Alexis Mychajliw, a paleontologist at Middlebury College, was not an ecologist from the University of California at Santa Barbara as previously stated in this article. The correction has been made to accurately reflect her profession.
In April 1924, a road crew working in Sequoia National Park near Moro Rock encountered a large animal emerging from the woods. These workers, who had experience at Yellowstone National Park, identified the animal as a grizzly bear based on its cinnamon-colored fur and prominent hump on its back.