Bears building lean to's!!  Next thing you know they'll be subbing as
drywallers.

Very crafty bears in your neck of the woods.  Good story though.  : >

> Date:    Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:56:57 EDT
> From:    George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
> Subject: Re: MICE and moth balls, other uses, except bears
>
> Once I had my van parked at the edge of the woods for almost 2 weeks
> while I
> was away.  When I returned, some saplings were pulled against the van
> forming
> a rudimentary lean to.  A nature lover I know said it might be a bear
> building
> a den.  That seemed to explained why the moth balls I was putting in
> the
> trash were not deterring what I thought were raccoons.  Since things
> were starting
> to get a little serious, what with the bear planning on moving in for
> an
> extended period, I started to search for a serious solution.  I called
> the game
> commission and they said to place a saucer of ammonia on top of my
> trash cans.
> That didn't work.  So, I filled a balloon with ammonia and smeared it
> with the
> finest bacon grease that my butcher's bacon ever rendered.  It must
> have
> worked because the bear never was heard of again.  I'm just glad I
> wasn't around
> whenever he bit into that balloon; I think he was probably more than a
> little
> pissed.
>
> George