Originally posted by RICHARD
I once met a bear in a campsite.......It is amazing how the lack of a fence and light will make your blood run colder than anything else on the planet.
That happened to me about 6 yrs ago. I was camping at a Provincial campground that was more remote than others. At midnight I'm sitting by the fire waiting for it do go down before putting water on it. All of a sudden there was a loud bang from the end of my site driveway and a bear was trying to get into the garbage bin. As Richard said, my blood ran cold and I immediately started to put stuff away.

Figure this, instead of locking myself in the car, I waiting silently in my tent, listening to this bear walk through my campsite. I literally have never been that frightened before in my life or since. You know how that say you are "scared sh***less?" Well, sure enough a hour later I had to go.....in the dark.....all the way up to the outhouse......not knowing if the bear was around......