People are sending me memories of Ted for possible use in his exhibit. Their memories show how important Ted was in giving people new views of black bears. At the end of Black Bear Field Study Courses back years ago, participants met Ted up close. People wrote that they have not forgotten how Ted gave them a sense of comfort. One said she looked into his eyes from eye level and saw him looking back with love. I’ve seen that, too. An Apache elder, a Medicine Man, got down on his knees, looked into Ted’s eyes and was so overcome with emotion that he had tears running down his face. Ted reacted and started whooting his friendly sounds, licking the man’s face through the fence “almost as if Ted was comforting him” the person said, adding that the man had to be lifted up because his emotional experience with Ted was so overwhelming.
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I want to write a chapter about him in my book. If you have a memory you’d like to share, I’m at
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center