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Thompson
West Thumb
308
July 26, 1932
housekeeping cabins are the following:
1 brown white 1 bbl cubs
1 fat, 3yr old light brown (tore Buick cushion July 11)
2 lean young browns
People in the cabins were feeding bears all the time I was proximate.
A few days ago, a bear climbed a tree over a tent/cabin, jumped through the roof (tearing it badly) and apparently lit on the bed. The side flaps were also badly torn. There was no food nor occupant in the cabin. The bear is a 4yr old bbl, one with large white spot on breast. The cabin manager says people fed bears from the doors all day. He showed me about 4 cabin doors scratched or ripped by bears.
The cafeteria & housekeeping cabin garbage is picked up about 10 AM each morning & hauled to the dump ground. Hamiltons store handle their own garbage. Their cans sit at the back door of are visited hourly by bears. The public camp ground has a garbage collection every other day.
John Jay Thumb ranger in charge says that 134 different bears have been seen in the region in the last few days. I have seen 13 this morning.