re: #226 Jadespring

Okay that guy does have some issues.

re: #215 Talking Point Detective

I’ve had face to face encounters with bears a few times. I did a few years of bush work. Never been super scared, just very cautious and wary—-okay Mister Bear, I’ll go this way and you go that way.

Grizzlies? Never been face to face but they freak me out. I don’t know how people could be that dumb. One time our truck broke down about 5 k from camp. The radio wouldn’t work because of the terrain so we decided to hoof it back. There were five of us and one of the guys (who had spent years in the bush) was walking ahead. When we rounded a curve he suddenly stopped, looked down for a moment, turned back and said, “Okay everyone, don’t ask, just everyone run.” So we did, he was that type of guy. Ended up that he saw grizzly tracks that were filling with water which meant that it had crossed the road seconds before we came around the bend.

You don’t fuck with grizzlies.

Funny thing is, they say the worst thing to do is to run. Apparently they can run as fast as a race horse for short distances, or something like that.

Once I was hiking on a trail in the Canadian Rockies and some folks coming the other way said they had just seen a Grizzly. I decided to hang tight, but when a few other folks came along we decided to proceed very cautiously to see if we could catch a glimpse (I was young and foolish). Sure enough, we saw it out in the distance. After a while, the other folks moved along and I stayed to watch him a bit more, but lost sight of him. Then he stood up out of the brush maybe 30 yards away.

Like I said, they say that you’re not supposed to run. I’ve never run that fast before in my life. Sheer panic.

After waiting a good long while I hiked back up the rail and saw his track mark right on top of a sunglasses strap I dropped when I was running.