A plaque commemorating the legend of Hercules the world-
Earlier this month, the body of Hercules was buried beside his seven-
Purchased as a young cub from a wildlife park near Aviemore for £50 in 1976, the grizzly lived in Andy and Maggie Robin’s home for 25 years.
Hercules was like a child to the couple and Andy carved out a career with wrestling acts with him at shows.
His adoptive parents (above) have moved out of the Clackmannanshire ranch where the bear was buried after he died, aged 25 years, in 2000.
The couple said he would now be at peace in the place they call home and where Hercules “had his adventure” when he went on the run over the hills and moors across Uist and Benbecula in 1980, sparking a massive land, air and sea search.
The bear was shot with a tranquillizer dart from a helicopter and airlifted off the moor.
At today's ceremony, Andy, said: “Hercules now lies at rest here in the final chapter” of his story.
Maggie Robin, 63, whose mother hails from Grimsay, North Uist, said his legacy would live on in Langass.
“Its great to have him here where his fame was stamped on the island and then throughout the world.
“This is such a peaceful lovely place and it is just a privilege to have him here.”
Hercules’s memory lives on in the new life-
Plaque marks Hercules the bear's resting place
23 July 2015