[pct-l] anyone have bear or mountain lion stories?

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, Fuzz,



I was once awakened from a sound sleep by someone – who should best remain
unnamed – frantically whispering, “Hey, wake up.  I hear a noise. I think I
hear a bear out there!”  Half drowsy I replied, “Bears have big, soft, fuzzy
feet.  If there was a bear out there you probably wouldn’t hear a thing.”



Huge mistake.  From then on all night it was, “Hey, wake up.  I don’t hear
anything. There must be a bear out there!”



If you heard clomping-around, there’s a good chance a deer got into the
chips.  They love those things, particularly around established campsites.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT -- 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye




On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Fuzz McPherson <fuzzmcpherson at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Does anyone have any bear or mountain lion stories?
>
> At a campground in the Coast Range between Portland and Tillamook, so not
> on the PCT, after having some beers and burgers, I went to sleep in the tent
> having left part of a bag of chips out on the picknick table.  I know,
> that's not very bright.  In the night I was woken up by heavy stepping
> sounds.  It sounded as if a really big heavy guy with workboots was plodding
> around the table and then off down the very short trail towards the river.
> After a few minutes of listening further I didn't hear anything else so I
> went back to sleep.  In the morning I found the chip bag on the ground in
> the bushes near the trail to the river.
>
>
>
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