Thanks very much for putting this together Deanna! 🙂 It was a challenging year in many ways, most notably old friends that didn't show up and of course 128j and 402. In my gut I don't think we have seen the last of numerous Bears and will get some surprise returns next season! ❤🐻
She left quite a legacy. What a mother she was. Her death broke my heart. It really did. It will continue to affect me. Just the way she was killed broke me. It's nature but she was needed. Why did 469 take her life we will never know. She did such a good job and will forever be cherished.
Thanks for the great summary. There was some good stuff, but unfortunately also a lot of sad stuff. I hope that next season the missing bears will come back to Katmai.❤️🐻❤
Thank you! It was a great 1st season for me. I grew to love each and every bear through the Good times and difficult times. Katmai is a miraculous place. Lets all do our part to help this Heavenly place continue to thrive! ❤
Deanna, thank you for such a wonderful vid. I enjoy watching our bear, but have a difficult time identifying most. You shared a great pic of Otis, featuring his sweet little crumpled ear & obvious: #7 on his ribs. ❤ Also Holly, Princess, Cubadult, Backpack, Jolly, & so many others were highlighted. I appreciate your hours of hard work and dedication. This was a painful spring/summer waiting for many to return that did not. Yet, thru vids like these, we can still watch them, smile, & reminisce. Thanks again Deanna. I'll....a) share with my sister & b) save it for myself. Blessings 😊
So terrifying when the 2 cubs went over the falls and she was right there to defend them against potential attack from adult bear. Similar to what happened this year with Grazers cubs. Are the 4 bears shown at the end, all her living grown-up cubs? I think Hedgie is adorable!
She seemed a very sweet bear with a lot of chapters to her book. Is the last spot on this wonderful video , the place she got attacked. What a weird bear to eat her. Such a strange ending for her. RIP 402
What a wonderful tribute. A magnificent bear. I was crying for her at the end. I had hoped her end would've been peaceful. Thank you for posting this. ❤❤❤❤ Do you know how her last cub is doing?
Today was the day I could watch it, and you gave such a beautiful gift in creating this video of her. Somehow this bear really became part of my soul. I still sob when I think of how she left us. And there’s part of me that still can’t completely believe she’s gone. I’m glad that she’s loved, remembered and will never be forgotten ❤
I never realized how hard their life is till seeing this, what a special momma so hard to think how she died, so sad, may she run in the heavens with her lost cubs and be at peace....she was beautiful..thank you for this..
Just tears for our beautiful 402. Definitely gone too soon. I will never forget the joy I felt watching her on the cams. I will miss her and remember her for as long as I walk this earth.
I wonder if this place was all she knew ,so dangerous but she stayed, She had bad luck bumping into 469 cause he was different from the bears she knew ,rip beautiful sweet 402
Thank you for a beautiful tribute to a beautiful bear and my heart is breaking and if there is a bear heaven i pray she is there. Thank you for sharing.
*Please put warnings of graphic and disturbing images. I won't ever watch one of these again, because of the one that caught me off-guard concerning 402. No one wants to see the moments as the attacking bear beginning his death battle. I saw that and my heart just crumbled. To remember her is NOT to see the moment when she was ambushed and must have been so distressed. I know it left ME distressed and I refuse to watch any more as there are NO warning for those of us who are trying to avoid those brutal scenes for our own mental health management. It stopped being a tribute when it included her most horrifying moments as we knew they were her last. And I've already seen this one on live camera and don't wish to relive that other. Memorials should highlight and honor their LIFE, not the horrors of their injury and death.
