[fatlazyless]

Had a wee bit of a black bear face-to-face yesterday while soaking up some heat in the outdoor hot tub ...... which was actually pretty scary at the time.

So's it was about 7:15-pm and I'm sitting in the outdoor hot tub reading a newspaper with the pump not running so it is very very quiet outside.

From behind me I hear three soft grunts and I think it must be the canada goose standing down on the dock looking to get more cheez-its. So's I turn around to look and very much to my surprise, there's like a 250-300-lb lone black bear right there in the yard looking at me while on all fours, from a distance of about 15-20-feet away.

This immediately gets my attention and I'm thinking ....... holy crap....this is a real big black bear and very close but at the same time seems to be very calm and relaxed and almost maybe scared itself.

As it walks very slowly I make three strong loud claps to hopefully scare it away ...... and it very slowly and calmly does walk away and goes around behind the neighbor's house.

.....it was a very calm and polite bear .... a nice good bear ....yah!


Have heard that a hand held, air horn is good for keeping a bear away, plus I removed the outdoor grill which has been used for grilling hamburgers, lately.