Originally Posted by Bocajnala

At the camp I worked at I was walking back to my cabin one night after dark. To my right I heard huffing and a large animal moving that I knew had to be a bear. Flicked my flashlight on while throwing my arms in the air and yelling. The medium sized bear ran right past me and up into a tree beside me. About 30 seconds later one of the camp owners pulls in in their car and parks right below tree. I said "You don't want to park there..." She says her name, and tells me why she's allowed to park there (Being an owner of the camp).I say " I know who you are, but there's a bear fifteen feet above your car, and he's unhappy." I shined the light to show her.... Well, she moved her car promptly. I stayed guard on the bear to make sure no kids got hurt, while waiting on a maintenance guy to bring the pepper spray. At one point I decided to flick my light off. Immediately i heard a loud scraping sound. Flicked light back on and bear was on the ground staring at me. He took off up the hill then. Interesting expeience. I never thought for a second he'd come down that tree in a split second like that.
-Jake