[Paddlewise] bear attack!

    I have just returned from my two week solo trip...unfortunately things did
not go as planned.


We have a saying here in Alaska the some days you get the bear and some days
the bear gets you! Well this time the bear got me literally!


    Looking back at the events I realize now that my mistake was that I got
sloppy with my camp habits and cleanliness. While eating dinner I accidently
spilled spagetti sause on my leg, rather than really cleaning it off I just
wiped up the excess and left it at that.


    The bear attack came that night while I was asleep. I woke up feeling a
pain in my lower leg...at first half asleep I thought it was a leg cramp but
then something clicked in my half asleep brain and I realized what was
happening; a black bear had either bitten or clawed through the tent mesh door
and had grabbed my leg through the sleeping bag and I was now being dragged
out of the tent!  I tried to kick at the bear but from inside the sleeping bag
that was useless. I reached for my gun but it was now out of reach. I grabbed
at the tent but that looking back was pretty rediculas.  At that point the
bear  had my leg firmly in its jaws and was pulling my leg like I am pulling
yours!


Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha..........


    Actually I am back safe and sound after a great trip I thought I would
just have a little fun before posting the real trip report. Give me a day or
so and I post the details of my trip.


Bob 


Sitka





P.S. If you didn't like my little joke, well you can just grin and bear it!






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