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xongsmith
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Message 3 of 18 (669901)
08-05-2012 2:48 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Theodoric
08-05-2012 1:52 PM


My bear story
A few years back, more than I'd care to recall now, my son, Owen, was working for the National Park Service at King's Canyon National Park, California. Their job was primarily to keep the hiking trails open for hiker tourists. This involved a lot of long multi-day hikes and chain-saw activity that would then settle down for each night somewhere in the Park. One night, while they were all asleep, a bear came into their camp and found the metal food box. The bear managed to loosen it off its mooring and started dragging it away. Owen woke up and looked out of his tent and saw what was happening. He gave a yell, and another, but nobody else in the camp seemed to move. So he jumps up and starts giving chase after the bear. He follows the bear, yelling at him all the time like he was taught at base camp. The bear ignores him and keeps dragging the box away. Owen follows him out into a clearing field and continues. Somewhere across this field, the bear stops. He turns around to Owen following him and drops the chain. Then he erupts into a full charge on Owen. Owen has learned that, for these kind of bears, you must remain absolutely still. And although every nerve in his body is screaming "RUN RUN RUN!!!", he holds his ground, motionless. The bear skids to a halt inches away and regards him. He reaches back and unleashes a swipe of the paw that is designed to miss by 2 inches from Owen's nose. Owen holds his ground. The bear then settles back. By then the rest of the campsite has awakened and, armed with metal cooking pans and spoons, comes bursting out into the field. The bear runs off into the woods. The food is saved. Who is my son? I ask myself, in sheer incredulous admiration. I am continuing to stockpile more Owen stories, as the Legend of Owen transpires.

- xongsmith, 5.7d

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