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

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Fuzz,

When listening to night sounds a mouse sounds like a deer and a deer sounds
like a heard of elk.  You do have to be on the look-out for Bigfoot
though..... http://www.trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=201108

Steel-Eye


On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Fuzz McPherson <fuzzmcpherson at yahoo.com>wrote:

>  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,
>
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> 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.”
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> Huge mistake.  From then on all night it was, “Hey, wake up.  I don’t hear
> anything. There must be a bear out there!”
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> If you heard clomping-around, there’s a good chance a deer got into the
> chips.  They love those things, particularly around established campsites.
>
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> Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT -- 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
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> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Fuzz McPherson <fuzzmcpherson at yahoo.com>wrote:
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>> 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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