The Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera

3. The Ghost of Mountain Miles

June, 1971

One afternoon, in Jellystone Park, Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo had just stolen another picnic basket, but Ranger Smith was right on their tails.

"YOGI!!!" he shouted.

"Faster, Yogi!!" Boo-Boo cried.

The bears ran as fast as they could to try to escape, but they soon found their way into the woods. They looked behind them, but the ranger wasn't there.

"Phew!" Yogi sighed. "That was a close one. I guess we could have our lunch here. I'm hungry."

"Me too," Boo-Boo replied. "Let's look for a nice spot."

The bears walked ahead to find a nice place to eat, when they heard a strange noise. It sounded a lot like a low pitched guttural growl.

"Uh...Yogi..."

Boo-Boo tried to speak, but when he and Yogi turned around, there stood a ghost that looked like an old prospector wearing a large slouch hat, with a long gray beard, a big, scary-looking bloodshot eye, a buckskin shirt and large coveralls. He let out another loud growl as the bears began to shiver.

"G-g-g-g-GHOST!!!" Yogi shouted. "Let me out of here!!"

He and Boo–Boo started high-tailing it out of the woods, but they soon ran into Ranger Smith.

"What are you two up to this time?" he asked.

"W-w-we saw a ghost!" Boo-Boo tried to explain.

"It was right there in the woods!" Yogi added.

"Yogi, there's no such thing as ghosts!" the ranger told them. "Besides, ghosts can only really be seen in TV shows and movies! There's nothing to be..."

But then, the ghost came out of the woods, and stared at the ranger as he let out another growl.

"It's...it's... The ghost of Mountain Miles!!!" the ranger shouted. And off he ran. "He's back!! The ghost of Mountain Miles is back!!!"

"Ohhhh, what'll we do?" Yogi asked. "How are we gonna stop that ghost?"

"I think we should get some friends to help!" Boo-Boo suggested. "Come on!"

And off they went. Meanwhile, Huckleberry Hound came riding down the path on his favorite red scooter. He kicked his foot across the ground as he went pretty fast. Right behind him was Mr. Jinks on his bicycle.

"Huck, slow down!" the cat called. "Like, uh, that scooter of yours is pretty fast!"

"Don't worry, Jinksey!" Huck replied. "I'm not that good on a bicycle, and besides, if you had a scooter, you'd be riding just as fast as me!"

But then, the bears showed up.

"Huck, Jinks, we need your help!" Boo-Boo shouted.

"Oh, hi, Yogi!" Huck grinned. "What's up?"

"Ghost!! GHOST!!!"

"A ghost? Yogi, what kind of nonsense is that? Everyone knows that there's no such thing as ghosts!"

"But, Huck, we saw it!" Boo-Boo explained. "It was right there in the woods!"

"Like, uh, this is probably a joke!" Jinks remarked. "Ghosts can only be found in movies, and books, and stuff like that!"

"But we saw the ghost! We'll show you!"

Yogi and Boo-Boo led Huck and Jinks to the woods, but upon arrival, there was nothing there.

"I don't see anything!" Huck said.

"See, Yogi?" Jinks tried to say. "I told you there's no such thing as..."