ststephen
08-11-2011, 09:36 AM
I just learned about this but the case has been going on for a while. I guess this woman in Laytonville CA (a tiny town about 3 hours north of SF in Mendocino county) had turned her home into a "spa for bears".
Here is a description from an earlier article about her:
Gravier, known to almost everyone as the "Bear Woman," is scheduled to be arraigned in Mendocino County Superior Court on Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of feeding big game. She is accused of turning her home into a bear Shangri-la, buying as much as 6,000 pounds of rolled and cracked corn every month and storing it in a 40-foot long shipping container.
Her oafish friends were given names like Smiley, Goofy, Connie, Biggie and Wombat. She admitted to setting up a kiddy pool on her deck for wallowing, and fixing peanut butter sandwiches for her guests, sometimes mixing in glucosamine to ease the arthritis pain in older bears.
Here are some links to articles on her:
Sentencing Deferred (http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ci_18659183)
Original Arrest (http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-09-27/news/24099047_1_feed-free-e-editions-print-edition)
Here is a description from an earlier article about her:
Gravier, known to almost everyone as the "Bear Woman," is scheduled to be arraigned in Mendocino County Superior Court on Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of feeding big game. She is accused of turning her home into a bear Shangri-la, buying as much as 6,000 pounds of rolled and cracked corn every month and storing it in a 40-foot long shipping container.
Her oafish friends were given names like Smiley, Goofy, Connie, Biggie and Wombat. She admitted to setting up a kiddy pool on her deck for wallowing, and fixing peanut butter sandwiches for her guests, sometimes mixing in glucosamine to ease the arthritis pain in older bears.
Here are some links to articles on her:
Sentencing Deferred (http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ci_18659183)
Original Arrest (http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-09-27/news/24099047_1_feed-free-e-editions-print-edition)