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Thompson
West Thumb
275.
July 11, 1932
Twenty-one bears are at West Thumb
according to the rangers count. This
is 14 adults & 7 cubs including 1
yearling. Today, at the camp ground,
I saw [illegible] one young brown
which appeared to be about 1/2 yrs. old,
1 black with twin cubs (1 black, 1 brown)
1 large brown, 1 large black, and 1
cub which appeared to be lost.
It remained in a tree for several
hours, when it came down. I was
talking with Ranger Jack McNeill &
did not see it.
John Jay reported taking a bear
& cubs down at the south entrance
this morning. She had been troublesome
when he returned an hour later
to the spot where he had liberated
them they were sitting in the middle
of the road - typical "hold-ups." Jay
also reported that a brown or a black
had been deported within the last
2 weeks. Two bites have occurred
on the Old Faithful-Thumba road.
A woman had her hand bitten by the
black with 3 cubs, as she posed for
picture - this was day before yesterday.
A man had his leg bitten a few
days ago.
As I came by Shooshone Point