By Kaylin Paschall, TME

The headline above was published in the April 12, 1973 edition of The Mountain Enterprise, capping a short article about a bear that had been killed on Interstate 5 near Gorman. The photo of the deceased bear is on page 14 along with the original article.

Bears have been the topic of many conversations lately. Many residents are concerned about…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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This edition of The Mountain Enterprise published in April of 1973 showed an image of a bear that had been killed moments earlier.

This is an anonymously submitted image of a bear on a railing with a food bowl at its snout, in Pine Mountain Club, believed to be in the neighborhood where a bear was shot and killed with an arrow last week.

The deceased 350-pound bear on shoulder of I-5 in 1973

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This is part of the July 29, 2022 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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