[pct-l] anyone have bear or mountain lion stories?

[Fuzz McPherson]

That was one big heavy deer then.  It was more of a King Kong type sound and less jittery than a deer.  It could have been a deer, but whatever it was was very heavy.  I say it was either a bear or Bigfoot.  Yeah, that's it, Bigfoot!  




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From: CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
To: Fuzz McPherson <fuzzmcpherson at yahoo.com>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 1:15:49 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] anyone have bear or mountain lion stories?


Good afternoon, Fuzz,
 
I was once awakened from a sound sleep by someone – who should best remain unnamed – frantically whispering, “Hey, wake up.  I hear a noise. I think I hear a bear out there!”  Half drowsy I replied, “Bears have big, soft, fuzzy feet.  If there was a bear out there you probably wouldn’t hear a thing.”
 
Huge mistake.  From then on all night it was, “Hey, wake up.  I don’t hear anything. There must be a bear out there!”
 
If you heard clomping-around, there’s a good chance a deer got into the chips.  They love those things, particularly around established campsites.
 
Steel-Eye 
Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT -- 1965
http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
 


On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Fuzz McPherson <fuzzmcpherson at yahoo.com> wrote:

Does anyone have any bear or mountain lion stories?

At a campground in the Coast Range between Portland and Tillamook, so not on the PCT, after having some beers and burgers, I went to sleep in the tent having left part of a bag of chips out on the picknick table.  I know, that's not very bright.  In the night I was woken up by heavy stepping sounds.  It sounded as if a really big heavy guy with workboots was plodding around the table and then off down the very short trail towards the river.  After a few minutes of listening further I didn't hear anything else so I went back to sleep.  In the morning I found the chip bag on the ground in the bushes near the trail to the river.



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