Blood Lure Notes

Anna Pigeon-Park Ranger (Waterton Glacier International Peace Park & Natchez Trace Parkway[Miss.])

Joan Rand- Biologist; works with Anna; Studies Grizzly Bears; workaholic; divorced with 2 kids (2 Living Luke & John & 2 Stillborn)

Rory VanSlyke-About 17; cleans & helps with parks; works for Earthwatch

Ursus Horribilis- Grizzly Bears; eat bulbs, berries, ground squirrels & dead meat; hump on back

"Brew Shed" had cow's blood and fish flotsam (DNAmite)

Anna, Joan &Rory carry Pepper Spray to fight of bears

Rory is a sherpa that will give his life to keep the research & paying to go

Group to check for hair and scat in Backcountry

*Kate Kendal-researcher w/ US Geographical Survey & NPS

*Lester VanSlyke- Rory's Dad

*Carolyn VanSlyke- Rory's Step mom

*Molly-Anna's sister; psychiatrist

Anna is a cop in the park

Joan's 2 Kids are Luke & John (live w/ Dad in Denver)

Barbed wire is attached to trees to get a fur sample from bears

*Geoffrey Micholsen/ Nicholsen-found in backcountry

Traps had 80ft of barbed wire strung tree to tree 50 cms above ground

Blood Lure called DNAMite

Skunk used as a lure

Rory's Mom-Cool, Lawyer Dad-low level # cruncher

Someone was digging up Glacier lilies

Yelling helps bears get afraid & not attack

Tent found open

Joan refers to Rory as Luke

*Harry Ruick-Chief Ranger, not usually in field

*Gary Bradley-Bear team; Young

Gary Reports a body

*Vic-Married, seasonal worker for service

Body found mangled, no face, skin & limbs missing, killed by a human, woman

Body was hung up in a tree @ camp to keep from bears

*John Brown-Chief ranger at Natchez Trace Parkway; went to Federal Law Enforcement Training Center w/ Ruick

Rory left his tent because he had diarrhea

Carolyn had gone & not been found; Les was relieved? 

Bill McCastle-Man seen w/ Carolyn; camping alone; handsome; not cheerful; not answering truthfully

Packer's Roost-Staging area for Going to the Sun Road

Harry makes a sexist remark calling Anna "Girl Friday"

Bill McCaskil told to be checked out

Zach is from Michigan

Illegally parked horse trailer shows up from begining of the book

Anna has a nightmare of a bear coming to her window

Rory scratched the screen of Anna's window like in her dream a bear did

Rory leads Anna to the equiptment area far from people

Rory defends his father

Rorty threatens Anna with saying he'll say she sexually assaulted her

Anna gets Rory's threat and other information on tape secretly

*Mr & Mrs Roger Heidleman-Told Anna of McCaskil; From Detroit

Anna finds out that Les was abusted by Carolyn

Carolyn didn't like Les after they married

    She said "I must have been out of my head marrying you when I'd only known you five months. Five fucking months. God. By month six I knew I'd made one hell of a mistake, that's for sure."

Carolyn is very picky

Carolyn hit Les with a stool

Carolyn put Les in hospital twice; ruptured ear drum & broken collar bone

Molly-Rory's biological mother

****Horse Trailer Mentioned Again****

    Parked off road in North Side

    Location coverd by brush

    1974 Ford Truck with Florida Licence

    Trailer Gutted, No Plates, Nothing inside

    Truck is registered to Carl G. Micou of Tampa

*Zach-Anna's late husband

Les loooked depressed as though he'd been crying when Ruick & Anna went to interogate him

Carolyn was killed by a sudden hard blow with something soft which cracked her neck and severed her spinal cord

*Ponce-10 yr old packhorse helping Anna

Joan stayed in the same campsite as they did when attacked

    bears usually strike like lighting, sameplace twice

Anna finds blood smeared in a trail of leaves

Anna finds a pack in a tree with blood

In the pack was Carolyn's face

Anna prayed for guns

McCaskil left camp between 8-8:30PM

Anna goes up Cathedral Peak on foot alone

Grizzlies were up in small dins

Anna thinks that people would want to go up to get pictures of grizzleys

Grizzley claws and humps help digging

Ana comes up with the idea of a boy being raised by grizzleys-Werebears

Bears come out to feed on moths

Sow & 2 cubs saw Anna

    Anna Remained close to the ground but needed to stand and yell

    Anna couldn't run

    Bear decides to let Anna go

A person was neaking around and digging with a shovel

    Footprints seen

        Men's 10-101/2, old cross training; man knock-kneed

Anna hears something like a human

A rockslide set off by a Non-Bear Non-Human figure

    Thought to have heard one gunshot fired

While Anna slept she thought he heard, smelt & felt a bear & dog's breath

A water bottle was placed near Anna which was hers because in red Nail Polish it read "Pigeon"

    Got it free from the Clinton Mississippi Health Club

    Had 2 dents...one in plastic, one punctured though

    Bottle set carefully upright so that water wouldn't drip out

    Toothmarks on it

Water in bottle not poisoned

Anna's pack was opened

Camera wthere with no film, flashlight smashed, notes gone, radio gone, water filter gone

Anna finds two women from Oberlin Ohio

    Describe a boy (Rory) crying

Large poles are used to casche food

Anna interviews Les

    Carolyn slept around

Carolyn had sex & was open about it

Bill McCaskil AKA Bill McLellan, Bill Fetterman & Will Skillman

    Born in Sarasota FL

Fetterman's Adventure Trails found in Tampa

    Registered to trailer

    George & Suzanne Fetterman

        George died 6 weeks ago

Carl G. Micou-died

Geoffrey Micou

Bathasar-Bearboy=6 months ago

Trailer in park 6 wks ago

    Registered to Carl Micou (Worked for Fetterman)

Large Grizzley seen

    Thought to be Alaskin

Stick makes sound of a gunshot

Anna attacked by bear but did not get hurt by it

dog biscuit was a pellet for feeding

Black Bear more likely to eat a human

Anna's knee is shattered

    No radio or flashlight

Rory is burnt

Someone is holding Anna, Joan and Rory hostage w/ a Shotgun

Taco-Anna's Dog