The Missouri River. Green water mirrors cottonwoods and willows. Cloud puffs drift across a silent blue sky.
Then: "Bear! Bear!"
As we watch from the opposite bank, hunter George Drouillard, rifle at the ready, plunges into the willows, pursuing a dimly seen brown blur.
Back on our side of the river, a 12-year-old audience member pipes up: "Hey, that's just a guy in a bear suit."
Well, yeah, kid, strictly speaking it is just a guy in a bear suit, not a real specimen ...