picked for specimens
to be reidentified). [illegible] while we
were trying to get a picture of her,
the mother bear repelled our lunch.
In spite of my standing on the fender
shooting & waving my arms, she
came up to the car & stood on her hind
legs offering in past me. I ran around
to the other side of the car to grab
the lunch (& to get the body out of
her way) but she got the lunch
first. He grabbed the shovel
& chased her, yelling & running.
Cub climbed the tree. Tourists laughed.
Bear ran holding lunch in mouth.
Finally she accidentally dropped part of it,
then turned to retrieve it