Gosh I wish you people would read my words: "The "bear" retreived the canister and began to stomp on it, throw it down, " I just don't believe that the effort with which it was thrown down was comparable to what a bear would do. No offense to Monte (well, maybe a bit) but he doesn't even come close to the muscle power of a similarly sized bear (read BIG!). In my "Hummel" opinion, Strider