Bear Story Update and a Sitka Bear Story

BEAR UPDATE:  The bear was caught and taken to the backwoods by the Fish and Game.  The gal who lives downstairs has not been home since the bear visit.  I wonder if she is going to move out.

PICTURES:  The pictures of the bears are Black Bears from Mendenhall Glacier.  They are not Brown Bears.  Only one Brown has been seen on Douglas and it was last spring.  Browns do not stay around here.  Admiralty Island which is not far from Douglas has some Monster Brown Bears and the one which was seen last spring probably swam from Admiralty to Douglas.  Everyone thinks he went back home because he was only seen once.  The Mendenhall Black Bears are used to people because it is a big tourist attraction.  The Island Bears do not see or care for people.

There is more to the bear story from last week.  Refresher:  My
landlord called last Thursday and told me to be careful going into the
Apartment because there was a bear in the tree and he had been there
all day.  I was in Portland so it didn't impact me.

Today,  my neighbor told me the rest of the story.  The bear broke
into the lower apartment and opened the refrigerator and ate a lot of
food as well as making a mess of the place.  My neighbor showed me
pictures she had of the bear.  He did not look like a full grown bear.
 I see the tree out my window.  I would have had a great view of the
bear if I were here.

The other bear story:  True - sad.  A man died so you may not want to read it.



This Sunday, a Sitka man was reported missing.  He had gone out in his
20 foot skiff fishing Saturday Morning.
Late Saturday, two fishermen found a skiff floating in the water off
of an island.  The men got the boat and went to shore to find the man.
A mad momma brown bear with two cubs ran them off.  The men took off
because it was a dangerous situation for them.  They went into Sitka
and reported the missing skiff and the bears to the authorities.  At
daybreak, the authorities went to check it out.  They found a mauled
man.  They are assuming that it is the 54 year old missing man who
went fishing the day before.

Bears are dangerous