Not much left to say that hasn't been stated so well in these few early comments except to reiterate that it's clear you put much thought and a whole lot of love into this beautiful chronicle of the life of 402. Feelings are still raw yet you managed to so exquisitely put together a fully heartfelt tribute so worthy of her exemplary long bear life including a factually true yet soft 9/30 account that was far overshadowed by her many successful years pictured and narrated so well. Even threw in some perfectly placed moments of levity in just the right dose that brought smiles while keeping with her story. Thank you for this beautiful video.
As a biologist i get that animals die... so I was surprised at the emotions i felt watching the tribute to 402. What a hard yet wonderful bear life she led. ❤ thank you so much for this beautiful tribute to an ordinary yet also extraordinary bear. RIP 402
I just wanted to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for the beautiful video of 402. I started watching her last year with her little Nugget, and she’s truly been an inspiration. I loved her so much, and seeing her this year, getting so fat and doing so well, brought me so much joy. I still can’t believe she went out like that- I’m still mad and it hurts -it really hurts my heart. Thank you for sharing her story and for keeping her legacy alive through these videos. It means the world to me. My poem to 402: 402 on the lip : Yet your strength and your courage, Will remain at the Falls, where the river’s tide, And in every bear who takes up your place, I’ll see you, dear 402, in their eyes, in their grace.
Beautiful! I'm heartbroken too. I'm in love with Nugget too. I will miss my dear Ms. Brooke. I try to block her ending and think that she died peacefully in her favorite spot while hibernating.
As one of God's creatures, she was special. She gave birth to a fan favorite; 503. She did not raise him, Holly (435) did. Holly rescued him and taught him to be good and gentle. Brooke had a lot of babies, but had a poor record of raising them. I cannot say why, there are many opinions though. I'm sorry she's gone, but there are others who are also gone and truly missed...
@@ladyanitaadkins8855 Please tell us about them when you have the chance to. I have heard of the great and beloved bear Otis - able to quaff 42 salmon in one day. But surely there are other legendary tales of these legendary bears. There are several things that enchant me. They are innocent and ferocious. Not many animals in North America can make that claim.
One of the most beautiful tributes I have seen to our amazing 402. I cried, I smiled, I weeped for her lost cubs and I celebrated her resilience. This video brought out all the emotions. I also learned a few things about 402 that I hadn't known before. Thank you so much. 402 is forever in our hearts and will forever be part of Katmai. RIP 402 ❤
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.
Deanna, Thank you for this Beautifully edited and Heartfelt Tribute to 402. Many of us are still mourning the loss so I appreciate the time and effort you put into this! It's Absolutely Perfect!!❤ She was Majestic with her fall weight & Luscious coat!! A Boar Favorite for sure! The image of her and Hedgie last fall sitting together on KRV with the wind blowing their coats is still one of my favs! My most favorite thing to reflect on is the joy she brought us Bearheads with her kicks and paws poping up out of the water as she would dive for Salmon 🐾💦🐟😍. She had a full weekend of diving caught on camera that gave me the chuckles prior to her attack. Again, Thank You & Well Done!! 🙏🏼💗🐻 Farewell 402, Forever she will be a part of Katmai history and in the hearts of those that loved her 🕊️ I'm still holding out hope that Hedgie will appear in the near future to bring us a little peace from this horrible tragedy 🙏🏼
Thank you Deanna for the history of 402, it appears she had many cubs but either they died,got lost or she emancipated. She lived a long life with tragic end so sad..thank you for doing this it gave me much insight into her life.
Thank you for this beautiful, heartfelt and poignant tribute to 402. What an amazing big, beautiful bear who has such a legacy at Katmai/Brooks Falls through her offspring and descendants. I am so sad for the tragic loss of this precious Mama Bear 402. I will remember her lip fishing, relaxing on the spit and diving for fish. 😢🐻❤️
Ty for this beautiful tribute..I didn't realize she lived to be about 26..she was beautiful for her age.. hope hedgie is ok and will return..I miss them both.
Thank you so much for this!! The "Go Away Birds" clip was so wonderful @21:55 I loved 402 and I really didn't realize how hard she fought and how much she endured. What a great dedication to an AMAZING mama bear!! Of everything that happened this season, her death absolutely shocked me the most, and I absolutely just cried for 30 minutes but happy tears were definitely mixed in there.
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..
Dear 402 has crossed the rainbow bridge 🌈 and is with her ancestors and those we've lost at Brooks River. Lovely tribute to such a great, lovely bear. I miss her so much it still hurts. 😢 Rest in paradise dear 402. ❣️
Thank you for all your work in putting this together. I noticed near the end that 402 was one of the few bears that had white claws. That trait goes way back in Katmai bear history. So any some of her surviving cubs may pass that trait on.
This is so very lovely, Deanna. Thank you so much for giving those of us who are latecomers to the joy (and grief) that is Katmai such a wonderful and comprehensive biography of our beloved 402 Brooke. She was one of my entry bears. One of the first I knew by number. I was transfixed by her and Hedgie. Rest in peace in the presence of The Great Bear, dear 402. You are a legend.😊
Thank you for Being part of our lives Bear #402 , you may not be here physically but you are in spirit and through your beautiful Offspring and the cubs from them,, Your memory Just like Little 128 Grazers cub will stay with me For ever you Both are missed but not forgotten ,RIP Mama.
Beautiful Sow and never looked her age right to the very end 🐻❤ 🥰. Not a scar to be seen 🙏🤎✨. Thank you for this Extraordinary History of a Magnificent Bear 👏🐻🥰
What a heartfelt & beautiful tribute to a lovely bear. I enjoyed the thoughtful images & video clips you put together. I am new so didn't know 402 but from this timeline of her long life I can tell she was very special. ❤
This is so very beautiful.....thank you for your heart and care in putting this together. Such a very hard and deeply sad loss and we shall miss her so very much. A bear of all bears....bless 402...
The attack on 402 was a shocking event! So unpredictable and seemingly random will never understand what precipitated this terrible aggression that led to her death....ty for this beautiful video! 💔
As I watched this video I wondered what 402 would say to you thank you for your story of my life thank you for sharing and caring thank you for all the memories but most of all thank you for being you a person with a compassion for me i will never forget you thank you 402
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 ❤
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.
What a beautiful tribute to a very deserving bear a life well lived a woderful legacy left behind and a death she did not deserve may she rest in eternal peace she was so loved i will lean on my faith for things in life i can not understand❤
Oh my goodness, I cried the whole video, big tears down my face ((((( Thank you for the lovely tribute, Deanna. It summed up her long hard but loving life she had. Such a shame she had to leave this way. Beautiful mama bear she was and is.
Ty Dianna. She will always be my flooty girl. She taught us so much, even in the end. Bless your soul beautiful, strong mama bear. I will watch your babes n think of you. I won't ever forget you. As tough as you were,you were just as funny!! This was beautiful, ty again Deanna for the hard work done w
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.
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
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?
Very well done, thank you! What difficult lives they lead, losing so many of their babies! Why would another bear kill a female? Was it a male that did it? She had no cubs to cause a battle.
I was watching this, still feeling sorrow after this beautiful bear was tragically killed. Then it came to the part where the bear that killed her started the fight that ended her life, and I suffered a huge panic attack and started to cry. I have been trying so hard to avoid those images, as I have PTSD from the traumatic death of my husband and seeing anything disturbing like this can set it off. I fumbled with the buttons to stop the video and change it to another. Please Please put a WARNING of graphic and disturbing content on this! It caught me by surprise because I looked toward the end and didn't see any images of the fight, so I thought I was safe. And, I wasn't. I love this bear, and I know this was a labor of love. She lived such a difficult life, and to see the image of her being attacked by nothing short of a predatory attack is horrific to even imagine. Thank you. I don't want anyone with issues like PTSD to be caught off guard. Her story was very touching and moving, but seeing that just smashed my heart into pieces. Again, thank you.
I'm not sure what you saw, but there are no scenes in this video of 402 being killed, or any other bear getting killed. I have one slide that tells that she was killed
@@deelynnd1 It does not show her actually being killed, thank God. But right before the slide which announces the day she died and the number of the bear who killed her, there is a video clip with a caption of the bear initiating the fight with her. She is not bothering anyone and he comes up and begins to engage with her. Then the slide announces she was killed. But seeing her startled and looking up, knowing she'd be in the last fight of her life, is beyond distressing. And it's there. I couldn't X out that screen fast enough, and it's still flashing in my head. And with Grazers cub, we don't see it killed, as it slowly went downhill during the week after the attack. But image of the tiny cub in Chunk's jaws are not the memories any of us want to have. On the cam site, they cautioned people to not post graphic videos or pics that might be disturbing to others. I'm one of those people. Just letting you know there should be a warning, because it can trigger some bad reactions in others who suffer some type of trauma or similar.
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
I can only echo the many voices giving thanks here! Though knowing her as I do now, my heart is that much heavier again. So sad to see her interact with 32, knowing that she is now his food cache. Do you think she's fully consumed by now?
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!
@@deelynnd1-please wait for a year for them. I cannot bear to think we lose either one of them. I am so extremely sad this year to watch the bear cam. I have never even imagined that day would come. I understand I am only an observer but still… Deanna, I have been watching your videos for many years and learning so much from them. Thank you for all the heart you put into making these magnificent videos!!
