Re: Bear claws
- From: Lone Haranguer <linusz@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:02:23 -0500
This story was told one summer at an evening campfire program by a ranger at Yellowstone Park.....
Several years ago, there was a Ranger whose name was Bob. One day, while on his way back to his cabin after a long day clearing trails with his saw, Ranger Bob looked down the trail he was traveling on and saw a huge grizzly bear lumbering toward him. The bear was unaware of his presence so far, but he knew that it would be a matter of moments before he would be noticed, so he knew he had to act fast. Being a Ranger, he knew he could not outrun the bear and he also knew that if he played dead...he would soon be dead, so his only option was to quickly find a tree and climb it until the bear passed on. So he dropped the saw, which made some noise, and found a tree that had enough lower branches that he could make his way up the tree, which also made for some noise as well. Being a curious creature, the grizzly made his way toward the tree to see a small green ball scurrying up this tree and making a whole lot of racket. The bear stood up and placed his front paws high upon the trunk of the tree and began pushing the lodge pole pine back and forth...trying to discover what this green ball was...and because of the tapered shape of the pine tree, the top of the tree where Bob was clinging to began to sway back and forth....Ranger Bob was hanging on for his life. This went on for 15 - 20 minutes and when the bear was convinced that Ranger Bob was not coming down, he went on down the trail...back toward Bob's cabin...Well, Ranger Bob thought to himself that he would wait a few minutes before climbing down, knowing that the bear was still down the direction of the trail he had to travel. After a few minutes, the bear returned, but this time he had another bear with him. They eagerly approached the tree where Ranger Bob was held prisoner when the first bear began pushing on the tree again. The second bear joined in from the other side of the tree and pushed back against the first bear's efforts causing the tree to sway beyond comfortable levels...Ranger Bob knew he couldn't hold on much longer with all of this whipping and jerking going on but to his surprise the bears finally stopped their harassment...and went down the trail...yep, toward Ranger Bob's cabin. At last, a moment to catch his breath, Ranger Bob prepared to climb down the tree and try his luck... when he noticed the first bear coming back down the trail again...this time he was carrying a beaver under his arm!
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Them thar bears are smarter than they look.
LZ
Lone Haranguer wrote:
Bob Hatch wrote:.OK, so they're not the kind you get at the local doughnut shop. :-)If he's looking for food, throw him an extra fat tourist.
Couldn't resist putting this image up on the web site. Take a look at the size of the claws on this guy. It's the same bear, different view.
http://www.bobhatch.com/claws.htm
LZ
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