Dane sent me a link this weekend via Twitter to this really interesting film real from the 1940’s. Yes, they used to feed bears by hand and would have nightly shows at the garbage dump with dozens of bears clambering for garbage so tourists could see.
Thanks, Dane.
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Its pretty amazing to see the bears eating out of peoples HANDS. Unbelievable. Park Rangers at the time even put on public trash dump shows for the bears to eat while entertaining visitors. It’s no wonder that it’s so difficult to ween the bears off of human junk food. Even though the almost nightly adventure of walking around the Curry Village parking lot when Bears are out looking for grocery cars can be fun, it’s pretty damn sad in the end for the bear if they don’t stop or get too aggressive.
Happy trails.