BEAR !!! BEAR !!! BEAR !!!

WE'VE LIVED IN THE SAME RV PARK ALL SIX SUMMERS WE'VE SPENT IN LAKE TAHOE AND NEVER SEEN A BEAR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF A BEAR RAIDING A DUMPSTER. THERE ARE NO BEAR BARS OR LOCKS ON OUR DUMPSTERS.

SO HERE I AM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON LOOKING AT THE COMPUTER AS USUAL, WHEN THE BATTERY FINALLY GIVES OUT I PUT THE 'PUTER AWAY AND HAVE POTATOES ON THE BIGG gASS GRILL.


I'M ON MY WAY OUT OF THE CAMPER TO TURN THE POTATOES AND A BIG BLACK BEAR RUNS DOWN THE ROAD RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TRAILER !!! I DROPPED THE TONGS AND HOT PAD AND GRABBED THE CAMERA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.......

AND HERE IS THE FIRST PICTURE I CAN GET........


HE WORKED HIS WAY ACROSS THIS WOODED LOT AND INTO THE NEXT CAMP DOWN THE STREET WHERE HE MUSTA SMELLED SOMETHING GOOD IN THE DUMPSTER.



IT WAS RUMORED TO BE A RACK OF RIBS IN THE TIN FOIL.



AS YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE EPISODE DREW QUITE A CROWD ALL WITH THEIR DIGITAL CAMERA'S IN HAND.



AFTER ENJOYING THE RACK OF RIBS, THE BEAR WALKED ACROSS THE STREET AND JUMPED A FIVE FOOT FENCE TO STROLL ON BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT WINDING IT'S WAY THROUGH THE TENTS, CARS, PICK-UPS, TIED OUT DOGS, AND SCREAMING CAMPERS HOLLERING "BEAR !!! BEAR !!! BEAR !!!"

P.S. I SHOT THIS VIDEO WITH THE LITTLE SONY CYBER-SHOT CAMERA. MAYBE AMY WILL COMMENT AND DO THE SOUND TRACK INTERPRETATION, APPARENTLY I WAS STANDING IN THE HISPANIC SECTION OF THE AUDIENCE.

AND GET AHOLD OF THE IDIOT THAT WALKS RIGHT UP TO THE BEAR AT THE END OF THE VIDEO TO TAKE A PICTURE. IF THE BEAR WOULD HAVE JUMPED OUT AND TOOK A SWIPE AT THE GUY? YUP, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BEAR'S FAULT AND EVENTUALLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HUNTED DOWN AND KILLED.

MARY AND I BOTH LEARNED A LOT ABOUT BEAR BEHAVIOR, THEY ARE EXTREMLY QUICK, POWERFUL, AND AGILE.

BEWARE !!