Wyoming’s Grizzly 399 is the most famous bear on the planet and has the world on edge each spring wondering if and when she’ll emerge from hibernation — and she’s done it again.
Grizzly 399 was spotted late Sunday with her huge cub in tow.
Longtime Wyoming wildlife photographers Tom Mangelsen and Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven told Cowboy State Daily that there had been reports of 399 and her cub Spirit being spotted “briefly” late Sunday.
Early Monday, Vangoidtsenhoven said the sighting had been confirmed.
“One person saw her last night. It’s confirmed,” he said. “So far this morning no new sightings, but I just found tracks of her and Spirit.”
Mangelsen and Vangoidtsenhoven have documented 399 and her various cubs frequently over the years.
And Mangelsen helped take her to new levels of fame earlier this year. His work was used extensively for the documentary film “399: Queen of the Tetons”.
At age 28, 399 is of an advanced age for a grizzly as members of her species rarely make it into their 30s. And she’s also one of the oldest mama bears on record.
However, experts have said they have little doubt that she’ll live at least long enough to raise Spirit to age 2, sometime next year when the cub will be old enough to strike out on his own.
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