Grizz 399

[atlas]

In this doc a lot of the managers involved with her talk about the special treatment she receives.
https://www.pbs.org/video/grizzly-399-queen-of-the-tetons-hkkhgw/

 

[Nameless Range]

Been kind of fascinating to see how folks feel about this bear on social media. Bears are cool animals, and bring forth sentiments in the extreme for many on either side of the coin. I've seen diatribes against the driver of the car, poetic tomes of love and anthropomorphism, obituaries from opportunists leveraging the emotions of the crowd to further the largely unrelated, and all sorts of stuff.

Clearly a symbol to a lot of people.

More bears + more people = more incidents = more fodder. It's a comin'.

 

[thomas89]

Little Friday morning poetry for yall!

 

[Doublecluck]

I’ve been crying all night, I can’t believe she’s gone. They should paint roads white and lower the speed limit to 15. Bears should get the same grace as school children.

 

[peterk1234]

Her survival and success to live so many years is a hell of a story. That's a wise animal. It figured out that it can use the presence of humans to keep her cubs safe from boars. I actually felt bad how every Tom Dick and Harry chased her around the park though. Animals deserve better, but that's just me.

At the end of the day it's an animal. And it's quite rare for one to die of old age. I'm kind of glad it was a car and not a hunter that posted on faceplant that he killed 399. The backlash from that one would have been one for the ages.

 

[LuketheDog]

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Little Friday morning poetry for yall!

Call me a cynic, but this lady probably neglects her own kids to hang out with the bears...

 

[Straight Arrow]

Call me a cynic, but this lady probably neglects her own kids to hang out with the bears...

You are a cynic. Like most theories on the web today, absolutely no evidence to support it.
Having said that, I surmise that she is a single bear-woman, with no children.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Bear Lunatic fringe

 

[Bigjay73]

You are a cynic. Like most theories on the web today, absolutely no evidence to support it.
Having said that, I surmise that she is a single bear-woman, with no children.

Crazy cat lady

 

[INMT]

I revere grizzlies. But don’t really care about a singular mama. There are others that do the same without the notoriety. I’ve seen 7 grizz during archery and my hunting partner was bluff charged by a sow with two cubs. Let’s move to state management.

 

[BrentD]

Why do y'all care what others think or feel? I don't get it. Why not move along?

This is as ridiculous as people who care about college football for crying out loud.

 

[manitou1]

For a bear to be that viewable and for that many years and not really get into trouble is amazing. She was a model grizz for sure.

She attacked chewed on several people in her earlier years... out of the lodge in Yellostone.