Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Curt Cunningham first encountered the Squirrel Cove Bear while it was still a cub. Not knowing where the creature’s mother was, Cunningham took refuge inside the Cove Restaurant. No mother bear appeared and the cub disappeared into the woods. That was a year or more ago.

interviews, by ZOOM, Skype or email, with Nancy Beach, Laurel Bohart, Curt cunningham, Sandy Hoffman, Derek and Lore Mack-Mumford, and Conservation officer Brad Adams.