The Historic Grizzly

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Roosevelt killed a large bull elk one late afternoon, and while he was hiking out in the dwindling light of dusk, he made a disturbing discovery. He later wrote: "I came upon the huge half-human footprints of a great grizzly, which must have passed by within minutes. It gave me an eerie feeling in the silent, lonely woods, to see for the first time the unmistakable proofs that I was in the home of the lord of the wilderness." 

When Roosevelt returned the next day with Merrifield, they discovered that the bear had been feeding on the elk carcass. They waited in ambush all day, but the animal didn't appear. After sunset, as they were preparing to leave, they heard branches snapping in the nearby forest. The grizzly was coming to the carcass. Unfortunately, it was dark before the bear began pulling and tearing at the dead elk, and Roosevelt dared not risk a shot.   Reply