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Me, I guess

Why the hell wasn't I notified?

Well, obviously you got the message

I had to hear it on the goddamn radio

Hey, I'm glad to hear that uh, you turn it on these days

If youll excuse me, gentlemen

Aw, thats okay, Hallitt,

I was just leaving

I want to see that report on...

Kelly..

Okay, lets hear it

What the hell happened out there?

One of our bears got lonesome

It wanted a little action

Its not funny

Not supposed to be

What are you going to do?

Well, I've got men out on the field

I put R3 and R4 off-limits to campers

And I think we can contain it in that area

Okay

This time,

you keep me informed all the way

And when this thing is over with

I want a full investigation

Investigation?

What kind of investigation?

We have a responsibility to the public.

I mean it's my head

This bear is supposed to be in the high country

That's where we put it

Two possibilities..

Either he came back..

or you didn't do your job

No way

We tagged every one of those bears

Arthur Scott knows

every bear that's in this forest

No way he could have missed one

Okay, then Scott's the man I want to talk to

Now, you get him on the wire

and get his ass down here

Kelly!

I hope I'm not talking to myself

I read you... loud and clear

We interrupt this program

to bring you a special news bulletin

Two young women were savagely killed last night

by what the local authorities believe to be

a large bear

Michael Kelly, ranger in charge of operations

orders all backpackers in the high country

to evacuate the area immediately

Campers in all other areas of the park

should not venture

in the upper regions

until the rangers are certain the bear

has been apprehended

and the areas declared safe

If anyone should see this animal

please contact your local authorities

or the park ranger service immediately

Stay tuned to 1060 NEWS for further up-to-the-minute news bulletins

If Scottie is not in the office, where is he?

I was on the field..

You mean you...

won't connect me or you can't connect me?

Well, you listen to me you little..

I've got 2 girls, aages 19 to 20

broken to the bone

So don't give me any of your bullshit about regulations

Now, you get Scottie on that field phone

or you're going to be in the unemployment line tomorrow morning.

You get that?

Yeah, I'm still here

Sit down

No.. no...

What the hell's the matter with you down there.

I gave strict orders..

Who is this?

It's Kelly, Scottie. Kelly!

Kelly, do you know what you just did?

I had a whole family of deer up here

I've been following them,

living with them

and you scared them off

What happened?

Its a bear.. killed two girls, but..

a funny thing happened

is that he buried one of them

But bears do that anyway

They cover their kill in a shallow grave

Then they go away.

They come back later and finish eating

Look, Kittridge is holding you and me responsible, so..

just pack it up and get your carcass

here as fast as you can

Alright

Who's Scott?

He's a naturalist attached to this department

You know,

I think he knows every bear

in this forest personally

You guys really love what you doing, don't you?

Yeah.. I do

I really do

It sure has changed my values around

Changed your values?

How Kelly?

Well...

I had a perfect plan for fame and fortune

So what happened?

I took a shortcut

I married this beautiful lady

Just by chance she

was filthy rich

Trouble was, we were both mercenaries

And after a while, I just wanted out.

I couldn't take it anymore

You left?

Well, it was a little more subtle than that

I made believe I was having an affair

Got turned around

So I sold all my holdings.

Gave to the Salvation Army,

and became a ranger

That turned her off

You're lying , aren't you?

What do you think?

I really don't care

Well, were down in Area 3 already.

I dont think hes going to come down this far

These woods are so damn thick

you can't see anything anyway

Yeah, he could be hiding anywhere

Well, one thing's for sure

He's not around here

Look,

why don't you go over and take a break

I'll go up to Powder Ridge and check it out

and be back in fifteen minutes

Good. I'm going to set my feet in the stream

Okay

Have another drink?

When will I stop remembering?

It should tke about 25 years

Jesus.. Poor Tom

He liked her,

didn't he?

There's something I'm not doing!

Sure, you're not killing the bear

I don't think I'm cut out for this

You know what I enjoy?

Giving lectures around a campfire ...

showing slides ...

Taking long rides in the woods...

Watching the animals

For a man who thought of himself a mercenary

you did pretty fine

Oh yeah. There is a killer bear out there

and I'm sitting right here crushing ice cubes in my mouth

Where the hell is that damn Scott?

He'll be here.

And there's nothing else you can do but wait

Oh yes there is. Except I'm too paralyzed

is what it is

You better have another drink

No

How about another ice cube?

Yeah

You know Don, I want to thank you for helping us out

Sure going to make finding that bear a lot easier

Maybe's got some kind of favorite cave

No, the reason we can't find him is..

he's moving

And he has a few million acres to cover his tracks

Well, if it goes near a clearing

we might just pick him up

Can you get this thing any closer?

No.. negative

Too much downdraft today

It might push it into the trees

Feel like I've been.. wearing these things permanently

Have you locked into any of its patterns yet?

You know, bears got patterns

Patterns, yeah patterns.

He likes women.. keeps moving

-Sort of like me ...

-Always trolling

Yeah, yeah

What about that fillly you been riding?

Oh.. I didn't know it was that way now

No offense, my man

Hey.. take her down.

I think I see something

Oh boy! That might be our baby

Hold it, Kelly!

Are you crazy?

What the hell are doing up here?

Trying to find your bear!

Well youre supposed to be down at camp.

Kittridge is been all over me!

You better tell him that man

that bear is not one of ours

- You sure?

- Positive!

Well you.. still should have come on down

Why? I can do better on my own

You almost got your tail shot off!

Hee hee. Almost!

Well, if you ain't a big bag of grits

What the hell you'd done

if you had caught that big brown?

It isn't a big brown

It's a grizzly!

Grizzly?

There ain't no grizzlies up here

I used to hunt these woods for years.

It can't be a grizzly

Come on Scottie, they were killed off

years ago. Big bounty hunt, remember?

This one survived

I.. I'm telling you.

It can't be

I'm telling you we got a grizzly, and thensome

Guys, I'm a little bushed

Can I hitch a ride back with you?

Yeah, come on

You know, the average grizzly, he's about 7 feet tall

Some are shorter

This one here is at least 15 feet

Oh no. Maybe in Alaska, just maybe,

but not down here

Right here.

I just checked the claw marks on the tree

Now, that means

he's established his territory ...

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