"Where you see a griz, you won't see a black bear—or a white one," says Doug Neasloss, a Kitasoo/Xai'xais wildlife guide. "The black bears give griz plenty of room." Although spirit bears are ...

The white “spirit bear” first appeared on the trail camera Sept. 3, 2022, and last appeared on Sept. 7, 2022, he said. The trail camera owner is a hunting guide in the western U.P. and ...

He added that he did not want to hunt the spirit bear or guide a client to it. "I was not going to let anybody shoot that bear," he said. Yet there is a still a risk the spirit bear will be killed ...

According to a post shared by an Upper Peninsula trekking guide Facebook group, the bear was seen rummaging ... Sometimes people call them spirit bears.

Guests and guide in the Great Bear Rainforest.Credit ... Scanning the dark shoreline around the Big House, I hope a spirit bear might appear for one last gasp – but all is still.

As the lodge’s senior guide, Heather Robinson, puts it: “We never promise spirit bears. What we promise is bears. Lots of bears.” Grizzly numbers have been on the increase in the Great Bear ...