Ghost Grizzlies: Does the great bear still haunt Colorado? 3rd ed. Paperback – April 1, 2009

This is a great story that leaves many wondering if the great bear still exists in Colorado. David Peterson does a superb job of putting all of the pieces together, and if you frequent the South San Wilderness of Colorado, you keep an keen eye out for bears with a shoulder hump, "dished" face, and extra long claws. In my many trips to the area, I have yet to spot the mighty grizz, but the land is big and it's not easy to get to all the places that a grizz could hide. A good "bear knowledgeable" friend swears he saw a grizzly in the eastern Weminuche in the summer of 2002, so it leaves me wondering. Back to the book, if you love a great factual based story, that plays out all the angles of the potential for grizzlies in the rugged mountains of southwestern Colorado, then you MUST have this book. This is a much more complicated issue than one realizes before reading this book.

This is a great book about how some species can dramatically change their lifestyle in order to avoid human detection. It goes to show that we don't know as much about our environment ( or the species we share it with) as we think we do.

This book was an Interesting read as I live in the Southern San Juansand know some of the people and the area well.

Author is not the best writer, and he keeps harping on the killing of grizzlies. Too much harping, takes up too much type

Well written. Fun and informative.

Good read!! What if?

I read the 1st ed. years back and it is probably somewhere in the back of one of my book shelves. This updated 3rd edition with the fabulous newly designed cover, now sits on my coffee table for everyone to pick up and have a look!