In calmer days, Smokey the Bear posed with his owner, David McKigney
Date7/2/1978
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McConnell, Colin
(photographer)
Toronto Star (Firm)
(publisher)
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Original Toronto Star caption: In calmer days; Smokey the Bear posed with his owner; David McKigney. The supposedly tame bear attacked McKigney's 30-year-old woman friend in the bedroom of his home near Aurora yesterday. Lynn Orser died later in Sunnybrook Medical Centre. McKigney has often wrestled the 463-pound bear in exhibitions.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001334F
5/28/1978