A Bear Story

I have been in the mood for a good bear story. Here is one from the Winston-Salem Journal.

The guides don’t carry firearms or pepper spray. The only line of defense between them and 800 pounds of angry bear is a flare. The guides passed along a few pointers. Never cross the path of an oncoming bear and stay crouched low. If you respect them and stay out of their way, they told Hunter, the bears will leave you alone.

“I did learn grizzlies are not aggressive in nature. They won’t charge unless they feel threatened. We don’t always understand what threatens them,” Hunter said. “And that bothers me.”

It really is a good story.