Bear Attack Hampers Camper

(OLM WireServices – 02/10/2010)

Three local campers had an experience of a lifetime recently: A bear attack near their camp.
It was early morning and while breakfast was being prepared, one of the campers headed to the rig for possibly a nutritious breakfast treat or bottles of water. He had only gotten 20 or so yards into the bushes up the hill, when the other campers started hearing the most terrible roars they had ever heard. The bushes rattled and what looked like a struggle in the bushes continued up the hill along with the roaring. This went on for 5 or so minutes and then quieted. The two men in camp went back to eating their breakfast and within a half-hour their camping companion returned.
“What happened, bear attack ya?” asked one of the safe campers.
“Yup,” replied the camper who had been attacked, “ had me good there fer a minute, but now I feel invigorated.”
There were no visible marks on this camper and he explained that a lot of times bear attacks don’t even break the skin. ”It’s a living hell while the attack is taking place, but when it’s over ya feel mighty fine."

When asked why they didn’t try to go help their comrade the other campers replied “Eatin’ breakfast” and “He got himself inta that mess he can git himself outa it.”

The attacked camper seemed to have no ill feelings toward the other campers but rather appeared to be kind of embarrassed.

“It’s my fault,” he said, “ I wasn’t cautious last evening and did not take the proper precautions to guard against a bear attack. Ya might say I was even invitin’ one. We were just lucky we all weren’t attacked.”