Bear!!!

 

 

 

After about the 8^th day and it was raining hard. The alarm was going off but George couldn’t hear it. They thought the alarm was going off because of the rain. They figured it just short circuited. Oh the apathy. They hadn’t seen any bears to this point so why would anything change? It’s been raining and the trash at the front of the tent so why would a bear show up now. Bear class 101 teaches a lot about bears but I think George and Dave flunked that class. Not to worry though because they are protected in their tent. As they are lying on their cots, the corner of the tent moved as if someone tripped over it. Well, George gets up and looks out his window and doesn’t see anything. Dave unzips his window and turns white as a ghost according to George. He kind of whispered there was a bear out there. George had his gun and said, “Are we gonna shoot a bear?” Dave said, “Yeah, just don’t shoot me.” George was a little nervous and said, “Should I cock my gun?” Dave said, “Well how else you gonna shoot him? Just don’t shoot me.” Dave unzipped the tent crouched low with George over him. Dave goes out first and saw the bear over at the trash dumb about 60-70 feet away. He fires off 3 shots and then George fired 3 rounds. I think they were shaking so bad no doubt they didn’t hit him. One thing about bears, I think they go tell their friends about their easy pickings. This will be the first of their many bear encounters at their camp.