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Page iii Mark of the Grizzly True Stories of Recent Bear Attacks and the Hard Lessons Learned Scott McMillion

Page iv 1998 by Scott McMillion Published by Falcon Publishing, Inc. Helena, Montana 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 TP 03 02 01 00 99 98 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Design, typesetting, and other prepress work by Falcon, Helena, Montana Cover photo by Donald M. Jones. Printed in Canada. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data: McMillion, Scott, 1956 Mark of the grizzly / by Scott McMillion. p. cm. ISBN 1-56044-636-6 (pbk.) 1. Grizzly bear. 2. Bear attacks. I. Title. QL737.C27M3595 1998 599.784dc21 98-16427 CIP

Page v To Peggy, who lives with bears.

Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Treat It Right 1 Big Trouble in Banff 21 A Bear of a Job 35 In the Box 49 Red Hot Chili Pepper 59 A New Kind of Scared 73 A Picture to Die For 81 Grizzly Robocop 103 Good Luck in Low Country 117 The Cost of Curiosity 129 Warm Spell 141 Last Run at McHugh 155 Dinner Bells? 169 A Friend in Need 179 You've Got to Wonder 187 Suffering the Fools 201 The Honeymooners 211 The Bear's Story 223 Bears Are Important 231 Epilogue: Mark of the Grizzly 247

Page ix Acknowledgments I could not have written this book without the help of many people. Researchers, scientists, doctors, veterinarians, and "bearocrats" both in the United States and Canada went out of their way to assist, to provide insight, and to correct my often faulty thinking. They include, but are by no means limited to, Bruce McLellan in British Columbia and Brian Horejsi in Alberta; Kevin Frey, Steve Frye, Amy Vanderbilt, Tim Thier, Rick Schoening, Dale Becker, Keith Aune, Dr. John Murnane, Dr. Tom Roffe, Dave Moody, Dan Reinhart, Marsha Karle, Wayne Brewster, Dr. Mary Meagher, and Kerry Gunther in the lower forty-eight states; Rick Sinnott, John Quinley, Dr. John Middaugh, Dr. Jim Scully, Bob Barbee, and Dick Shideler in Alaska. Others provided help in many ways. My sister and brother-in-law, Laura and Randy Van Diest, who introduced me to Alaska many years ago, provided bed and refuge when it was sorely needed. So did Jim and Mary Hasbrouck. My mother helped in ways she can't even imagine, and Tusco Heath gave me, without knowing it, a piece of advice I'll always remember. Dan Sullivan gave some good directions, and Steve and Jamie Potenberg helped with editorial advice and friendship. Newspaper reporters around the country were almost always the people who first ferreted out the bear stories in this book, doing it under deadline pressures that few people appreciate. I owe a special

Page x debt to Natalie Phillips (who also makes a mean caesar salad) and Craig Medred of the Anchorage Daily News, to Ben Long and Jim Mann of the Daily Interlake in Kalispell, Montana, and of course to my good friend and colleague Joan Haines. Shawn Vestal, Bill Wilke, and Rick Coffman helped with patience and support when I needed it. To anybody interested in further reading about grizzly bears I recommend Doug Peacock's Grizzly Years, which tells the best bear story out there and, more importantly, shows us what bears do for the soul. Gary Brown's Great Bear Almanac is an invaluable resource, as is The Sacred Paw by Paul Shepard and Barry Sanders.

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