This morning I encountered this black bear near my house. I was with two other women and we were watching it with awe and curiosity, sort of following at a distance. She was alone at the time. Suddenly she turned around, stood up on her hind legs for a minute, and then charged at us!
Now, I remember hearing somewhere that you shouldn't run from bears. Hmmm. It took us 3 seconds to decide to run to the nearest door of the house which was not far at all. Of course, I had to be like the girl in the horror flick who trips and falls at the worst possible moment. The main difference is that I got up immediately!
Shortly after, we discovered the reason for her angst. We were standing directly between her and her cubs! They soon disappeared but the mama showed up again later and took a swim in our pond!
Very exciting!
