The Bear Paw Nailed to the Old Church Door

By Alex in Everything Else on Jun 12, 2008 at 4:15 pm

In his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway wrote about a bear’s paw nailed to the old church door in a small mountain village in Spain.

It turns out that there really is a bear’s paw nailed to the church door, and now, science has confirmed that the paw comes from the 16th century.

This is the fascinating story of the mysterious bear’s paw: Link [YouTube] – Thanks elzo!


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  1. Jannie
    Jun 12th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    Wow, I wonder how the fur stays somewhat intact after all those years?
    –Jannie

  2. workhorse
    Jun 12th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

    Could this be one of Martin Luther’s 95 Feetsies?

  3. Scott Wetterschneider
    Jun 13th, 2008 at 7:34 am

    Good old Science! That guy, always running around proving this and disproving that. Is there anything he can’t do?

  4. gtron
    Jun 13th, 2008 at 8:33 am

    you’d think that this town would identify itself, as the 400 year old claw with a hemingway link might help tourism? I’d divert to see that very beautiful place

  5. andrewdoane
    Jun 13th, 2008 at 8:50 am

    95 feetsies – LOL! That will have me smiling all day.

  6. Ali S.
    Jun 13th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    @ workhorse

    Hahaha! Brilliantly done! :D

  7. JC
    Jun 13th, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    Wow That’s interesting.


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