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CigarNut 06-16-2010 07:28 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
He was just looking for you to hook up a BOTL with a smoke... (Bear instead of Brother).

shilala 06-16-2010 07:31 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
Nice pic, Kirk. Thank You!!! I'm happy you guys are all safe and sound!!! :tu

Big news here yesterday. About a mile up the road, a bear was chasing a pig around.
The whole world was after the bear trying to dart him or shoot him. Must have been one special pig.
I can't make this chit up.

kgoings 06-16-2010 11:56 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
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Originally Posted by thebayratt (Post 889357)
I think if a bear was 15ft infront of me, the last thing I would be worrying about doing is gettin a pic of it...
Not knocking ya but, I think I'd be looking for a tree limb or rock or something besides my camera. Then after he left I'd go change my pants.

I had my camera around my neck, I was just lucky to get a good pic

Cyclone 06-17-2010 12:49 AM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
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Originally Posted by CEC_Tech (Post 889236)
Holy crap! Nice pic, glad you educated yourself and family about bears. Have the people I have seen in the forest would have run, and then shortly thereafter been mauled.

Exactly! Glad to hear you and the family are OK and have a wicked story to tell.


I grew up in Kitimat, British Columbia... Bears sightings were common in town.

A guy I went to high school with was mauled when he was 8 years old... Him and his friends were throwing rocks at a sick female... He just happened to be the slowest kid...

He's paying for the rest of his life as the bear chewed half his a%% off and most of his scalp.

I googled "Kitimat Bear" and found this Bear eating at Subway :D

Gophernut 06-17-2010 12:10 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
Great pic! Glad you're all ok!

yourchoice 06-17-2010 12:23 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
I'm glad to hear everyone is safe! Wow!

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Originally Posted by Cyclone (Post 889906)
I googled "Kitimat Bear" and found this Bear eating at Subway :D

This is a first for me: "This video contains content from Canadian Broadcasting Corp., who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."

shilala 06-17-2010 12:25 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
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Originally Posted by yourchoice (Post 890431)
This is a first for me: "This video contains content from Canadian Broadcasting Corp., who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."

That was a first for me, too.

BlackDog 06-17-2010 12:31 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
Cool pic! It's Smokey Bear, he won't hurt anyone, he was just following you around to make sure you weren't flicking hot ashes on dry leaves. ;)

Skywalker 06-17-2010 02:51 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
You should have slapped it's a$$ just to feel alive!!!:D

Sweet photo!!!
:tu:tu

1badhog07 06-17-2010 03:25 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
He just wanted his picture taken,seriously that is too close for comfort...

3SmokesaRound 06-17-2010 03:49 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
Wow, Wow, and Wow. Great story, glad I wasn't there though. Glad everyone is okay.

Ahbroody 06-17-2010 03:50 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
Glad everyone was okay.
Need to show this thread to my wife. She gives me crap for bringing atleast a. 45 everytime we go camping. I don't bring the carbine anymore.

Pistol 06-17-2010 03:52 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
Super cool! Black bears will leave you alone unless you really piss them off, glad you had the bear spray but didn't have to use it! Now, if you see a brown bear that close, you might want to be a little more cautious!

hotreds 06-17-2010 03:53 PM

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Great picture! Glad that wasn't mama with cubs around!

http://www.brokenparadigmlabs.com/bl...rning-sign.jpg

TheTraveler 06-17-2010 04:30 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by hotreds (Post 890777)
Great picture! Glad that wasn't mama with cubs around!

http://www.brokenparadigmlabs.com/bl...rning-sign.jpg

:r :r :r

Love that pic. :D

3SmokesaRound 06-17-2010 09:32 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
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Originally Posted by hotreds (Post 890777)
Great picture! Glad that wasn't mama with cubs around!

http://www.brokenparadigmlabs.com/bl...rning-sign.jpg

That sign is freaking awesome! :tu

Steve 06-17-2010 10:03 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
Cool, you found a real Teddy Bear!

Seriously, I'm glad things turned out good for you and your family! Bears are awesome to see, but scary when you see them up that close and personal!

G G 06-17-2010 10:15 PM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
Just hope he wasn't a Christian Bear. Jerry Clower joke.

Cyclone 06-18-2010 01:03 AM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by shilala (Post 890433)
That was a first for me, too.

I've had the same thing happen the other way around a couple of times in the past as well...

Basically, the video showed a smaller black bear entering a Subway in Kitimat at night... Security video caught the bear entering through the front door, up on the counter, and then leaving again through the front door... The woman that was working at the time took off like a lightning bolt. :D

Cyclone 06-18-2010 01:06 AM

Re: Close encounter in Sequoia National Park.
 
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Originally Posted by 3SmokesaRound (Post 891131)
That sign is freaking awesome! :tu

Hah! My parents live about 10 miles away from Fort Steele and that sign... Tons of bears in that part of the country...


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