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Brown bear

Originally uploaded by grabe

Today we took the Misty Fjord cruise on the boat (the St. John) Kim is working on for the summer. It was a sunny day and I managed a sun burn – not an easy feat to accomplish in Ketchikan.

Midway in the trip a brown bear was spotted on the shore. I was using a video camera at the time and have some video, but it is difficult to watch because of the movement. It is difficult keeping a camera trained on a distant object when the object and you are moving.

In the evening, we returned to the spot from which we had previously viewed black bears. We watched a bear that was obviously hurt in some way. The bear was limping badly and seemed to have to rest after moving a short distance. A State Patrolman showed up and after viewing the bear for some time had to kill it with a shot gun when the bear started to move back into the woods. I did not film the final scene.

Sometimes reality can be a little tough.

I can’t claim this final picture. My daughter took it with my camera – her tribute.

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