Show lava bear no myth lava hears bears are no mth declares the portland oregonians oregonian Oreg Ore onlan gonian A couple of years ago irvin cobb came to oregon to hunt the lava bear lie ile see one and lie he was advised by many ore lonians mho w ho have spent outdoors many years of their lives that that there was no such animal Ho however cobb met one chap at rort fort rock who informed cobb that it if lie he met a lava bear he shoot the alie creature just kick hick em cm to death was the advice well there are lava bears in oregon not very numerous but they do exist one reason why few have been seen Is that they live in the lava beds where a mon man late anre not penetrate more than a couple of huna hundred reI feet for fear of being lost and perishing perls liing dnn dan godsil game warden for lake county who Is in rort portland land says that lie has seen two lava bears one was trapped a year ago by tin an agent of the government biological survey the lava bear Is about abou the size of a n house cat and Is mostly head it looks exactly like the regulation boar bear except for its small size and ns as the old timer told cubb the lava bear have to te be hot for if the hunter can get near enough hp can boot the bear to death the te bear caught last year was in the lava field northeast of fort rock roch |