Right Wing Wacko
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I took advantage of the decent weather we had to do some geocaching in the north cascades. I had just found a cache on the Cascade River Road (Just OUTSIDE the park). As I was putting it back into it's hiding place I heard some noise in the bushes just a few yards behind me. I turned around and what do I see but a Black Bear just a few yards away.
Fortunately it was as afraid of me as I was of it, but after changing my underwear and re-holstering my Springfield XD45 I finally got the adrenaline under control. I never expected to come across a bear this time of year so was not being as vigilant as I should have been. I've scared up bears before but never that close!
The bear was in no danger from me, there was no way I was going to fire unless attacked.
I took advantage of the decent weather we had to do some geocaching in the north cascades. I had just found a cache on the Cascade River Road (Just OUTSIDE the park). As I was putting it back into it's hiding place I heard some noise in the bushes just a few yards behind me. I turned around and what do I see but a Black Bear just a few yards away.
Fortunately it was as afraid of me as I was of it, but after changing my underwear and re-holstering my Springfield XD45 I finally got the adrenaline under control. I never expected to come across a bear this time of year so was not being as vigilant as I should have been. I've scared up bears before but never that close!
The bear was in no danger from me, there was no way I was going to fire unless attacked.