Yellowstone 1954

[crawdiddy]

Nobody said "a fed bear is a dead bear" until the early 1970s.

 

[chris00nj]

How dangerous... your Dad probably wasn't even in a car seat! How did he survive?!

 

[athos]

Hi, greg...

I no longer have my old Argus AF but I still have my 1954 Pontiac, Chieftian Deluxe, four door, flathead straight eight with Hydromatic and six-way MANUAL seat. We summer in Tampa near the north end of Dale Mabry. I envy your year-round status.

 

[dave lackey]

Dang...sure does look like a guy in a bear suit!😱

Great pics!

 

[Novem]

It makes me think of when I went there as a kid also, but the first thing that came into my head was the first or second Faces of Death movie....oh that was messed up! that footage will be burned into my memory long after I cant even remember my own name.

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Jellystone?....isn't that where Yogi Bear lived? (remember him? ) 😀

 

[lewis44]

Yellowstone 1994.

You got me going through and scanning some old stuff

On the road from Yellowstone to Cody

 

[fergus]

Jellystone?....isn't that where Yogi Bear lived? (remember him? ) 😀

And let's not forget Boo Boo 🙂

 

[gdi]

Those are great shots - you have to love the old Kodachromes.

And, BTW, here is some footage that shows just how dangerous these animals can be. Be careful out there....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FARnbRBWKGg

 

[Michael Markey]

From this side of the pond ..they look great also.Hope that you project them 🙂

 

[wgerrard]

Here's what I always wonder about feeding bears: What happens when the food runs out? Do the bears go away? Do you say, "No more food, Mr. Bear" and watch them amble away politely?

Those who have been to Cape Town and driven down to the cape will have seen the baboons who can get rather upset if no one throws food at them. There's video someplace of a several essentially tearing a car apart.

 

[fergus]

Here's what I always wonder about feeding bears: What happens when the food runs out? Do the bears go away? Do you say, "No more food, Mr. Bear" and watch them amble away politely?

The well-mannered bears wait patiently for food...

 

[robklurfield]

"Do I have any brains left?" Great question coming from a guy who seems to have none to begin with.

It was absolutely 'nuts' to venture out of the car in a situation like that. Bears are unpredictable and difficult to read. Last time I was in Yellowstone (1991) a tourist had just been attacked by a bear and bitten in the face (they usually do that). When the guy woke up again at the hospital, he had asked; 'do I have any brains left?' according to the local radio.

We have just had two recent fatal bear attacks here in Scandinavia. A hunter with dog in Sweden and a Finish policeman out jogging in Finland.

 

[robklurfield]

I love the shots even if grandpa did some that we modern folk consider to be foolhardy.

A couple Kodachrome Slides I ran across this afternoon- Taken in 1954 in Yellowstone by my Grandfather with an Argus C4 which I still have. The car is a '54 Pontiac by the way- my dad was inside feeding the bears marshmallows. 🙄

 

[kipkeston]

This is surprising. I don't think bears do this anymore. Not to mention I think if anyone saw you feeding a bear, someone would have the rangers on your ass. Great shots.