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Show Bear Carries Off S. L. Tots in Sleeping Bag if. .XY V I : .V'r " &L v I .w , J SAFE AT HOME AFTEB BEING KIDNAPED BY BEAB Curtis J. Butt Jr. show sister Tessie where Yellowstone park bear bit him How two Salt Lake City children chil-dren were kidnaped by a bear in Yellowstone park and one of them torn by the animal's teeth was revealed Wednesday on their return horn. The two are Curtis J. ButU Jr, 14 who still has marks of bear teeth in his right hand and hip and his sister, Tessie. 5, children of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis J. ButU, MU Fifth East street. , And because Mr. ButU ripped the sesl from his .22-caliber rifle to protect his children from further fur-ther atucks he ssid he was de- (Coallnuae on Par FlVf) ACotusta yivai. . J BRUIN ATTACKS S..LCTjLDBEH. (CeeUaoM treat rase Oae) tained by park of flciala more than a day. Tha kidnaping occurred at 1:30 a. m. July 1. "I had pitched our tent at th West Thumb camp and tha children chil-dren war In a sleeping bag near tha tent entrance," Mr. Butts Mid. "I heard a bear sniffing at tha back of tha tent, but wa had boon in tha park before and had never bean molested, so I gave It no particular par-ticular thought Seises Sleepers "Suddenly Curtis yelled, and X rose on ona elbow in time to se th bear aink his teeth Into th sleeping bag and start running." Leaping to his feet, Mr. Butts gave chase. Tha bag opened with a slpper down tha side, and Curtis scrambled scram-bled out, bleeding from wounds en his hand and hip. as tha bear raced down tha rocky hillside. Seventy-five feet from th tent, th bear dropped th sleeping bag and stood at bay. Little Taaala cowered In the bag, her head covered, too frightened fright-ened to move. Cautiously, Mr. Butt crept nee i sr. Moving with deliberate caution that belied the pounding of hia heart, ha slipped one arm Inside tha bag. Hi fingers touched Ts-sie'e Ts-sie'e hair. With a growl, the bear leaped onto the sleeping bag. seised It again in his teeth and ran. Holding tight to his daughter's hair, Mr. Butts pulled her free. Girl Unhurt ' Speechless from fright, sh waa otherwise unharmed. Racing back to his car, Mr. Butts tors the seal from bis rifle, but tha bear had disappeared Into the darkness. "The entir camp was In an uproar up-roar by this time, and we finally located the sleeping bag about a quarter of a mile from the tent," Mr. ButU said. Curtis' wounds were drasssd Immediately and ha soon recovered recov-ered enough to enjoy th remainder remain-der of hia vacation. "I can't remember anything except ex-cept mother's screams," said Curtis, Cur-tis, who waa sound asleep when th bear first seised th bag and hia teeth bit through into the boy's hip and hand. "I wanted to hide so It couldn't bits me," remarked Tessie. Park officials allegedly conferred con-ferred at length as to what they should do because Mr. Butts had removed the seal from hia gun, but all of the tourists who had witnessed the affair sided with the Salt Laker and the matter waa passed over. "But there was a light In every tent la camp next night, and bears were unwelcome visitors," Mr. ButU said. |