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[pct-l] bear stories part 2
- Subject: [pct-l] bear stories part 2
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 23:42:17 EST
I just remembered another good bear story. We were hiking off trail again in
the Olympics and had seen at least 20 bears, all uneventful encounters. We
started hiking across an open steep slope and noticed a bear grazing about
200 yards downhill. I was third in line . Suddenly, the bear stood erect and
stared at us for several seconds. Then it raced up hill at an unimaginable
speed towards us. It got within 10 to 20 feet from the first two people in
line, reared up again, sniffed the air, and then ran back downhill.
Apparently, with it's poor eyesight, it thought we were another bear
challenging it's territory. I later asked the two guys what they were
thinking as the bear raced towards them. It went something like this: "What
are we gonna do?" I don't know, what do you think we should do." And that
quickly the bear was there.
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