Re:  ">...... I've always been more worried about cougars than bears 'cause you might not hear them coming."
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Gregory S. Morrison> <gsm@gregorysmorrison.com> wrote:
>

If you hear a bear coming it is because it wants you to know that it is there.  For as big an animal they can grow to be, they move noiselessly on their four padded paws.  I know countless people(myself included) that have had close encounters of the bear variety and never heard them coming or going.

Mark in AK