http://www.georgiacombes.com/
my friend takes these pictures as she works and lives in our neighborhood
very cool place we live in ...
like stepping into a real wild kingdom
or what walt disney was thinking of when he constructed movies
enjoy bears at a distance ... through a lens
yours

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:04 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:

> I was in a helicopter with a fellow over on the back side of Kodiak
> Island one time - flying  along a beach on the Selikoff Strait, and we
> clocked a big Kodiak Grizz running along the beach. We and the bear
> stayed side by side for a few yards. Our calculated groundspeed was 55
> mph.  I do not want to be in a position to have to try and out run an
> animal that big who can run that fast. No way.
>
> On that same side of the Island I worked for Fish and Game and was at
> the village of Karluk on the Karluk river. The illage was at the mouth
> of the river, and was actually on both sides. A suspension bridge had
> been built for pedestrian traffic to cross. One side of the river bank
> 3was very low - just above tide level, and the other was very high. If
> feet up or so. So to get on the bridge on the low side one had to climb
> steps. One up on the bridge, the other side was at ground level at the
> top of the bank. One night the dogs just raised holy hell and the next
> morning - a frosty morning, huge Kodiak Grizzily tracks were found in
> the frost on the bridge. A big Grizz had crossed that bridge in the
> night. That was why the dogs were upset. This was nearly forty years
> ago, and things have changed. The old lagoon and the bridge are long
> gone due to an incredible storm, but i have pictures of the way it was
> in the old days.
>
> Ah sweet memories! But I didn't know about Vanagons back then - or even
> aircooled busses.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
>
> Mark Tuovinen wrote:
>
>> Sounds like The Russian Rver Campground on the Kenai Peninsula.  Those are
>> the more dangerous bears as they are not afraid of humans.  Every summer
>> people are charged by bears there and more than one bear has been put down
>> for being too agressive.
>>
>> Mark in AK
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
>> Date: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:14 pm
>> Subject: In Alaska,  Bear Attacks Camper NVC
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>
>>
>>  I was in Alaska with the wife and kids.  The camp was next to the
>>> placewhere the grizzly bears were eating the salmon all day.  They walked
>>> through the camp at night between the tents and motor homes and my van with
>>> the top up.  And I slept on the top ...  The wife was petrified of them.
>>>  The family slept on the bottom bed.  I was the bait.  And they were huge.
>>>  Once we had to stop the van because one of  them was crossing the road
>>> about two yards in front. That small river was littered with half eaten
>>> salmons.  They  walked between the salmon and picked one out with their eye
>>> and chased until caught.  This
>>> happened just before their hibernation.  Millions of huge salmons. The
>>> people were up on the river bank watching from a realtively safe distance of
>>> thirty yard.  A ranger was there to take care of trouble.
>>> Zoltan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>

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roger w
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Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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