Field journal, v4159
Page 479
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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