Scaredylocks and the Three Bears
Not one, not two, but three…count them THREE BLACK BEARS standing in the road looking at me. One just looking, another woofing, and the third popping its teeth. For those of you who don’t know me, I have an irrational phobia of Ursus Americanus AKA Black Bear. And I don’t want to hear any comments about how they are probably more afraid of me than I am of them or how you’re 10 times more likely to be struck by lightning on a Tuesday morning while wearing pink undies than you are of being attacked by a bear. I said it’s an irrational fear.
I had decided to walk an old logging road through one of my favorite hunting spots and look for fresh deer sign. Just as I was ready to park and begin my walk I spotted the first bear in the middle of a large mud hole in the middle of the logging road. Next thing I know, here comes the other two prancing out of the bushes just like they own the whole damn road. Just sitting in the truck while eyeballing those three had me gibbering like an idiot. Fortunately for them, they decided to run off right then. Naturally they ran off down the way I wanted to go. Well let me tell you one thing…there ain’t no way in hell I’m going walking past where I last saw those three critters. So I turned around and went home.
The bear in the picture is about the same size as the three I saw.
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posted by H. Stallard @ 6:02 PM
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5 Comments:
Hey there, Whats-yer-Name,
Love your blog title tonight! I grew up in the country, and we had bears. Darn things are so unpredictable - one day they might run away, and the next they've been fasting from sugar and they'd just as soon attack. I still figure the best kind of bear is the kind you can't see clearly without binoculars.
UNPREDICTABLE !!!
Uh…thanks a lot, that’s all I needed to know now. And just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water..er..woods!
Honey-fed bear might not be so bad. I should ask my Cree friend.
If you're armed or not?
I've been a little curious about that. When and when aren't you armed?
But the bear held on with a vim
And the bear lifted his eyes
To the lord in the skies
And these words he said to Him:
Oh, Lord, didn't you save
Daniel from the lion's den
Also delivered Jonah from
The belly of the whale and then
Three Hebrew children
From the fiery furnace
So the Good Book do say to me.
So, Lord, I give thanks for
The tasty meal you supplied from the tree.
"Irrational phobia" of bears? There's no such thing as far as I'm concerned! Every year, there's news stories about how someone gets their face ripped off by a bear and still... people continue to believe it can't happen to them. Coming face to face with three of them is definitely motivation to find another route!
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