There's a new site by Chris Merrit called, Knott's Preserved.
It includes stuff that will be featured in his upcoming book of the same title. The site has Knott's Bear-y Tales Pictures, Sounds, videos, and Interviews with Rolly Crump, Marion Knott, and Wally which all explains the ride and the original way of how the ride was going to be done by puppets, gypsys, and other themes. There's Even a picture of a frog in a western costume which is my inspiration for the new western scene for the revival of the ride. the site is called,
www.Knottspreserved.com and it has other rides not just Bear-y Tales. Chris will update the site with more content like Kingdom of the dinosaurs, The Soap Box Racers, and Other Attractions. All of them on the site can be found on the decades like Bear-y Tales in the 1971's category and the calico mine train in the 1960's category. Hope you Enjoy!