#219 is distinctive and easily identified in midsummer. He has numerous, large scars on head, face, neck, body.

His claws are white and he is missing the outermost claw on left front foot, hence the name.

His coat in early summer is reddish-brown. In the fall, his coat is dark brown and most of his scars are not visible.

In October 2008, during an event rarely seen, bear biologists observed #219 dying in the Brooks River from unknown but apparently natural causes. His body eventually washed into Naknek Lake and disappeared.

#219 is another bear that apparently never habituated to humans and rarely approached the Falls Platform when people were present. Late summer and fall, he was sometimes seen in the lower river.

He fished the riffles downstream of the Brooks Falls and regularly stole fish from other bears.

Some of his scarring reflected this behavior.

DNA analysis confirmed that he is the father of #608.