BEAUTIFUL GRIZZLY MAMA BEAR YOU WILL LIVE IN MY HEART FOREVER YOU WERE A GOOD MOTHER AND BRAVE BEAR I AM SO HURT BY LOSING YOU🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My heart is soo broken words cannot explain the hurt I am feeling. You were the greatest mother to your cubs and you will never know the joy you brught to me as you got me thrugh Covid. Rest in Peace sweet mama and you were a beautiful classy lady.
🌻🌼🌷 I also owe a lot to this Beautiful Creature Mama Bear. ❤ Rest in peace the Queen of the Tetons. You always live in our hearts. May the angels watch over your beloved son Spirit. ❤
Some comments from an ex crash scene investigator...."We arrived in Jackson the night she was killed, (for our semi-annual vacation to see 399). Went to the approximate scene, (they only said "about the 126 mile marker") which is in Lincoln County. The location of the carcass was in Teton County. Now they say it occurred at the 126.9 mile marker, still in Lincoln County. We checked from the 125 to the 127 mile marker and no sign of blood, pre or post crash skids, car parts, nothing to indicate the area of the crash. The blood and drag marks were still on the road 12 miles north though, in Teton County, where the elk carcass was hit. Interesting don't you think? (I'm a retired Crash Investigator so I had to see for myself). They cleaned up the site of 399's death but not where the elk carcass was located (I have video of the blood stained road where the elk carcass was). I was checking the scene as we just couldn't believe she was in the road. it seemed more likely the driver may have been crossing onto the shoulder some and that's how 399 was killed. We may never know how it really happened. We walked the roadway at the publicized location, (126.9 mile marker), and yes, the roadway and the shoulder were cleaned up VERY well. There were no pre-impact skids, blood marks, scuffs, hair, or drag marks, and no post-impact skids or blood stains. I went out to the scene the next morning, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday looking for anything to suggest a crash had occurred - NOTHING. I get it, the Lincoln County Sheriff is trying to keep everyone calm, I guess. But the interview they gave said the Deputies determined, by the damage to the vehicle and size of the bear, the driver was doing the speed limit of 55 MPH. I guess this is new "magic" they have now in determining minimum speeds in crashes. Also, remember, this crash was investigated by the Sheriff's Office, NOT the Highway Patrol, as their Trooper was busy on a rollover DUI crash. I wish they were a little more transparent with their (lack of) investigation. I don't believe 399 would have been in the road or jumped out in front of the vehicle. This is also not a blind spot on the road. We'll never know I guess."
BEAUTIFUL GRIZZLY MAMA BEAR YOU WILL LIVE IN MY HEART FOREVER YOU WERE A GOOD MOTHER AND BRAVE BEAR I AM SO HURT BY LOSING YOU🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Farewell my beautiful sweet 399.You we're special.
My heart is soo broken words cannot explain the hurt I am feeling. You were the greatest mother to your cubs and you will never know the joy you brught to me as you got me thrugh Covid. Rest in Peace sweet mama and you were a beautiful classy lady.
🌻🌼🌷 I also owe a lot to this Beautiful Creature Mama Bear. ❤ Rest in peace the Queen of the Tetons. You always live in our hearts. May the angels watch over your beloved son Spirit. ❤
I'm sure she prepared her son well for adult life. Spirit will make it.
Spectacular Photos!
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So sorry she's GONE!
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FAREWELL, BEAUTIFUL QUEEN!
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Such a beautiful video…ty❤ my heart hurts so bad right now💔😢 praying for little Spirit🙏🏻 rest in peace mama Queen..you will be missed💔💔💔
I love you bears
Very sad 💔💔💔💔💔 How does this happen after 28 yrs being safe?????
Thanks for sharing
Some comments from an ex crash scene investigator...."We arrived in Jackson the night she was killed, (for our semi-annual vacation to see 399). Went to the approximate scene, (they only said
"about the 126 mile marker") which is in Lincoln County. The location of the carcass was in Teton County. Now they say it occurred at the 126.9 mile marker, still in Lincoln County. We checked from the 125 to the 127 mile marker and no sign of blood, pre or post crash skids, car parts, nothing to indicate the area of the crash. The blood and drag marks were still on the road 12 miles north though, in Teton County, where the elk carcass was hit. Interesting don't you think? (I'm a retired Crash Investigator so I had to see for myself). They cleaned up the site of 399's death but not where the elk carcass was located (I have video of the blood stained road where the elk carcass was). I was checking the scene as we just couldn't believe she was in the road. it seemed more likely the driver may have been crossing onto the shoulder some and that's how 399 was killed. We may never know how it really happened. We walked the roadway at the publicized location, (126.9 mile marker), and yes, the roadway and the shoulder were cleaned up VERY well. There were no pre-impact skids, blood marks, scuffs, hair, or drag marks, and no post-impact skids or blood stains. I went out to the scene the next morning, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday looking for anything to suggest a crash had occurred - NOTHING. I get it, the Lincoln County Sheriff is trying to keep everyone calm, I guess. But the interview they gave said the Deputies determined, by the damage to the vehicle and size of the bear, the driver was doing the speed limit of 55 MPH. I guess this is new "magic" they have now in determining minimum speeds in crashes. Also, remember, this crash was investigated by the Sheriff's Office, NOT the Highway Patrol, as their Trooper was busy on a rollover DUI crash. I wish they were a little more transparent with their (lack of) investigation. I don't believe 399 would have been in the road or jumped out in front of the vehicle. This is also not a blind spot on the road. We'll never know I guess."