THIS IS THE FABLED "SPIRIT BEAR". IT IS A SUB-SPECIES OF THE BLACK BEAR AND ONLY IN THIS AREA OF THE WORLD ARE ONE IN TEN BORN WITH A WHITE COAT. THE KITASOO TRIBE BELIEVES THAT THE "CREATOR" WANTS TO REMIND US OF WHEN THE GREAT ICE COVERED THE EARTH WHEN THE WHITE SPIRIT BEAR APPEARS the s.
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