That pesky bear!

He was back! The one night that Leon wasn't waiting for him of course. The darn thing broke into our warehouse and ate up ALL the salmon that Bryan and Justin had put on the racks to smoke. As Bryan put it, "It was a stealth job!" It was like he was in and out. Every piece of salmon is gone and the racks hardly disturbed. An entire bag of garbage - GONE! No trace of it. Bryan remembers locking the far side door which he must have because the ramp leading down from there was broken. The bear must have gone up it and tried to force the door open by standing on its back legs. Bryan isn't certain if he locked the other side door. That was most likely the point of entry .... it left out of the swinging double doors at the front of the warehouse. So Justin and Bryan were very depressed to see that their fish was gone, and everyone helped take down the busted ramp.

This afternoon the bear came out of the wood down onto the beach. Everyone was warned and Papa and Bryan took off on the 4-wheeler, shot gun in hand. Leon managed to get a shot off but the bear was a little far so don't know if he got stung or not. I think the doors to everything will be shut and locked tonight! Hope that bear enjoyed his salty salmon!

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Bear Pics

*pictures by Leon

Bear Encounter by Garett

Yesterday when me and mom were down on the beach, Paul came out of the cabin of the Lazy Bay and says "Your neighbor said that there is a bear coming your way."  Mom looked to the end of the beach and saw the bear crossing the creek toward us.  Me, mom, and Emmett ran home.  Later the bear got to camp.  

In the middle of the night he broke the screen door in the Main Cabin and ate all of the chili that we had set out from dinner.  He also tried a few potatoes but didn't like them that much.

*pictures will follow