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Camping => Camping General Discussions => Topic started by: leslie on July 23, 2019, 05:15:49 PM

Title: A Bear - right in front of my camper!!!
Post by: leslie on July 23, 2019, 05:15:49 PM
We were camping at Tims Ford State Park in Tennessee - very nice campground - about 10 days ago. It was the middle of the night, with bright moonlight. My dogs jumped up simultaneously and started barking. I quieted them down and decided to look out the window to see what caused the bedlam. It was a bear - small, or at least I thought it was small, black, round, ambling around our camper. We had left nothing outside, so it wandered off to the next campsite, where a family was camping in a tent.

I finally got the dogs quiet, as they were growling even after the bear left our campsite. I was able to go to sleep, but my husband stayed awake for a while. He said the family camping in the tent packed up and left about 4 AM. He thinks the bear scared them into leaving. Hard-sided campers are a good thing.
Title: Re: A Bear - right in front of my camper!!!
Post by: Pinstriper on July 24, 2019, 04:43:12 AM
This is a charming story.


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Title: Re: A Bear - right in front of my camper!!!
Post by: leslie on July 27, 2019, 10:01:06 PM
Pinstriper - have you got a better one?
Title: Re: A Bear - right in front of my camper!!!
Post by: Pinstriper on July 27, 2019, 11:04:17 PM
Quote from: leslie on July 27, 2019, 10:01:06 PM
Pinstriper - have you got a better one?

I am happy with any bear story


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Title: Re: A Bear - right in front of my camper!!!
Post by: leslie on July 27, 2019, 11:45:06 PM
AH - That's what I thought!