In late 2010 an Information Assurance Manager and hunting enthusiast went into the San Bernardino mountains to kill an elusive man-eating bear. His estranged son, filmmaker John Muscarnero, set out to document this search in his next film. Armed with a few cameras and a small crew, they set out to film his father hunting the killer bear. The tragedy that they would eventually find and film would become known as The Harper's Field Footage.