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[gentle music]

[sheep bays]

[bear grunts]

[ominous music]

[sheep baying in distress]

[happy music begins]

[prop plane approaches]

Bet you've never seen this much land

without people or freeways...

- Or smog.

Where are the buildings?

- Tell you what,

let's get a closer look.

- Beautiful isn't it?

- How much farther?

- Look ahead.

- Are we that to land in that little lake?

- Well we'll give it shot, I've never done this before,

it's my first time.

[LAUGH]

I'm just kidding.

- Who's that?

- That's Pete.

- Who is he?

- Pete's a ranger, works with me.

- Welcome to Heartbreak Bay.

- Yeah.

- I'm Peter.

- Hi Pete.

- Step on down there.

Whoa, buddy.

There's plenty of time for a swim later.

- Yeah. Thanks.

- Uh, I never thought I'd see the day,

your Dad got this bag from our Dad

the day he took off for college.

He called it his lucky bag.

- Mom tried to throw it away but Dad said I should have it.

- Your Dad has always had a way of getting whatever he wants.

Come on.

Watch your step.

- So Pete where's the town?

- It's through the trees.

- Through the trees, right.

- So what do you think?

- It's, uh,

it's rustic.

I like it.

- [LAUGH] Rustic.

- Any place to board?

- Well you could probably get a

few good runs on Main Street.

- Yeah it's got a couple of hundred potholes

but there's not a lot of traffic

so you got that going for you.

Your room is over here.

Check it out.

I don't know a whole lot about decorating

so my friend Dakota

helped me fix it up a little bit.

- Cool.

- Okay,

get settled in.

He likes it.

- Cool.

- All right now I'm very well-known around these parts

for my gourmet trout.

Dig in.

- Uh, I think I'm going to be sick.

- What's the matter?

- It's looking at me.

- Oh come on I just caught this bad boy, Mark.

This is bigger than you and me,

this is about man's triumphant return from the hunt,

you gotta eat that.

All right look, how about you just taste this

little bit right here inside the cheek,

that's the best part right there.

Just a tad?

All right fine, you know what,

I'll eat it.

I'm sure I've got some

leftover meatloaf.

I'll make you a sandwich.

- Could have been anything

but must have been a pretty big animal

to carry off a full grown sheep.

I heard a bear has been seen around the old main road.

- Looks like we got us a bear problem.

- Jack Wedloe is the one for that job Fog.

- We'll see.

Have one of the boys keep an eye on them sheep.

Let's go.

- Hey Jack how's your grandma doing today?

- This is Dakota's.

Hey Dakota, this is my nephew Mark,

Mark this is Dakota.

- Is that your real name?

- That's what they call me.

- Just Dakota, nothing else?

- Well if I told you

then these two busy bodies

listening behind me would know.

It's really nice to meet you Mark.

- Hey Dakota how about a slice of meatloaf?

- Why don't you grab a basket?

She's pretty nice, huh?

- Yeah.

Is she your girlfriend?

- What'd make you say that?

- Well she helped you guys fix up my room.

And she cooks dinner for you guys sometimes.

- Yeah sometimes.

All right look,

I'll admit I think she's pretty cool

but she's not my girlfriend.

- Why not?

You know, I mean, she's pretty

and she seems nice.

- Yeah well things aren't that simple,

if you know what I mean.

[Fog] To tell you the truth I was expecting

a little better turnout too, are you boys doing something outside

you're not telling old Fog huh?

All right boys I got a little problem here

and you're just the type of guys who can help me get rid of it.

- That's just fine with me.

Make sure those dogs are all tied up nice and tight.

- You all know the score, right?

Now before you get crazy out there

I want to make one thing real clear.

- Collars is fine okay?

- You worry too much.

- This is not open season on anything and everything that crawls out there,

we are looking for one big mean

black bear that's been attacking my sheep.

Now for obvious reasons if there's any dialogue

it is between you and me, you and me.

We don't talk to our friendly ranger.

- All you have here is junk food.

How do you manage not to starve?

- We survive on the charity of others,

like yourself.

- Uh huh charity is right.

Has he tried to make you eat

some of his famous trout?

- I had the meatloaf.

- My trout is awesome.

Pete tell them how good my trout is?

[LAUGHTER]

- Ranger, Fog Benson is out here

he's talking about killing bears.

He can't, oh here he comes now,

you can't let him do this.

- Wedloe, we have to talk.

- Okay.

- There's a bear out there

he's dragging my sheep off,

it's your job to do something about it.

- I'll check into it right away.

- If you don't I will. - Really?

- If you boys are going to get into a shouting match

do you think you could take it outside?

- Could you put this on my tab, please?

Thank you.

If you have business with my office,

I'll be back there shortly.

Mark.

- All right I got a bear problem,

I'm willing to pay to make it go away.

- Jack's not going to like you telling folks that, Fog.

- What the ranger likes or don't like really isn't much of a concern to me, Dakota,

I got a right to protect my sheep.

They come all the way from Australia

and they're a heck of a lot more expensive than a bear hide.

So 500 bucks Zeke, Maynard, get me that bear.

Think about what you boys could do with 500 bucks, huh?

Spread the word.

- Uh, excuse me Mr. Fog, uh,

bears are a protected species.

You should let the ranger take care of it.

- I don't need some, uh,

eco hippy from down South telling me what to do.

- I'm just saying that a hot temper

and a loaded gun are not a great combination.

- Yeah.

Stick to your tree hugging.

- It's Jack's job to deal with animal problems.

- And it's my job to protect my stock.

- Well you don't have to run roughshod over people in the process.

- Unfortunately there are people out there like Fog

who believe that they can shoot or trap whatever they want,

whenever they want

and we're responsible for over 1,000 square miles of prime wilderness.

Pete, he was born here,

he knows this land better than anybody.

- Yeah there's 300 humans scattered throughout,

870 elk,

78 moose,

maybe 100 wolves,

a couple hundred deer,

and 52 bears,

mostly black and a few grizzlies.

- Where do the bears live?

- Everywhere, and anywhere.

The biggest ones are in Grizzly Valley.

- Why do they call it that?

- Oh, that's a natural bear habitat

and it's uninhabited by humans

except for poachers.

- Poachers?

- Yeah I suspect we got a couple running around.

Too young bears are missing.

- How do you know they're missing?

- They had radio collars,

we lost the signal.

Uh, I'd like to believe they just moved out of the territory.

- You see, Mark, this is still some very wild country.

So if you go hiking or exploring the trails you have to be very, very careful.

You need to respect the land and the animals that live on it.

Because even though they may not mean to, it could hurt you.

Get it? - Got it.

- Good.

Give me back my hat.

- Come on guys, let's have some fun.

Hey kid, let me use your board.

What are you deaf or something,

I said give me your board and your helmet.

Now.

- Leave him alone, Gunther.

- What's it to you, Benson?

- Get lost.

- Come on guys, let's get out of here.

He even needs a girl to protect him.

- Hi, I'm Ashley Benson.

You must be Mark.

- How do you know?

- Dakota has been talking about you

for weeks now.

I couldn't wait for you to get here

so she'd talk about something else.

- Why would she be talking about me?

- She's only, like,

completely in love with your uncle.

- I saw the way she looked at my Uncle Jack.

- Watch out.

- It's just Harvey.

He's tamer than a lap cat.

Shoo Harvey, get, shoo.

- Right.

- Jack?

You got an important phone call.

It's the State Department.

[Ashley] Do you like living in Los Angeles?

- It's okay.

- Come on Los Angeles has got to be a lot better than okay.

-[Fog] Ashley June.

You finished with your chores?

- I borrowed a book from Dakota.

- Are you done with your chores?

- No sir.

- You're Jack Wedloe's nephew aren't you?

- Yes sir.

- Get in the car Ashley June,

you can play afterward.

- But Dad.

- No butts, get in the car.

- Sorry Mark.

- Welcome to town, son.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on there.

It's best to stay away from other people dogs, okay.

They're real protective of our stuff.

- Hey Mark.

- Hi.

Who are those two guys with the dogs?

- Oh they're just some conservationists doing studies.

You here to see me?

- Actually I was going to have a

milkshake with your friend Ashley

but her Dad didn't seem to like the idea.

- Well I guess you're going to have to settle

on having that milkshake with me.

- Cool.

So, um, when are you and my uncle going to hook up?

- What? - Well it's not like the whole

town doesn't know that

you and he totally like each other.

And Ashley said...

- Ashley

should know better than to spread gossip.

And you have an ice cream mustache and should go wash up.

- Jack?

- I just got a call from the State Department,

Mark's parents are missing in Indonesia,

they never came back from a visit to the Rain Forest.

- Oh Jack.

- Whew.

- Hey.

What's up?

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I, uh, made Mark a hamburger and some chicken fingers.

I thought you two may be hungry.

- Thanks.

- How's Mark doing?

- Well, as soon as we got home

he locked himself in his room,

hasn't come out since.

- Is this a picture of you and Mark's Dad?

- Yeah,

10 years ago.

- [LAUGH]

You want to talk about it?

- It's weird,

Ben was always the perfect one.

High school valedictorian, now a famous doctor.

I wish this hadn't happened to him.

What happens to Mark?

Grandma May is 85 years old, she can't handle a kid.

He's got nowhere else to go.

I mean, it's one thing to be a cool uncle

for a couple weeks but a full-time Dad.

I got to be honest, Dakota,

I don't know if I'm

ready to be a father,

probably screw it up.

- No.

- You know, I once made one skip 15 times.

You know, my people believe that, uh,

all animals have spirits and souls

and talk to us

in ways we sometimes don't understand.

She's leading you.

Go ahead, follow.

- Go on.

Go on

follow her.

- You like animals boy?

- Sure.

- Me too.

That's Harvey there.

- We've met already.

- And this is Andy.

That's Arnold

and over there is Max.

- You got names for all of them?

- Well they all have their own names,

except I don't even know what they call themselves,

so I just give them names that I know.

What do they call you?

- Mark Wedloe.

- Mark Wedloe.

Name's Cully.

Want to help me feed these guys Mark Wedloe?

- I should go.

Come on.

It'll only take 10 minutes.

See as long as animals have food,

they don't fight.

It's not like humans.

- What about bears?

- Well bears are different,

bears are kind of a solitary animal.

They spend most of their lives by themselves.

They don't learn to trust much,

especially people.

- Why should they when there's

poachers and people like Fog hunting them?

- You catch on quick, Wedloe.

Yeah I had me a bear once,

big black beautiful bear.

Got him when he was a cub,

that's why we got along so well.

- What happened to him?

- Well the folks in town,

they got kind of nervous

forcing me to make a decision.

I took him put to a place that, uh,

well no one from around here goes there much.

A special little place called Three Sisters.

Three peaks that look alike,

it's called Grizzly Valley.

- What happened to him?

- Well I kind of like to think that

he's still alive chewing on some berries

and maybe some fish,

making himself fat for winter.

Well, I guess we're just about done here,

I guess you got to go?

- Yeah sure.

- Mark Wedloe,

you come back here any time you want.

Family we got to see.

- We took the rest of them up to higher pasture.

- You find anything?

- There's nothing.

- You guys stomped all over any tracks

that might have been left here.

You can't be sure of anything now.

- You know, bears seldom come this close to livestock.

- Hey. I thought I could go hiking.

- I'm staying by the phone in case they call about my folks.

- Sitting here worrying isn't going to do you any good.

Come on keep me company.

You never can tell when I might need to be rescued

from some fearsome wolf dog.

- We can stay on this trail until Wolverine Ridge,

from there we can see the whole valley.

- You know, uh . . . - Break.

So, have you always lived in the city?

- Yeah.

- Do you like it?

- Yeah.

- Dakota tells me that your parents are doctors

that fly around the world and help people.

- They're part of a group called, uh,

Doctors Without Borders.

Every year they go to some remote area and help people.

- Wow,

they must be very special people to do that for others.

- Yeah, they are.

When we going back?

- Hey, want to go see a real gold mine?

We're not suppose to go but I've been there once.

- Where is it?

- Over this way, come on.

- Let's go into the mine.

- No way, it's too dangerous.

All these old mines are ready to collapse.

- Come one maybe there's still some gold.

- I think not.

[growl]

- What was that?

- Uh, wind?

[growl]

- That was not the wind.

- Mark.

What is it?

[growl]

- You got to come see this,

it's way cool.

[growl]

- Oh my god!

It's a bear.

- He's trapped.

- It's an old mine dig Mark.

Come on we need to go back to town right now

and tell your uncle.

- Yeah, right.

And your Dad will come out and shoot him.

- What else can we do?

What are you doing?

- He's hungry.

- Well, at least he won't be hungry.

We ought to get back,

there's a storm front coming in.

- What about him?

- He's a bear, Mark,

he'll find a way out.

Mark, come on.

- Sorry buddy.

[growl]

What do bears eat?

- What?

- Bears,

what do they eat?

- Uh, pretty much everything.

Berries, insects,

bugs,

fish,

honey if they can get it.

I guess they'd probably eat spaghetti.

Pretty much anything, they're like garbage disposals.

Why this sudden interest in bears?

- Just interested.

Uh,

do you like my Dad?

- He's my brother.

- You don't see each other much.

- Well I guess we don't have that much in common.

- Wedloe.

What are you doing about that bear?

- I'm eating, Fog. - And I'm a taxpayer,

my taxes are paying for that meal.

- Fog...

- I lost another sheep last night

up in my high pasture.

- All right well in the morning, Pete and I, we'll go check it out.

And keep your men out of the area this time,

they stomp all over the good tracks.

- There is a bear out there after my sheep,

if you don't do something about it,

I will,

even if I have to go in the preserve

to get the job done. Are we clear?

- That's not a very good idea, Fog.

Let's get some air, come on.

Smell how fresh that air is?

It's pretty amazing huh?

- Yeah.

- Mark,

your Dad is a

tough man to live up to.

Everything is always a competition with him.

He always has to win.

I'm not built that way.

I, I like it here,

you know, things are

simple,

clear.

This whole situation is,

it's just very difficult.

- Don't worry about it.

I can just go and live with Grandma May.

- No Mark...

- You know, it's okay.

You don't have to tell me you don't want me here.

- That's not what I'm saying.

It's just

so new

to me, this whole thing.

I, I'm, I'm probably going to mess up now and again,

I just don't want you to think that it's your fault.

- Yeah.

Mom and Dad used to say that if we fought before they left,

just this time they might not be coming back.

[Ben - growling and groaning]

- Uncle Jack's not the best cook but

here you go.

Do you say thank you?

Sounded like you did.

I don't believe it but I think I can understand you.

[Ben groans]

Well, you're welcome.

Book says you got to drink so.

There you go.

I know what it's like being stuck in a place you don't want to be.

I'll get you out, I promise.

I said I promise

and I will.

I'll see you tomorrow.

- Mr. Wedloe?

- Hi Ashley come on in.

- Is Mark here?

- No, no, I thought he was with you.

- Well I haven't seen him for a couple of days now.

- Really?

- If you see him,

tell him I'm still alive.

- Okay.

[growls]

- I can't figure out how to get you out without telling my uncle.

But if I tell my uncle,

Fog Benson might find out

and you really don't want to meet him.

He's not a big fan of bears.

You know, if I wasn't sure,

I'd say you and I do understand each other, bear.

You do want out, right?

I don't know how.

I'll be right back.

Stay on one side, bear.

- Go on, climb up.

Uncle Jack gave me a book about bears and it says you can.

It's like a tree.

The book says bears can climb trees.

All right,

it's like this.

- Dee, knock it off.

- Morning fellahs.

- Hey ranger.

- Hey you guys happen to see my,

uh, my nephew exploring the trails

in the mountains or anything like that, have you?

- Nope.

- Put your hand down.

- He's doing my caricature.

- Oh, how's your study going?

- Good, probably be done in a few weeks.

- Ah thanks guys, appreciate it.

[growls]

- Easy bear.

- Cully says bears can be as gentle as a lamb.

Are you that way?

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you mad.

You're out of the hole,

so go home.

It's better if you stay away from this place

so you don't get stuck in a hole again.

- Say why don't you and your brother

take a look at the trails up around your place?

Pete take a couple of men,

do a wide circle around town.

- Ashley took Mark up to the old mine,

he wanted to go inside.

- Yeah maybe he went down around the lake area.

- Jack, look.

- Hi.

- Where you been?

- I got lost up there, I'm sorry.

- We started a search party for you, Mark.

Uh, I'm sorry you guys.

Thank you guys for coming out,

I'm sorry about that.

- I needed to go for a walk.

I needed to think about stuff.

- I told you before,

this is not a city park out here.

You get lost out here,

you get yourself into some serious trouble,

do you understand that?

- I'm sorry, okay?

- You know what, go to your room.

Go.

- Mark. - Hey, hey, hey, let him go.

- Well that takes care of that.

- He could have gotten into some serious trouble, Pete,

and you know it.

- Yeah.

- Besides Social Services is coming out here,

they're probably just waiting for me to screw something up

so they can send him back to California

and stick him in a foster home.

- Are you sure that's not what you want?

[knock]

- Mark?

Can I come in?

- Yeah it's your place anyways.

- I'd like to talk to you for a minute.

- I know,

I'm a big disappointment right?

- No Mark that's not it.

I just need you to be real careful out there, okay?

- Mom and Dad were careful, it didn't help them.

- Let's not give up hope on them.

Tomorrow somebody from Social Services is coming out

to see if we're getting along.

So maybe we ought to try to get along,

what do you think?

- I'm going to read now.

- I, I, I'm sorry if I overreacted,

I was just worried about you.

[Jack] It's been too hard,

we haven't heard anything for days.

Do you have any information about my brother and his wife?

- Honestly Mr. Wedloe that's not my department.

I'm just here to check on the boy.

- Yeah.

- No offense.

- Hey Mark, well this is, uh,

this is Miss, Miss Washborough,

she's from Social Services.

- Hello Mark.

So why don't we all go for a walk?

- Great, show her the way.

- Um hmm, yeah good.

- Is there a,

a time limit

or some sort of a schedule where they would,

uh, tell me or determine...

- We'll let you know as soon as, information I,

they're doing the best they can that's all I can really say.

Oh God. - Oh, oh, no, no, no it's okay,

that's just Harvey.

- Shoo Harvey.

Get.

It's okay, he's as tame as a lap cat.

- Honestly, I have strong doubts about this place.

Wild animals,

wilderness,

do you like being here Mark?

- Uh, um,

I, I, um . . .

- Mark?

- Well

how do you like it here, Mark?

- I got to go meet some friends.

It was nice meeting you Miss Washborough.

- Mark, Mark.

[LAUGH]

Well at least he's made some friends.

- What are you doing here?

I told you to go home.

Yes.

If anyone sees you here,

it'll be a big mess.

All right, come on.

[Mrs. Washborough] Mr. Wedloe I am not entirely impressed

with your discipline skills.

- Miss Washburn . . .

- Washborough.

- Washborough, I apologize.

You seem to be somebody who is

genuinely concerned with Mark's well-being.

- Um hmm, and?

- I have to be honest with you, I'm not

so sure that Mark belongs here myself.

And I don't know if I'm prepared to be an instant father.

- So you have doubts yourself?

- Yes ma'am.

- Knowing you have doubts is a very serious matter to me.

I'm glad you admitted it.

It means you're thinking it through,

grasping the importance.

Anyone who doesn't feel the rumble of contemplating

all that's stake is a fool.

Keep up the good work.

But I will monitor the situation

and expect reports every week.

- Yeah.

- Listen, you got to get out of this place.

Even my uncle is looking for you.

And, and you couldn't have gotten those sheep

because you were stuck in the hole, right?

[groaning]

I can't save you all the time.

I'm planning on leaving this place anyway.

I hate these woods,

and I hate this place.

I'm all alone.

[groan]

But at least no one's hunting me.

Can you do that, bear?

[quiet groan]

No, all the way up like the picture.

[growl]

Can you roll over too?

[dogs barking]

Come on, let's go check it out.

[dogs barking rapidly]

- Mr. Wedloe I have a problem.

[dogs barking]

- Can't you shut those dogs up?

- What difference does it make

they'll probably missed anyway.

- Down bear.

- There, right there. - Get down.

Thank you.

- Hold those dogs back,

we don't want them tearing into this fox.

Oh yeah he's just fine,

he's dreaming.

- Likely well and sleeping. - Yeah.

- That rings the bell for the buyer,

that's top cash right there,

- That's good. - Yes siree.

[LAUGH]

- You know something strange here,

they're not even interested in the fox.

I think there's something else around here.

Something big!

- Let's get out of here.

- You know, there's something else here.

There's something.

[dogs growling and barking]

[action music]

- I can lead those guys away,

you're going to have to cross the water.

I need you to get your scent on me.

I saw this in a movie once.

The dogs will think I'm you.

- Well he's got something for us.

Ho ho.

- Go on bear, go.

Go, go.

[Ashley] It's true Mr. Wedloe,

we found the bear in an old mine hole.

I think Mark's been going back to feed it.

It couldn't have killed Dad's sheep.

- Well maybe the bear got out of the hole.

- Ashley June.

- I told him about the bear,

he's real mad.

- Uh, he's always mad.

Hey Fog.

- Ashley. - Daddy I told you about the bear so you wouldn't hurt him.

- And I thought I told you to stay home.

I want you to get on your bike, I want you to go home now!

- Tell Mark I'm sorry.

- Now!

- Well it looks like your nephew

just saved me a whole lot of trouble.

- Hey Fog, I'm responsible for the animals around here.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Something's happened,

I think they lost the trail or something.

One of them wants to go this way,

the other one wants to go the other.

They're confused, come on.

Come on dogs get up.

Up hey we're back down now,

come on let's go.

[dogs barking]

[action music]

- Get on, faster. Get on.

Don't lose them, old boy.

- Ray, Ray.

- Well why are we stopping here Daddy?

- Ray go get your gear

I'm going to pick up or I'll meet you in 20 minutes.

Because you're going to stay here until I get back.

- Back from where?

- I got some unfinished business.

- I shouldn't have said anything.

- Honey you did the right thing, now go on.

Dakota said she'll baby- sit you all right?

Ray, get the lead out, go.

- Baby-sitter?

- Now what are you doing here, hmm?

- Mark?

Where you been?

- Nowhere.

- Ashley told me about the bear.

- What bear?

- Apparently the kids found a bear

trapped in the old mine.

- Uh, the old mine,

do you want us to go down there and, uh...

- No, no that's my job.

I was about to go do that right now

but I think Mark and I have to have a little talk first.

Inside.

Thanks for finding him guys.

- Uh, uh, it was a good thing we found him, huh?

A real good thing.

[Mark] You're not listening to me Uncle Jack,

I think they're poachers.

- Mark, Gittis and Norwood helped him.

- I saw them shoot a fox with a dart gun.

- That's what they do, Mark.

They tag animals so that we can study them

and the entire eco system.

Well come on, Mark,

I don't even know what to say to you anymore.

All right,

so you say that you and the bear can talk?

- No not really talk,

but we can understand each other.

- Cully put those ideas in your head didn't he

with all those bear stories of his?

- No.

- I want to believe you, Mark,

I really do.

But bears are just not friendly to people,

let alone little boys.

- I am not a little boy.

- I want you to stay here

until I've had a chance to check this out,

do you understand me?

- Fine.

- Crazy kid,

he could have gotten himself killed.

People and bears just don't become friends.

Not out here, it doesn't happen.

- I admit it sounds like a crazy story, Jack,

but it has happened.

- Now is not the time for Indian legends, Pete,

this is ridiculous.

It's dangerous.

Maybe,

maybe he would be better off in a foster home.

- Where you going?

You're going to go help the bear.

- You don't understand.

See you.

- Try me?

- How do you even know he's going to be there?

I think he lives at the mine.

[knocking]

- Mark?

- [LAUGH]

Looks like we found us another bear Norwood.

Shoot.

- Kid must of got him out.

- I see that Nor.

- They got a fresh scent.

Go dog, get him dog. Get him.

Let's go. Ow.

- Hey. - Hello.

- Did you happen to see Mark come by here?

- No, why?

- I guess I am screwing up,

I think he ran away.

Pete and I are up to the old mine right now

see if we can find him.

If he comes by here,

hang onto him will you?

- Yeah.

- Thanks.

- They beat us.

They're after the bear.

Come on,

we got to get to him first.

- All right I'm not waiting for the ranger to take care of this,

$500 to the man who brings that bear down.

We can split up.

I'm going to head northwest.

If you sight the bear

I want you to call me on the radio.

- Yes sir. - Go on.

[ominous music]

- There.

- He's ahead of them.

Bear.

Bear we gotta go.

- I don't believe it.

I never saw a wild bear that you could get this close to.

- He's not any bear,

he's my bear.

We gotta go.

- There's a cave right over there that we can hide in.

- Okay but you're going to have to lead them away.

Rub your clothes on him.

- What?

- You got to get your scent on him,

the dogs will follow his scent.

It's worked before.

- I, I don't know.

- Ashley just trust me,

I did it.

Come on.

It's okay.

- Come on.

Come on rub his scent on you, come on.

Good bear.

- What's the matter?

Find him.

- What are we going to do about the bear's scent leading in here?

- Insect repellant.

To cover his trail.

- Thanks.

So where you going to take him?

- Where all bears are safe.

- Good luck.

- Go on, boy.

Good boy

Stay on it.

- What?

Norwood what?

- I don't know they've lost it or something,

they're confused.

Just be patient.

Oh they, they found something there.

Come on, let's go, what are you up for?

Come on let's go.

- We're going to Grizzly Valley.

- Gittis and Norwood.

Um, did you ever see a couple of conservationists

drive a ground ripper like this?

- Nope.

- Whoa, whoa,

isn't that illegal search?

- Just looking for my hat.

- Lot of drugs here for catch and release.

- They're poachers Jack.

Working for a private zoo in Europe.

Man.

- Well I guess we know what happened

to our two missing bears.

[ominous music]

- That's my daughter's jacket.

She's suppose to be back in town.

- What would she be doing out here?

- I don't know but it has something

to do with that Wedloe boy,

I can bet you that.

I want to be the first person that catches up with them kids.

- Uh, let us find her for you,

we, we can do that.

- I'm coming with you.

These dogs are going to come in handy.

- That wouldn't be a good idea see...

- Hey, hey see she's my daughter.

We're going to head back the way you guys came

until the dogs pick up a fresh trail.

Let's go.

Go.

- Where's Mark?

- We're trying to save the bear.

- From Gittis and Norwood, we know.

- It'll be better for Mark

and the bear if we find him first.

- All he told me was

that he was going where bears are safe.

- Grizzly Valley.

- Yep.

- I told you to hold onto him Norwood.

- Well wait,

I'm sure they won't hurt people.

- Now what are you boys really looking for here?

- Well we're going to help you find your daughter.

- That ain't the Wedloe boy.

- Well hold it, hold it,

hold it a minute.

That's all.

- We're going to help you find your daughter but, uh . . .

- All right give it to me straight here boys,

what exactly are you after?

- The bear.

- I'm going with you.

That way I can show you where I left him.

- You already told us where, I know the spot.

- Mr. Wedloe please.

- Ashley you're going to turn your bike around,

you're going to peddle straight to Dakota's

you understand me?

- But. - No buts.

- Yes sir.

- Are you ready?

Well I guess that means we're leaving.

- Come here, smell this.

Good boy.

Good boys.

See I told you they'd wait.

All right let's get back on it.

Get the bear, get the bear.

They're on it. [LAUGH]

[groans]

- I know, I know I'm hungry too.

It's the last one.

Here.

You like it?

[dogs barking]

Come on we gotta go.

- So you think these kids are with this bear, huh?

Well according to my GPS they are, uh,

headed north, what's up there?

- It's Grizzly Valley.

- I never seen a grizzly up here, that's a myth.

- Uh, it's a story people made up

to keep everybody away from the gold.

- Gold?

- Oh yeah, lots of gold

and lots of snakes.

- I don't like snakes.

- Well since you seem to know where we're headed

why don't you head us to a shortcut?

Come here you dang things, come here.

Well they're pulling hard, they want something.

- It's a deer.

- Yeah they got a little excited.

- It seems a little too excited to me.

- Come on let's go to Grizzly Valley.

- I'm on your back Norwood.

- I can't go any farther.

I gotta rest.

I'm going to stay here tonight.

Good.

[wolves howl]

Let me know if they get too close.

[wolves howl]

- These dogs, uh,

once they find a bear they go after it?

- These dogs are all muscle,

can take down an elephant.

You'd be surprised what they could do.

- Norwood.

This is all we need right here.

- What are you doing?

- See that?

Put your hand down.

[wolves howling]

- Ah, that'll hold us.

Ah.

- Think Mark found a safe place to sleep?

- I think the bear will protect him from the wolves.

- It's just so hard to believe.

[single wolf bark and howl]

- It's old wolf talking to his relatives now.

- Indian legends.

- I was raised with them.

You know, my people have a story

about Jamickwa.

The mother bear who found the lost boy in the woods

and raised him as her own.

One time on a hunt,

living in the woods,

my people called him Lamitta

Human who thinks like bear.

Oh when other humans came

I'll bet he could see that the grizzlies would be destroyed.

So he gathered them all,

and he led them to Grizzly Valley.

- Do you believe that?

- Well sitting out here

alone with the stars

and creatures of the night,

what do you believe?

We'll find him, Jack.

I believe that.

[Ben quietly growls]

- Good morning, bear.

A jelly donut would taste good right about now.

Come on, we got to get out of here.

- How many?

- Three men, two dogs.

- Gittis and Norwood.

- And by the looks of it,

Fog Benson.

- This dart could bring down a rhino.

- There's a lot of footprints.

It's pretty obvious where they're headed.

And there's wolf prints too.

- Let's go.

[dogs barking]

- Come on get the bear. Come on move.

- The book says

that this time of day

the shadow should be pointing north.

Cully says the Three Sisters are north.

That way.

Come on bear.

[bear grunts]

There it is.

The Three Sisters.

Once you're in Grizzly Valley,

they'll never find you.

You'll be safe.

Come on bear.

- Do you see anything?

- Nothing moving.

- Well,

we'll catch them soon.

The trail is pretty fresh, isn't it Norwood?

- It's not going to get any fresher Gittis.

- What about the ranger?

- Well, we'll take care of that when the time comes.

- Whoa, whoa, there,

the ridge,

just below Three Sisters, right there.

- I don't believe it.

- I've never seen anything like it

in my whole life that's for sure.

The boy, the bear,

let's go.

- Come on,

come on dog get bear, get bear.

[dogs barking very close]

- Grizzly Valley.

We made it.

This is as far as I go bear.

[bear groans] No,

I can't go there.

It's your place.

I don't belong there any more

than you belong back where we came from.

No.

We agreed.

I'd take you here but I can't go with you.

I'm going to Los Angeles

and I don't belong back there either.

[bear moans]

I gotta go now.

- Go.

Go you dumb bear.

I don't need you.

I don't need anybody.

[Bear Growls!]

- There we go.

- Let's go.

Well Norwood look who we ran into.

- Where's the bear boy.

- Keep them dogs away from the boy.

Where's the... [Bear roaring]

I'll shoot him,

get back, get him Gittis.

- Norwood.

- What are you waiting on, shoot him.

- Bear stop.

Please stop.

- Dart him.

What are you waiting on?

- Stop. Don't shoot him.

He's just protecting me.

- Now get out of the way son.

- No.

- Don't shoot Fog,

don't shoot.

- You don't need to shoot him, it's okay.

- You're sure, Mark?

- Yeah, he won't hurt anybody

he's just protecting me.

- We were trying to protect the boy, ranger.

- Yeah.

- Fog, you have no business being up here.

- I'm here because that bear attacked my sheep.

- Bear didn't hurt your sheep.

- Oh you don't,

that boy doesn't know anything.

- Go ahead, Mark.

- We found the bear trapped in a mine hole.

The bear was in the hole when your sheep were taken.

- That's what Ashley said.

- The kids are lying to save the bear.

- My daughter don't lie.

- The bear took your sheep.

- Something smaller than a

bear took your sheep Fog,

it was a wolf or dog.

- Yeah.

I saw their dog, he almost killed a fox.

They had to pull him back.

- You are such a little liar.

- No, honest.

- The boy is right Wedloe.

I've been studying these dogs,

they're out for blood.

- All right,

all right that's it, that's it,

I got six CCs of tranquilizer in this gun,

that's enough to drop an elephant,

you can imagine what it can do to a man.

- Show down is over, put your weapons down.

- Put them down.

- Don't make it any worse than it already is guys.

- Norwood you and I are getting out of here.

- Well you aren't getting very far.

- I got 24 hours before they miss you

and then I got another 24 hours before they come

and they find you.

Norwood, would you give me those dogs,

get their rifles.

- Now bear.

[bear growls]

- All right you,

let it go, let it go.

- Don't ever call my daughter a liar.

- Come on.

- Good job, bear.

Good job.

- I see it,

I still don't believe it.

- In all my years I've only seen one bear this friendly.

- I'm still not so sure about this Cully.

- Tell them what you told me about the eyes.

- Well I told you that when you look into the bear's eyes,

you can see he's an old soul.

And the way he is with you,

I kind of think of him as a gentle giant.

- He is.

Ben is a gentle old soul.

- Ben?

- Ben?

- Ben?

- It's Ashley's idea.

- I named him after Mark's Dad.

- That's a good name.

- Come on Mark,

let's take Ben for a swim.

- That bear has no idea

what he's getting into with the two of them.

- Ranger, are you going to let that bear just hang around town?

- The bear's name is Ben, Fog.

- Ben?

You named the bear Ben?

- That's right, so get used to it.

- Wedloe,

you're an idiot.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[LAUGHTER]

- Yeah, yeah.

- It seems as if Mark and Ben came together

when they needed each other the most.

I'm not sure how things are going to end up for each of them,

but what I am sure of is this,

it will be an interesting journey.

[majestic music]