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Old Faithful to Mammoth
312.
Trumps on
July 28, 1932
some discomfort. But those
which were sprayed more than
once returned to the car within
a few minutes, which event
occasioned the second and even
the third spraying. The experiment
still seems to be a failure.
In covering this portion of
the loop road we encountered
23 bears. Their distribution was
as follows:
Thiefule, 6 adults, 2 cubs
Lakes, 3 adults.
Fishing Bridge, 5 adults, 2 cubs
Canyon 5 adults.
At 'Fishing Bridge the bear
situation has sufficiently become
aggravated. There have been
so many raids that the
campers are in an uproar.
A petition, signed by more than
40 of the permanent campers,
requesting that bears be shot,
or else the camp ground fenced
was presented to the superintendent.
Last night some camper
shot a bear in the camp ground.
The camper who did the
shooting has not been identified!
The wounded bear, a very large