This is one wild story. Or, is it?

I have barely begun with my Wild Animals That Have It In For Me series.

 

My intent was to limit my stories that were (more or less) true tales that actually happened to me.

 

But, speaking of barely, I could not resist posting a recent bear tale, which supposedly happened, but to someone else.

 

To my taste for making shit up—and I know piles about that—the story seems barely for realz.

 

 

  

 

 

The news headline speaks for itself,

Woman thanks Alaska bear for not eating kayak; bear promptly eats kayak.

 

I invite you to click on the link to the story, here, then watch the 2 1/2 minute video.

 

It will be time well spent, if your idea of good time spent is a woman whining woefully at a bear wandering around her camp. Spoiler alert: virtually all…make that all…of the commenters are rooting for the bear.

 

And, I invite you to judge whether this video is legitimate or not. Remember, this person is ostensibly on a solo, 107-mile wilderness kayak journey in Alaska.

 

Not that you could tell by listening to her “narration” of the video.

 

Let me know what you think.

 

Oh, I guess I can end with a quick personal, wilderness bear encounter, which involved tent invasions, bacon-wrapped aerosol cans (which did NOT explode as intended) and a national park ranger with a handgun that “our” bear could apparently smell, thus make himself scarce.

 

The bear, that is.

 

Unfortunately, we are out of time, so maybe later.